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CT 33, pl. 21, BM 097347 (P479389)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CT 33, pl. 21, BM 097347 |
|---|---|
| ID | P479389 |
| Museum no. | BM 097347 |
| 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 isz-ta-asz-ni-{d}[x (x)] | to Ištaṣni- |
| 2 | sza {d}marduk u2-ba-al#-[la-t,u2]-szu# | that Marduk will release him |
| 3 | qi2-bi2-ma# | speak! |
| 4 | um-ma ARAD2-{d}lal3-ma | thus Warad-Lal: |
| 5 | {d}utu u3 {d}marduk asz-szu-mi-ia da-ri-isz _u4_-mi-im | May Šamaš and Marduk forever be my friends. |
| 6 | li-ba-al-li-t,u2-ka | may they keep you alive. |
| 7 | asz-szum a-na _e2-duru5_ bi-za{ki} a-la-ka ta-asz-ku-nam | because to the Durû of Bizzu to go you shall place |
| 8 | t,e4-mi u2-ul u2-te-ra-ak-kum | I will not return my report to you. |
| 9 | u3 asz-szu-mi-ka i-mi-ra-am | and your name will become known. |
| 10 | u2-ul a-sza-am | I do not dwell. |
| 11 | a-na _sipa_ sza ta-asz-pu-ra-an-ni | to the shepherd about whom you wrote to me: |
| 12 | _igi-4(disz)-gal2 ku3-babbar_ u2-ka-al-lam | 1/4 (shekel) of silver he shall hold. |
| 13 | u3 asz-szum {disz}{d}utu-na-s,i-ir | and concerning Šamaš-nāṣir |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | sza a-na sza-ma-lu-tim | that to the heavens |
| 2 | tu-na-ah-i-da-an-ni | you have imposed upon me, |
| 3 | aq-bi-szum-ma a-na-am i-ta-ap-la-an-ni | I said to him: “Why has he sinned against me?" |
| 4 | al-kam-ma t,e4-em-szu a-mu-ur | Come and see his report! |
| 5 | u3 asz-szum i-mi-ri | Further, concerning Imiru |
| 6 | sza ha-asz-ha-ta al-kam-ma | Come, of the ḫašhātu, and |
| 7 | i-mi-ri sza-am | “Immiru, that iš |
| 8 | i-mi-ru isz-tu li-bu | they saw. From the libu (temple) |
| 9 | ma-tim i-lu-nim-ma | the land cried out, and |
| 10 | i-na _e2-duru5_ bi-za{ki} iz-za-zu | in the village of Bizzu stood, |
| 11 | la-ma in-na-ad-nu | they shall not give it. |
| 12 | al-kam-ma sza-am | Come and hear! |
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