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AbB 14, 220 (P493805)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Girsu · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | AbB 14, 220 |
|---|---|
| ID | P493805 |
| Museum no. | AO 21938 |
| Collection | Louvre Museum, Paris, France |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Letter |
| Find spot | Girsu (mod. Tello) |
| Coordinates | 31.5591, 46.1776 |
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 ku-ru-na#-[x] | to Kuruna- |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma e-te-lum#-ma# | Thus (says) Etelum: |
| 4 | ka-ta-a-am | the surety |
| 5 | a-mu-ur-ma | I saw and |
| 6 | a-sza-ar | I will ask. |
| 7 | a-na bu-lu-t,i3-im | for the preservation |
| 8 | i-li#-[x x] ki#?-a-szu | Ili-... with him |
| 9 | bu-li#-[is-su2-ma] | his limbs |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | a-sza-ar i-in#-[ka] | I will ask you. |
| 2 | la ma-ah-ra-at | is not received. |
| 3 | x x li KU x | ... ; |
| 4 | u3 na-ra-am [(x)] | and beloved |
| 5 | isz-du gu-un-gu-nu-um | išdu (means) gūngunum. |
| 6 | im-ta-ag-ru-ka | he has returned to you. |
| 7 | se2-ke-er | |
Sources & licences
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