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AbB 13, 145 (P510863)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | AbB 13, 145 |
|---|---|
| ID | P510863 |
| Museum no. | BM 095839 |
| 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# be2-li-ia# | to my lord |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma ma-ri-{d}mar-tu-ma | Thus Mari-Amurrum: |
| 4 | {d}utu u3 {d}mar-tu | Šamaš and Amurru |
| 5 | a-na da-ri-a-tim li-ba-al-<li>-t,u2#-[ka] | May they keep you alive forever! |
| 6 | {disz}bi-it-ti-i usz-te-s,u2-ni | Bittî brought out, |
| 7 | a-na qa2-ti-i-sza s,a-ba-a-tim# | in her own hand |
| 8 | a-wi#-lam# asz-ta-pa-ar | I have sent a man |
| 9 | {disz}i3-li2-ip#-pa#-al-sa3-am# | Ilī-ippalsam |
| 10 | isz-tu i-na-an-na _u4 5(disz)-[kam]_ | From now on the 5th day |
| 11 | u2-szi-s,u2-ni-im | he brought out |
| 12 | u3 i3-li2-i-qi2-sza-am | and Ili-iqišam, |
| 13 | a-na _sze-gesz-i3_ sza TE ER x x-s,i-im | to the sesame that comes close to ... |
| 14 | sza-ki-in | established. |
| 15 | _ab2# gu4 hi-a_ u3 x x-tim | cattle and ...s |
| 16 | UG? BA? ta-a-nu | to be given |
| 17 | {disz}a-hi-ti wa-aq-ra-am | Aḫītu is dead. |
| 18 | it-ti ni-pa-a-ti | with the reed screen |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | x x x da-a x x [...] | ... Aya |
| 2 | it-ba-lu-u2-nim# | they carried off. |
| 3 | isz-tu _lugal aga_ u2-s,a-mi#-du# | After the king had made the crown, |
| 4 | {disz}{d}na-bu-um-[x x] x-a | Nabum-a |
| 5 | it-ba-a-[x] x | Itba-... |
| 6 | asz-szum _ab2 gu4 hi-a_ [...] x [...] | Concerning the cattle ... ... |
| 7 | id-na-szi-na-a-ti x [x] x [...] | he gave them ... ... |
| 8 | x [...] | |
| 9 | x x x [...] | |
| 10 | MA x x [...] | ... ... |
| 11 | i-na a-li-im [x x (x)] im# x [...] | In the city ... |
| 12 | _gu4_ u3 _udu hi-a_ x x x x | oxen and sheep ... |
| 13 | _sipa_ sza ta-qa2-ab-bu-u2 | the shepherd whom you speak |
| 14 | im-tu-ut-ma an-nu-um x | has died, and this |
| 15 | i-na mu-uh-hi-szi-na li-DI?-in | upon them may he ... |
| 16 | ta#-na-sa3-ah-szi-na-ti | you will remove them |
| 17 | [u2]-ul im-gu-ra-an-ni | did not agree with me |
| 18 | _a-sza3 ki-kal_ s,u2-pi2-a-asz-szu-um# | field Kikal, Ṣupī-ašsum; |
| 19 | x x a x MA LI? x x _a-sza3 ki-kal_ mi-x [...] | ... field Kikal ... |
| 20 | _ab2 gu4 hi-a_ sza {d}utu x x x ka a x [...] | the cattle of Šamaš |
| 21 | [(x)] x i-na-ZA-x [...] | ... ... |
Sources & licences
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