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AbB 13, 058 (P510777)
Letter, Early Old Babylonian, Kisurra · c. 2000 BCE–1900 BCE
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| Designation | AbB 13, 058 |
|---|---|
| ID | P510777 |
| Museum no. | BM 028524 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Early Old Babylonian · c. 2000 BCE–1900 BCE |
| Genre | Letter |
| Find spot | Kisurra (mod. Abu Hatab) |
| Coordinates | 31.8383, 45.4810 |
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 li#-pi2#-it-esz18-[dar] | to Lipit-Ištar |
| 2 | u3 lu2-{d}[ba]-ba6 | and Lu-Baba |
| 3 | qi2-bi2-[ma] | speak! |
| 4 | um-ma a-hu#-um#-ma | Thus (says) Aḫum: |
| 5 | a-nu#-um#-ma# | Herewith |
| 6 | a-wi-[lam] | a man |
| 7 | sza {disz}{d}suen#-[i]-qi2#-sza#-[am] | of Sîn-iqīšam |
| 8 | s,u#-ud#-di-a-szu-ma# | his ṣuddiāma |
| 9 | _[n] gur# sze_-a-am | n gur of barley |
| 10 | id#-na-szum# | gave to him |
| 11 | ma-ha-ar | before |
| 12 | {disz}li-pi2#-it-esz18-dar | Lipit-Ištar |
| 13 | a-ka-lam li-ku-ul | may he eat food. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | bi-it i-me-ri | the house of Imeru |
| 2 | pi2-iq-da-szu | his responsibility |
| 3 | _5(bur3) GAN2 a-sza3_ | 5 bur3 field |
| 4 | i-na _a-sza3_ a-ku-ul-s,i2-la#-al# | from the field Akul-ṣillal |
| 5 | a-szar dam-qu-ma | in a good place |
| 6 | szum-ma al-pu-szu | If he performs, |
| 7 | i-ba-szu-u2 li-ri-szu# [(x)] | there is, his family ... |
| 8 | szum#-ma la i-ba-szu-u2 | If they do not have |
| 9 | i-na# al-pi2 sza _e2-gal#_-lim# | from the debt of the palace |
| 10 | er-sza-szu-ma# | Eršašuma |
| 11 | u3 bi#-ta-am | and the house |
| 12 | a-sza-ar dam-qu2#-szu | he will pay back in its full amount. |
| 13 | szu-uk#-na# | he placed. |
| 14 | ki-ma sza a-na#-ku | just as I |
| left col 1 | ||
| 1 | wa-asz-ba-ku# | I am stationed |
| 2 | li-ba-szu | his heart |
| left col 2 | ||
| 1 | t,i3#-ib-ba | Ṭibba |
Sources & licences
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