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AbB 13, 189 (P510885)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | AbB 13, 189 |
|---|---|
| ID | P510885 |
| Museum no. | BM 104028 |
| 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 | _sze_-am sza _sa10 ku3-babbar#_ [(x)] | the barley of the purchase price of silver |
| 2 | a-di-ni u2-ul i-ma-ah-ha-ar | until now he has not received. |
| 3 | _zi3-da_ a-na re-szi-im ku-ul-lim | flour for the head of the kiln |
| 4 | {disz}gi-mil-{d}marduk sza qa2-bu-szu | Gimillu-Marduk, whose command |
| 5 | u2-ul isz-te-en | is not one. |
| 6 | i-na-an-na ze-eh-pi2 usz-ta-bi-la-ak-kum | Now, I have sent you a message. |
| 7 | _1(barig) sze_ a-na gi-mil-_{d}marduk_ i-di-in-ma | 1 barig of barley to Gimil-Marduk gave, and |
| 8 | a-hi-tum sza it-ti-ia ma-da-at | The debt that is with me is very much. |
| 9 | {disz}{mi2}su-ur-ra-tum x x | Sūratum |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | u3 ni-ih-du-szi x x [(x)] | and our joy ... |
| 2 | _zi3-da_ ma-la _szuku_-ia | flour as much as my consumption |
| 3 | [sza] _u4_-mi li-isz-ta-lu-szi-ma# | May the days of my reign be long and |
| 4 | [i-dam] la tu-sza-ar-sza | he swore; you shall not release her. |
| 5 | [x x]-a _sa10 ku3-babbar_ sza a-sza-am-mu | ... the price of the silver that I am asking |
| 6 | [x x (x)] a-ap-pa-al-ka | ... I will send to you |
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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