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AbB 13, 071 (P510789)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Amnanum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | AbB 13, 071 |
|---|---|
| ID | P510789 |
| Museum no. | BM 079826 |
| 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)
From Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched)
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 | be#-li2 {d}na-bi-um# asz-[szu]-mi#-ia# | My lord, Nabium, for my sake |
| 2 | li-ba-al-li-it,#-ka | may they keep you alive! |
| 3 | tup-pa#-ka sza tu-sza-bi-lam esz-me | Your tablet that you sent to me, I have heard. |
| 4 | szum#-ma# _e2 gu4_ u3 _a-sza3_ sza ad-di-na#-ak#-kum | If a house, an ox or a field that I gave to you |
| 5 | [i]-in#-ka la ma-ah-ru | Your eyes are unrivalled. |
| 6 | _x-mesz_ szu-nu-ti u3 _a-sza3_-am | those ... and the field |
| 7 | a-na# x x-ki-in-numun | to ...-kinnumun |
| 8 | u3 x x x (x) pi2-qi2-id-ma | and ... is assigned, and |
| 9 | _sze_ sza _gu2#-un#_ ma-la u2-sze-el-lu-nim | the barley of the talents as much as he brought |
| 10 | li#-sze#-lu-nim | may they bring to me. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | i-dam la tu-sza-ar-sza | he is dead; you shall not release her. |
| 2 | da-ba-ba-am la tu-na-as-sa3-aq-ma | Do not take away my speech, |
| 3 | ri-t,i-ib-tum la it-ta-as,-s,i2 | (Sum) The raging storm does not come out (Akk) The angry storm has not yet come out |
| 4 | u3 szu-nu ne-me-et-tam la i-ra-asz-szu-u2 | and they will not raise a claim. |
| 5 | asz-szum# _siki# hi-a_ sza ta-asz-pu-ra-am | Concerning the wool that you wrote me about, |
| 6 | a-wi-lum {d}suen-im-gur-an-ni um-ma szu-ma | a man Sîn-imguranni, thus says |
| 7 | _dam-gar3-mesz_ wa-szi-ib zimbir{ki} | merchants who dwell in Sippar |
| 8 | ki#-ma# ka-ta-ma ia-szi-im u2-wa-du-nim# | Like you, they have made me bow down. |
| 9 | s,e-eh-he-ru-ti-szu-nu a-na _siki hi-a_ it,-ru-du-nim | their flocks to clothed, |
| 10 | am-mi-ni ki-ma ka-ta tup-pa-szu-nu | Why is it that they wrote their tablets like you? |
| 11 | a-na ia-szi-im la u2-sza-bi-lu-ma | did not send to me, and |
| 12 | x x x [x (x)] x _tug2 hi-a_ | ... ... garments; |
| 13 | x [...] x | |
| 14 | [...] x x x | |
| left | ||
| 1 | [...] x x x x x | |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
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