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AbB 13, 162 (P413591)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | AbB 13, 162 |
|---|---|
| ID | P413591 |
| Museum no. | BM 103743 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Letter |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched)
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}marduk-dingir#-ma | Thus Marduk-ilum: |
| 4 | {d}utu u3 {d}marduk da-ri-isz# _u4_-mi a-bi ka-ta | Šamaš and Marduk, forever, the days of my father’s mouth |
| 5 | li-ba-al#-li-t,u2 | may they keep alive |
| 6 | lu# sza-al-ma-ta lu ba-al#-t,a-ta | Be it good, be it faulty |
| 7 | _dingir#_ na-s,i-ir a-bi-ia ka-ta re-esz# [a]-bi-[ia a-na da-mi-iq-tim] | O god, guardian of my father, you are the foremost among my fathers for good fortune. |
| 8 | li#-ki-il | may he bind. |
| 9 | a-na szu-ul-mi#-ka [asz]-pu-ra-am | I wrote to you for your well-being. |
| 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! |
| 12 | gi-ir-ru a-di-ni u2-ul i-sa#-[an-ni-qa2-am] | The girru-offerings until now have not been agreed. |
| 13 | _siki hi-a_ sza aq-bi-a-[ak-kum] | the wool that I said to you |
| 14 | u2-la-qi2-ta-am-ma x [x x (x) (x)] | he will take and ... |
| 15 | i-na-an-na i3-li2-i-qi2-sza-am x [...] | Now Ilī-iqišam |
| reverse | ||
| 16 | x [...] | |
| 17 | u3 x [...] | and ... |
| 18 | usz-[...] | I ... |
| 19 | szum-ma ta-x x [...] | If ... |
| 20 | szum-ma x x [...] | If ... ... |
| 21 | u3 x [...] | and ... |
Sources & licences
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