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AbB 13, 156 (P413568)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | AbB 13, 156 |
|---|---|
| ID | P413568 |
| Museum no. | BM 103720 |
| 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 gi-mil#-[{d}...] | To Gimil- |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-[ma] | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma nu-ur2-i3-li2-szu#-[ma] | Thus Nūr-ilišu: |
| 4 | {d}utu u3 {d}marduk li-ba-al-li#-[t,u2-ka] | May Šamaš and Marduk keep you alive! |
| 5 | {disz}li-pi2-it-{d}en-lil2 _um-mi-a_ | Lipit-Enlil, the mother |
| 6 | ki-a-am iq-bi-a-am um-ma szu-ma | he said thus: |
| 7 | {disz}{d}en-lil2-mu-ba-li2-it, a-hi | Enlil-muballiṭ, his brother |
| 8 | i-na kisz{ki} i-sa-an-qa2-ma | in Kiš he shall weigh out, and |
| 9 | sza-pi2-ir kisz{ki} | governor of Kiš, |
| 10 | a-na ba-ab-bi-lu-tim sza _sze-gesz-i3_ | for the rations of sesame |
| 11 | is,-ba-as-su2-ma | seized him, and |
| 12 | ik-ta-la-szu# | he kissed him |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [ki-a]-am# iq-[bi-a-am] | thus said |
| 2 | [x] u3 x [...] | ... and |
| 3 | [...] x wa-asz-bu | ... who dwells |
| 4 | [...] x x | |
| 5 | [...] | |
| 6 | [...]-{d}en-lil2 | ...-Enlil |
| 7 | [...] x-ri | ... ... |
| 8 | [...] x iq-bi-a-am# x [x] ka#-lu-u2 | ... he said. |
| 9 | [...] x _sze-gesz-i3_ [x (x)] | ... sesame ... |
| 10 | [x] x x i-na x x [...] | ... in ... |
Sources & licences
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