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CT 29, pl. 08, BM 096608 (P365943)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CT 29, pl. 08, BM 096608 |
|---|---|
| ID | P365943 |
| Museum no. | BM 096608 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Letter |
Transliteration (ATF)
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Machine draft. The right-hand column is machine English from ixmon/atf-to-english (atf-en-t5base-F, 2026-10-17), generated line by line from the transliteration. It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1 | a-na a-pi2-lum u3 ha-ta-a-a-rum | to Apilum and Hatayarum |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma dingir-<a>-ta-na-ah-ma | Ilu-tanah speaks thus: |
| 4 | {d}utu li-ba-al-li-it,-ku-nu-ti | may Šamaš keep you alive! |
| 5 | e-pe-szum sza te-pu-sza-[ni]-in-ni | What you have done to me |
| 6 | sza ma-a-ar a-wi-li-i | which before a man |
| 7 | an-na-nu-um ki-a-am u2-na-ah-hi-id-ku-nu-ti | “Anum, thus I have entrusted to you. |
| 8 | um-ma a-na-ku-u2-ma ki-i-ma ta-at-ta-al-ka | Thus (says) I: When you came, |
| 9 | t,e4-e-ma-am ga-am-ra-am | I want to give a report. |
| 10 | szu-up-ra-nim | send me! |
| 11 | a-na s,i-ir sza asz-pu-ra-[ku-nu]-szi#-im | As to what I wrote to you |
| 12 | la#-a te-pu-sza-nim | you did not do |
| 13 | u3 _2(asz) gur ziz2-an-na#_ | and 2 gur of emmer |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | u2-ki-il-la-ku-nu-szi-im# | they have bound you |
| 2 | u2-ul tam-hu-ra-ni-isz-szu | do not reject him! |
| 3 | sza te-pu-sza-ni-in-ni | that you performed against me, |
| 4 | ki-ma sza a-wi-lum a-wi-lam | like that of a man |
| 5 | ma-ti-i-ma la-a i-mu-ru | nobody has seen (them). |
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