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AbB 13, 177 (P510873)

Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE

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Designation	AbB 13, 177
ID	P510873
Museum no.	BM 103909
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 ...] x [...]	to ... ...
2	[qi2-bi2]-ma#	speak!
3	um-ma# x-[x]-i3-li2-[x]-ma	Thus ...-ilī:
4	{d}utu u3 {d}marduk# li-ba-al#-li#-t,u2#-ka	May Šamaš and Marduk keep you alive!
5	asz-szum a-wi-lim an#-ni-im sza# s,u2#-ha-ra-am a-hi im-ha-s,u2	Because of this man, who has sinned against his brother,
6	[x x] szar-ri-im a-na qa2-be2-e-ma	... of the king, to speak
7	i-na _e2-gal_ ki-a-am ta#-aq#-bi-a-am	in that palace you spoke thus:
8	um-ma at-ta-a-ma a-na# szar#-ri-im# ta-qa2-ab-bi	Thus you, speak to the king:
9	ki#-ma# a-na _lu2_ x x x [...]	like to a man ... ...
reverse
1'	x x x x x [...]
2'	a-wi-lam szu-ri-a-am-ma	“If a man is sick and
3'	pi2-ha-as-su2 li-pu-ul	may he do his work.
4'	a-wi-lam u2-ul ta-t,a-ra-dam-ma	(Sum) You do not let a man be forgotten (Akk) The man is not forgotten
5'	a-na szar-ri-im a-qa2-ab-bi	I will speak to the king.

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