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AbB 13, 141 (P510859)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | AbB 13, 141 |
|---|---|
| ID | P510859 |
| Museum no. | BM 094425 |
| 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 | to a man |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma {d}marduk-na-s,i-ir-ma | Thus Marduk-nāṣir: |
| 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-ta lu ba-al-t,a!(MA)-ta | Be it pure or pure, |
| 6 | _dingir_ na-s,i-ir-ka re-esz-ka a-na da-mi#-[iq-tim] | May the god protect you, your head, for good fortune. |
| 7 | li-ki-il# | may he bind. |
| 8 | a-na szu-ul-mi-ka asz-pu-ra-[am] | I wrote to you for your well-being. |
| 9 | szu-lum-ka ma-har {d}utu# [u3 {d}marduk lu da-ri] | May your health be long before Šamaš and Marduk! |
| 10 | asz-szum sza ta-asz-pu#-[ra-am um-ma at-ta-ma] | Concerning what you wrote me, saying: "You |
| 11 | x AH hu x [...] | ... ... |
| 12 | [x] x x [...] | |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | sza# x [...] | of ... ... |
| 2' | la ta-x [...] | Do not ... |
| 3' | u3 a-na _szuku_ [...] | and for the šuku-allocation ... |
| 4' | ni-di a-hi-im# [la ta-ra-(asz)-szi] | Do not abandon the neighboring people! |
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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