CT 43, 067 (P313357)

Letter tablet excavated in Kish (mod. Tell Uhaimir), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

Lineart

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 103073

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Kish (mod. Tell Uhaimir)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Letter

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

110.0 mm × 55.0 mm × 20.0 mm

Text

tablet
obverse
1. [a]-na# e-tel-pi2-{d#}marduk qi2#-[bi2]-ma#
 en: Speak to Etel-pi-Marduk,
2. um#-ma mu-na-wi-rum-ma
 en: thus says Munawwirum.
3. {d}utu u3 {d}marduk# asz-szu-mi-ia
 en: May Shamash and Marduk, for my sake,
4. da-ri-isz# u4#-mi li-ba-al-li#-t,u2#-ka
 en: keep you in good health forever.
5. asz-szum sza ki-a-am ta-asz-pur-am um#-ma at#-ta-ma#
 en: Concerning what you wrote to me, saying:
6. _dub_-pa-am a-na i-na-at,-t,a-al#-DINGIR# sza ki#-i-iq-ru-u2
 en: 'I sent a tablet to Inattal-ilam of Ki-iqru:
7. usz-ta-bi-lam _gu4_{hi-a} u2-su-uh-ma
 en: move the oxen,
8. it-ti sza {disz}ki-i-iq-ru-u2 li-ku#-lu#
 en: so that they may graze with those of Ki-iqru.'
9. a-na _uru_ la-at#-ru#{ki#} al-li#-ik-ma
 en: I went to the settlement Latru,
10. _gu4-sza3#-gu4#_-szu u2-ul ak-[szu]-ud
 en: but I did not reach his ox-driver.
11. a-na _uru#_ zi-ib-na-at# it#-ta#-as2-hu
 en: They had moved to the settlement Zibnat,
12. u3 _u2#_{hi-a} u2-ul im-hu#-ra-an-ni-ma
 en: and fodder was not available to me,
13. _gu4#_{hi-a} u2-ul as-su2-uh
 en: so I did not move the oxen.
14. [a]-na# {d}utu x im x aq-bi#-ma
 en: I spoke with Shamash-...
15. [asz-szum] _gu4#_{hi#-a} szu#-nu-ti a-na bad3-{d}suen-mu-ba-li2-it,
  (a of hi-a lost in the edition: hi.[a])
 en: concerning those oxen, to Dur-Sin-muballit
16. [na-sa]-hi#-[im] a#-an-nam i-pu-la-an-ni
 en: to move them, he consented to me,
17. [at-ta]-sa#-ah
 en: and I moved them.
18. [...] x-ri#
 en: ...
  n lines broken
reverse
  n lines broken
1'. [...] x x x-ma# a-al-li-a-am#
 en: ... and I will come up.
2'. [{disz}da]-ad#-da-ru _ugula mar-tu_ isz-tu uru im{ki}
 en: Daddaru, the Amorite general, from the settlement Karkar
3'. [i]-il#-li-a-am-ma asz-szum _sag-geme2_ an-ni-tim
 en: has now come up. Concerning this slave girl,
4'. _e2#!_ bu-uz-zu-uh u3 a-na-ku le-em-ni-isz
 en: the household is under pressure, and I
5'. ep-sze-e-ku
 en: am being treated badly.
6'. _sag-geme2_ szu-a-ti a-wa-sa3 a-mu-ur-ma
 en: As for that slave girl, examine her case.
7'. szum-ma a-na da-ad-da-ri-im
 en: If she belongs to Daddaru,
8'. a-na da-ad-da-ri-im li-te-er-ru-szi
 en: let her be returned to Daddaru.
9'. _sag-geme2_ i-na _e2!_ il3-szu-ba-ni wa-asz-ba-at
 en: The slave girl is living in the house of Ilshu-bani,
10'. u3 an-ni-ki-a-am szu-u2 e-te-eq-szu a-na-ku i-szu
 en: and he is here; I have to deal with him.
11'. _e2_ u2-da-ab-ba-ab
 en: He harasses the household.
12'. li-in-ne2-si-ir-ma ki-ma i-na sza-ni-i-im
 en: Let him be put under pressure, so that as a second time
13'. _e2_ la u2-da-ab-ba-bu a-wa-su2 li-ik-tap-pi-ir
  (the edition marks a line break inside a word here [/])
 en: he will not harass the household; let him settle his affairs.
14'. {disz#}dumu#-a-ki-tum _nagar_ at,-t,ar-dam#
 en: I have sent Mar-Akitum the carpenter.
  rest blank

Text content

Genre(s) Letter
Language(s) Akkadian

Chronology

Period Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Accounting Period

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P313357

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions 110.0 mm × 55.0 mm × 20.0 mm
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Kish (mod. Tell Uhaimir)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number BM 103073
Accession Number 1910-10-08, 0001

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) BM.103073
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1910-1008-1
Archives Babyloniennes (ARCHIBAB) 16717

References

  • primary: CT 43, 67

    [Figulla1963CT43] Figulla, Hugo Heinrich. 1963. Old-Babylonian Letters. Cuneiform Texts from Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum, Part 43. London: The Trustees of the British Museum.

  • primary: OECT 16, 63

    [ReidWagensonnerOECT16_2025] Reid, Nicholas, and Klaus Wagensonner. 2025. Letters from Old Babylonian Kish. Edited by Jacob L. Dahl and Heather D. Baker. Vol. 16. Oxford Editions of Cuneiform Texts. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

  • history: AbB 1, 67

    [Kraus1964AbB1] Kraus, Fritz Rudolf. 1964. Briefe Aus Dem British Museum (CT 43 Und 44). Altbabylonische Briefe in Umschrift Und Übersetzung, Heft 1. Leiden: Brill.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2026-10-22 at 14:09:57 Dahl, Jacob L. Transliteration Reid, Nicholas; Wagensonner, Klaus Dahl, Jacob L. Approved View
2026-08-10 at 17:57:29 Vaccari, Stella Artifact metadata Vaccari, Stella Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2023-08-19 at 13:39:11 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2023-01-21 at 07:05:30 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2019-03-24 at 08:45:58 Jagersma, Bram Transliteration Jagersma, Bram CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2019-02-13 at 11:56:41 Johnson, J. Cale Transliteration Johnson, J. Cale CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2019-02-11 at 13:44:24 Johnson, J. Cale Transliteration Johnson, J. Cale CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2019-02-11 at 12:19:09 Johnson, J. Cale Transliteration Johnson, J. Cale CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2019-01-29 at 04:44:50 Johnson, J. Cale Transliteration Johnson, J. Cale CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2018-11-12 at 12:09:16 Johnson, J. Cale Transliteration Kokken, Martijn CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2006-03-03 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“CT 43, 067 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 12, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P313357.
CT 43, 067 artifact entry (No. P313357). (2026, August 12). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P313357 (Original work published 2006)
CT 43, 067 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P313357 (Accessed: October 25, 2026).
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	title = {CT 43, 067 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P313357},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P313357},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“CT 43, 067 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 12, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P313357.
CT 43, 067 artifact entry (No. P313357). (2026, August 12). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P313357 (Original work published 2006)
CT 43, 067 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P313357 (Accessed: October 25, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-25]},
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	month = {aug 12},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P313357},
}


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DA  - 2026/8/12/
PY  - 2026
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LB  - CDLI:P313357
M1  - 2026/10/25/
TI  - CT 43, 067 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P313357
ER  -
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