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AbB 13, 082 (P510800)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Amnanum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | AbB 13, 082 |
|---|---|
| ID | P510800 |
| Museum no. | BM 079925 |
| 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 szu-mu-[x x x (x) (x)] | to ... |
| 2 | qi2-bi2#-[ma] | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma ri-isz-{d}marduk#-ma# | Rīš-Marduk speaks thus: |
| 4 | {d}utu u3 {d}marduk li-ba-li#-t,u2#-[ka] | May Šamaš and Marduk keep you alive! |
| 5 | asz-szum _ma2-i3-dub hi-a_ a-di-AN# [(x) (x)] | Concerning the sailor's boat ... |
| 6 | ki-a-am isz-pur-am | he wrote me thus: |
| 7 | um-ma szu-u2-ma | Thus he: |
| 8 | a-na zimbir{ki} | to Sippar |
| 9 | asz-ta#-ap#-pa#-ra-[am] | I have sent. |
| 10 | _ma2-i3-dub hi-a_ an#-[ni-a-tim] | this sailor boat |
| 11 | [i-t,ar]-ra-du-ni-kum# | they will keep you in good health. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [ki]-a-am isz-pu#-[ra-am] | he wrote thus: |
| 2 | isz-tu isz-pu-ra-[am] | after he wrote |
| 3 | _u4 1(u)-kam_ im-ta-lu#-u2 | The 10th day is overcast. |
| 4 | {disz}{d}suen-im-gur-an-ni | Sîn-imguranni |
| 5 | at,-t,ar-da-ak-kum# | I have sent to you |
| 6 | _ma2-i3-dub_ ku#-li-[im-szu-ma] | the boatman Kulumshema |
| 7 | t,u2-ur-dam-ma | write me, and |
| 8 | _sze_-a-am# lu#-s,e-en | I shall harvest the barley. |
| 9 | _sze_-e i-na babila2[{ki}] | barley in Babylon |
| 10 | sze#-ra# i-ka-asz#-[sza-ad] | he will reach in the morning. |
| 11 | ar-hi-isz _ma2-[i3-dub hi-a_] | Quickly, the quay attendants |
| 12 | t,u2#-ur-[dam] | Ṭurdam |
Sources & licences
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