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AbB 13, 068 (P510786)

Letter, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Amnanum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE

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Designation	AbB 13, 068
ID	P510786
Museum no.	BM 079587
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	[a-na ...] sza {d}marduk# [u2-ba-(al)-la?-t,u2-szu]	to ... of Marduk they shall release him
2	[qi2]-bi2#-ma	speak!
3	[um-ma {d}...]-i-din-nam-ma	thus PN said:
4	[{d}utu u3 {d}]marduk# da-ri-isz _u4_-mi li-ba-li-t,u2-ka#	May Šamaš and Marduk keep you alive forever!
5	lu sza#-al-ma-ta	May you be well!
6	_5(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar_ ak-nu-uk-ma	5 shekels of silver I deposited, and
7	a-na ma-ah-ri-ka	to your presence
8	usz-ta-bi-lam	he sent to me.
9	sza _3(disz) gin2# ku3-babbar ha-za-nu-um{sar}_	of 3 shekels of silver, the mayor
10	sza _2(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar gar3-szum{sar}_	of 2 shekels of silver, garšum-plant
11	ki-ma i-na _iri_-ka i-il-la-ku	like in your city they will go
12	sza-ma-am-ma	the heavens
13	i-na ku-nu-uk-ki#-ka# ku-un-kam-ma	Seal it with your seal and
14	szu-bi-lam#	send me!

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