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AbB 13, 165 (P413618)

Letter, Old Babylonian, Kish · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE

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Designation	AbB 13, 165
ID	P413618
Museum no.	BM 103770
Collection	British Museum, London, UK
Language	Akkadian
Period	Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
Genre	Letter
Find spot	Kish (mod. Tell Uhaimir)
Coordinates	32.5520, 44.5853

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 e-t,i-rum qi2-bi2-ma	Speak to Ēṭirum:
2	um-ma mu-na-wi-rum-ma	Munahwirum speaks thus:
3	esz18-dar u3 {d}za-ba4-ba4 da-ri-isz _u4_-mi	Ištar and Zababa forever
4	li-ba-al-li-t,u2-ka	may they keep you alive.
5	i-na kisz{ki} ki-a-am# [ta-aq-bi-a-am]	in Kiš you said thus:
6	um-ma at-ta-ma	Thus you:
7	i-nu-ma s,i-bu-ti-ka	when your strength
8	szu-up-ra-am-ma	send me, and
9	lu-ud-di-in#	I shall give.
10	ki-a-am ta-aq-bi-a-am#	thus you spoke to me
reverse
1	i-na-an-na gur-ru-rum	Now, Gurrum
2	tup-pi2 u3 ka-ni-kam	Tablet and sealed document.
3	usz-ta#-bi-la-ak-kum	I have sent to you
4	_2(disz) gin2# ku3#-babbar_	2 shekels of silver
5	i-di#-isz#-szum	gave to him
6	la ta#-ka-al-la	do not hold back!

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