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AbB 13, 148 (P412801)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | AbB 13, 148 |
|---|---|
| ID | P412801 |
| Museum no. | BM 100165 |
| 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-[bi-ia] | to my father |
| 2 | qi2-[bi2]-ma# | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma {d}suen-na-di-[in-szu-mi]-ma# | thus Sîn-nādin-šumi: |
| 4 | {d}utu u3 {d}marduk da-ri-isz# [_u4_-mi-(im) a-bi ka]-ta | Šamaš and Marduk, forever, the days of your father’s |
| 5 | li-ba-al-li#-[t,u2] | may they live. |
| 6 | a-bi at-ta lu sza#-al-ma-ta# [lu ba-al]-t,a#-ta | May you be well, may you be healthy! |
| 7 | _dingir#_ na-s,i-ir a-bi-ia ka-ta re-esz#-ka a-na da-mi#-iq#-[tim] | O god, guardian of my father, you are the foremost among the gods. May it be well with you! |
| 8 | li#-ki-il | may he bind. |
| 9 | [a-na] szu#-lum# a-bi#-ia ka#-ta# asz-pu-ra-am# | I wrote to you for the well-being of my father. |
| 10 | [szu-lum a-bi-ia ka-ta] ma#-har# {d}utu u3 {d}marduk# | The well-being of my father is yours before Šamaš and Marduk |
| 11 | [lu da]-ri# | May it be forever! |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | x x x x x-ka# i-di-in | he gave |
| 2' | an-ni-tam aq-bi-a-am | I said to him this: |
| 3' | ki-ma BI-SZE {d}marduk ra-i-mi-ka# | Like a ... Marduk, your love |
| 4' | ta-ad-di-nu | given. |
| 5' | a-na ba-la-t,i-im tu-usz-te-sze-er-ma | [You] have made (them) enter into life, and |
| 6' | it-ti a-bi-ia u2-ul usz-sza-ab | I will not dwell with my father. |
| 7' | i-na-an-na ARAD-{d}tasz-me-tum ARAD-ka | Now, Warad-Tašmetu, your servant, |
| 8' | at,-t,ar-dam | I have sent. |
| 9' | i-na a-li-ia _gu2-gal_ u3 _gu2 nig2-ar3-ra_ | in my city the throne-bearer and the neck of the scepter |
| 10' | u2-ul i-ba-asz-szi-a | there is none, |
| 11' | _2(ban2) gu2-gal_ u3 _1(ban2) gu2 nig2-ar3-ra_ | 2 seahs of chickpeas and 1 seah of emmer |
| 12' | a-bi li-sza-bi-lam | my father may he send. |
| 13' | a-bi i-dam la u2-sza-ar#-[sza ...] | (Sum) My father, who is a lord, does not forgive her ... (Akk) I have no father, I do not forgive ... |
| 14' | i-na an-ni-tim e-pe2-esz a-bi-[ia ...] | In this manner the work of my father ... |
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