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AbB 13, 130 (P510848)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | AbB 13, 130 |
|---|---|
| ID | P510848 |
| Museum no. | BM 087342 |
| 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 | be-li2 {d}[...] | my lord, |
| 2 | asz-szu-mi-ia# [li-ba-(al)-li-it,-ka] | May my oath keep you alive! |
| 3 | ki-ma te-esz#-[(te)-mu-u2] | like a recitation |
| 4 | _dam-gar3-mesz_ wa-szi-ib babila2#[{ki}] | merchants who dwell in Babylon |
| 5 | a-lik i-di-ka _1(disz) gin2 ku3-sig17-ta_ | who goes at your side 1 shekel of gold |
| 6 | il-qu2-u2-ma it-ti a-wi-lim | they took, and with the man |
| 7 | sza-pi2-ri-szu-nu in-nam-ru | they have received their payment. |
| 8 | qa2-ti _dam-gar3-mesz_ | the hand of the merchants |
| 9 | a-wi-lum i-ri-im-an-ni | “If a man is angry with me |
| 10 | isz-me-e-ma | heard, and |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | um-ma szu-ma _dam-gar3-mesz_ | Thus the merchants: |
| 2 | sza pi2-i qa2-ti an-ni-tim | according to the wording of this tablet. |
| 3 | am-mi-ni la tu-ga-am-me-ra-ma | Why don't you ask me? |
| 4 | it-ti-ia la in-nam-ru | they have not seen with me. |
| 5 | an-ni-tam iq-bi-a-am#-ma# [(x)] | he said to me this: |
| 6 | i-na mu-uh2-hi-ia [x x x (x)] | on my account ... |
| 7 | a-na babila2#[{ki} x x x (x)] | to Babylon |
| 8 | it-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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