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AbB 13, 115 (P510833)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | AbB 13, 115 |
|---|---|
| ID | P510833 |
| Museum no. | BM 085455 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Letter |
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' | x x [...] | |
| 2' | tup-pi2 a-na {disz}x x [...] | A tablet to |
| 3' | usz-ta-bi-lam tup-pa-am szu-a-ti# | I sent to him that tablet. |
| 4' | {disz}ha-bil-da-du li-t,e-hi | Ḫabil-dādu may he be rescued. |
| 5' | _1(asz) sze gur_ a-na ku-ru-ma-ti-ka | 1 kor of barley for your rations |
| 6' | {disz}ha-bil-da-du-um usz-ta-bi-la-kum | Ḫabil-dādum sent you, |
| 7' | it-ti _sze_-e sza-ni-im | with another barley |
| 8' | {disz}dumu-{d}il-tim i-il-la-kam | Dumu-Iltim will come. |
| 9' | am-mi-ni a-na szu-pu-szi-im | Why to smite her |
| 10' | ni-di a-hi-im ti-szu | the nīdi of his brother-in-law |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | a-na _erin2_-im sza it-ti | to the troops who with |
| 2 | {disz}ha-bil-da-du il-li-kam | Ḫabil-dādu came |
| 3 | a-na szi-ip-ri-im szu-pu-szi-im | for the work of the šuppūm |
| 4 | ni-di a-hi-im la ta-ra-asz-szi | Do not abandon the companions! |
| 5 | _u4_-ma-ka-li-a-am i-na mu-uh-hi-szu-nu | daily on their account |
| 6 | i-zi-iz _sahar hi-a_ | he stood. The soil |
| 7 | ma-ah-ru-tim u3 wa-ar-ku-tim | earlier and later |
| 8 | i-na _{gesz}tukul_ sza {d}utu a-ma-ha-ar-ka | with the weapon of Šamaš I will see you |
| 9 | [(x)] x x-ar-szu-nu _u4_-ma-ka-li-am | ... their ... daily |
| left | ||
| 1 | [...] x _sahar hi-a_ isz-tu u2-sza-li | ... ... earth after I had cleared |
| 2 | [... mi]-szi-il _erin2 sahar hi-a_ | ... half of the troops in the dust |
| 3 | [...] x u2-sza-ar-ka-ab | ... he will place. |
Sources & licences
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