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AbB 13, 064 (P510782)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Amnanum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | AbB 13, 064 |
|---|---|
| ID | P510782 |
| Museum no. | BM 079488 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Letter |
| Find spot | Sippar-Amnanum (mod. Tell ed-Der) |
| Coordinates | 33.0991, 44.2991 |
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 | {d}marduk ra-i-im-ka szu-ma-am dam-qa2-am | Marduk, your love is a good name |
| 2 | sza ta-ra-am-mu la-ma-as-si2 qa2-be2-e | “That which you love, I want to utter a supplication. |
| 3 | u3 ma-ga-ri-im asz-szu-mi-ia | and the land of Assyria |
| 4 | li-isz-ru-ka-ak-kum | may he send to you. |
| 5 | tup-pa-ka sza tu-sza-bi-lam esz-me | Your tablet, which you sent to me, is new. |
| 6 | la-ma ta-sza-ap-pa-ra-am-ma | do not send me, and |
| 7 | i-na pu-uh2-ri-im ma-har a-wi-le-e | In the assembly before the man |
| 8 | ad-da-bu-ub u3 ki-ma tup-pa-ka esz-mu#-[u2] | I will speak, and they will be heard as your tablet. |
| 9 | ma-har a-wi-le ad-bu-um-ma | before a man a father |
| 10 | tup-pi2 pu-uh2-<ri>-im sza a-wi-[le-e] | A valid tablet of a man |
| 11 | 1(disz) tup-pu a-na {d}suen-x-[...] | 1 tablet for Sîn- |
| 12 | {disz}a-pil2-i3-li2-szu# [x x] | Apil-ilišu |
| 13 | u3 ib-ni-{d}marduk x [x x] | and Ibni-Marduk |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | u3 1(disz) tup-pu a-na a-ba-zum su-hu# [(x)] | and 1 tablet for Abazum, the ... |
| 2 | ud-da-an-na-nam-ma i-il-la-kam [(x)] | Now then he is coming ... |
| 3 | at-ta a-na _a-sza3_-im szi-ip-ri-im | you to the field of work |
| 4 | la e-pe2-szi-im i-na pu-uh2-ri#-[im] | I did not do in the assembly. |
| 5 | ne-me-et-tam-ma ri-ta-asz-szi [(x) (x)] | “It is the nēmûtam and ri₂-taš ... |
| 6 | a-na-ku i-na _iti NE-NE-gar u4 2(u)-kam_ | In the month of Abu, the 20th day |
| 7 | asz-szum di-ib-ba-at _pa5_ nam-kar-ri-[im] | Concerning the words of a slanderer |
| 8 | sza a-wi-lim {d}nanna-ma-an-szum2 _dub#-sar#_ | of a man Nanna-manšum the scribe |
| 9 | a-wi-lim be-li2 iq-bi-a-am-ma | the man, my lord, said |
| 10 | a-na _iri_ gu2-du3-a SZI DI? usz-te-sze-er | to the city of Gudua ... he made enter. |
| 11 | _a-sza3_ szu-u2 lu-u2 e-ri-isz | that field may he cultivate |
| 12 | te-le-eq-qi2 a-di sza-pa-a-tum# | tēlēku-disease, up to the ša-pa-tum |
| 13 | i-sa-an-ni-qa2-ni-ik-kum | shall replace you. |
| 14 | ne-me-de-tim ri-ta-asz-szi | the rites of the rītaš’s |
Sources & licences
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