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AbB 13, 073 (P510791)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Amnanum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | AbB 13, 073 |
|---|---|
| ID | P510791 |
| Museum no. | BM 079864 |
| 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 | i-nu-ma i-na zimbir#{ki} | when in Sippar |
| 2 | nu-usz-ta-tu-u2 | nuštātû |
| 3 | asz-szum _siki_ sza _gu2-un a-sza3_-ia | Concerning the wool of the yield of my field |
| 4 | aq-bi-kum-ma | I said to you |
| 5 | ki-a-am ta-aq-bi-a-am | thus you spoke to me |
| 6 | um-ma# at-ta-ma | Thus you: |
| 7 | ki#-ma# a-na babila2{ki} | like to Babylon |
| 8 | a-na _ezem KI-SAR_ | for the festival of the garden |
| 9 | a-al-li-a | Aalliya |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | a-la-aq-qi2-a | I will take |
| 2 | an-ni-tam ta-aq-bi-a-am | You said this |
| 3 | i-na babila2{ki} | in Babylon |
| 4 | re-szi-ka asz-szi-a | Your head is as my head. |
| 5 | u2-ul a-mu-ur-ka | I will not see you. |
| 6 | _siki_ ma-la tu-sza-ab-ba-lam | as much wool as you will make available |
| 7 | a-na ha-am-ri-in-bi-sin | to Hamrin-bisin |
| 8 | i-di-in | gave. |
| 9 | u3 ze-eh-pa-ka | and your fury |
| 10 | szu-bi-lam | send me! |
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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