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AbB 13, 135 (P510853)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | AbB 13, 135 |
|---|---|
| ID | P510853 |
| Museum no. | BM 088479 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Letter |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched)
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 i3-li2-tu-ra-am | to Ilī-turam |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma li-pi2-it-esz18-dar | Lipit-Ištar speaks thus: |
| 4 | {d}utu li-ba-li-it,#-[ka] | May Šamaš keep you alive! |
| 5 | iq-bu-nim-ma# | spoke to me, and |
| 6 | ah-du# ki-i-ma | aḫdu like |
| 7 | a-na-ku-u2 al-li-ku | I went, |
| 8 | te-pu-usz | you did. |
| 9 | ki-i-ma tu-ba-li-t,a2-an-[ni] | When you have healed me |
| 10 | szu-ur-di-i-ma | send me, and |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [x x x (x)]-ba-AD | ...baba-abi |
| 2 | [...] x x x | |
| 3 | [...] x | |
| 4 | [...]-ni-im | ... his |
| 5 | [...] x-ba?-bu | ... ..., |
| 1' | tu#-te-er# | return. |
Sources & licences
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