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AbB 13, 140 (P510858)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | AbB 13, 140 |
|---|---|
| ID | P510858 |
| Museum no. | BM 094338 |
| 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 | [a-na a-wi]-lim sza {d}marduk u2-ba-al-la#-[t,u2-szu] | to the man of Marduk they shall release him |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma pir-hi-{d}mar-tu-ma | Pirhi-Amurrum speaks thus: |
| 4 | {d}utu u3 {d}marduk da-ri-isz _u4_-mi li-ba-al-li#-t,u2#-ka | May Šamaš and Marduk keep you alive forever! |
| 5 | lu sza-al#-ma#-a-ta lu ba-al-t,a-ta# | Be it good, be it faulty, |
| 6 | _dingir_ na-s,i-ir-ka re-esz-ka a-na da#-[mi]-iq#-tim | May the god who guards you, your head, be at peace. |
| 7 | li-ki-il | may he bind. |
| 8 | szu-lum-ka ma-har {d}utu [u3 {d}marduk] | Your health before Šamaš and Marduk |
| 9 | lu da#-ri# | May it be forever! |
| 10 | asz-szum _a-sza3 dumu#-munus_ {d}marduk-la#-ma#-[sa3-szu] | Concerning the field of the daughter of Marduk-lamassašu |
| 11 | sza ta-asz-pu-[ra-am] | which you wrote me |
| 12 | a-na a-wi-lim isz-me-{d}suen a-hi-sza# | to a man, Išme-Sîn her brother |
| 13 | aq-bi | I said |
| 14 | [x x] x x-bi#-im-ma | ... and |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | sza#-la#-ma# x [...] | Secondly, ... ... |
| 2' | i-na szu-ul-mi-im u3 ba-la-t,i-im | In health and life |
| 3' | al-kam-ma | Come, and |
| 4' | bu-nu nam-ru-tum sza {d}marduk i-li a-li-ka | the radiance of Marduk, the god of your city, |
| 5' | li-im-hu-ru-ka | may they accept you. |
| 6' | ba#-al-t,u2-ut-ka u3 sza-al-mu-ut-ka# | Your life and your well-being |
| 7' | al-kam-ma | Come, and |
| 8' | lu-mu-ur-ka# | let me see you |
Sources & licences
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