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AbB 13, 021 (P510740)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Larsa · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | AbB 13, 021 |
|---|---|
| ID | P510740 |
| Museum no. | BM 093766 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Letter |
| Find spot | Larsa (mod. Tell as-Senkereh) |
| Coordinates | 31.2832, 45.8549 |
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 {d}suen-i-din#-[nam qi2-bi2-ma] | Speak to Sîn-iddinam |
| 2 | um-ma ha-am#-[mu-ra-pi2-ma] | thus Hammurapi: |
| 3 | {disz}{d}suen-u2-se-li# [x x (x)] | Sîn-uselli |
| 4 | ki-a-am u2-lam-mi-da-an#-ni# um#-ma# szu#-ma | Thus (says) he: |
| 5 | {disz}gesztu2-la2 ma-ri | Geštula, his son, |
| 6 | isz-tu _mu 8(disz)-kam_ ih-li-qa3-an-ni-ma | from the 8th year he stole me, and |
| 7 | ba-al-t,u2-us-su2 u2-ul i-de-e-ma | his life he did not know, and |
| 8 | ki-ma mi-tim ki-is-pa-am | like a woman a trap |
| 9 | ak-ta-as-si2-ip-szum | I have entrusted to him |
| 10 | i-na-an-na i-na _iri_ e-ba-ri-i{ki} | Now, in the city of Ebari |
| 11 | i-na _e2_ ib-ni-e2-a _ra2-gaba ku3-dim2_ | in the house of Ibni-Ea, the silversmith |
| 12 | _dumu_ s,il2-li2-{d}utu | son of Ṣilli-šamaš |
| 13 | wa-asz-bu-us-su2 iq-bu-nim | “He said to me what I had said. |
| 14 | a-na _iri_ i-ik-ba-ri-i{ki} | to the city Ikbarî |
| 15 | al#-li-ik-ma | I went, and |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | i-na pa-ni-ia usz-ta-ar-qu2-u2-szu#-[(ma)] | they have seized him in my presence, and |
| 2 | it-ta-ak-ru-ni-in-ni | they have accepted me, |
| 3 | ki-a-am u2-lam-mi-da-an-ni | thus he made me bow down |
| 4 | a-nu-um-ma 1(disz) _aga-us2-sag_ | Herewith, 1 soldier |
| 5 | u3 {d}suen-u2-se-li szu-a-ti | and that Sîn-ušallim |
| 6 | a-na s,e-ri-ka# at,-t,ar-dam | I have sent to you. |
| 7 | ki-ma is-[sa3-an]-qu2-ni-ik#-kum# | like he had plundered you |
| 8 | isz-te-en ta-ak#-lam | the other side of the river |
| 9 | [it-ti]-szu-nu# t,u2-ru-ud | with them be reconciled. |
| 10 | [a]-na# _iri#_ e-ba-ri-i{ki} li-il-li-ku-ma | to the city of Ebari must go, and |
| 11 | {disz}gesztu2-la2 _dumu_ {d}suen-u2-se-li | Geštala, son of Sîn-ušallim |
| 12 | u3 ib#-ni-e2-a sza gesztu2-la2 | and Ibni-Ea of wisdom |
| 13 | [isz-tu] _mu# 8(disz)-kam#_ i-na _e2_-szu ik-lu-szu# | from the 8th year, in his house they held him. |
| 14 | [a-na ma-ah-ri]-ka# li-it-ru-ni-ik#-kum#-[ma] | let them come before you, and |
| 15 | [a-na] babila2#{ki} szu-ri-[a-am] | to Babylon he sent. |
Sources & licences
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