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AbB 13, 098 (P510816)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Amnanum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | AbB 13, 098 |
|---|---|
| ID | P510816 |
| Museum no. | BM 080040 |
| 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 ba-la-t,i3-ka ak-[ta-na-ra]-ab# | for your life I continually pray to you. |
| 2' | {disz}i3-li2-u3-{d}suen _aga-us2_ | Ilī-u-Sîn, soldier |
| 3' | sza ta-asz-ku-nam 2(disz) _gin2 ku3-babbar_ ne-ba-ah-szu | that you have given, 2 shekels of silver is its interest. |
| 4' | ad-di-in-szum e-zu-ub ku-ru-ma-ti-szu | I gave to him, the one who abandoned his cult centers. |
| 5' | u3 ta-ri-im-ti-szu | and his love-making |
| 6' | [(x)] _a-sza3_-i _{gesz}kiri6_-i | field and orchard |
| 7' | [(x)] _gu4 hi-a u8 udu hi-a_-ia | x cows, ewes, sheep and goats, |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | u3 ba-szi-ti u2-ul u2-sza-s,i2-a-am | and he will not raise a claim. |
| 2 | _a-sza3_-i a-na er-re-szi-im | my field for cultivation |
| 3 | _{gesz}kiri6_-i a-na sza-ak-ki-nim | my orchard to cultivate |
| 4 | u2-ul id-di-in-ma | did not give, and |
| 5 | [ap-pu]-na#-ma {disz}e-tel-pi4-{d}na-bi-um a-hi | I sent, and Etel-pî-Nabium, his brother |
| 6 | [x x (x)] x-la-an-ni | ... me |
| left | ||
| 1 | [...] x-na#?-ma#? szar-ra-am | ... the king |
| 2 | [...]-ha-ar | ...-har |
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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