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AbB 13, 152 (P413550)

Letter tablet dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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Chemical Data

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 103702

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Letter

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Text

tablet
obverse
1. a-na ka2-gi4-x [x (x)]
2. u3 x [...]
3. qi2#-bi2-[ma]
4. um-ma na-ra-am-[...]
5. {d}utu u3 {d}marduk li#-[ba-(al)-li-t,u2-ku-nu-ti]
6. 2(disz) _tug2 hi-a ugula gidri_ sza x [...]
7. usz-ta-bi-la-ak-ku-nu-[szi-im]
8. n _sila3 numun ga-rasz{sar}_ [...]
9. [1(disz)] _{gesz}mar uruda ugula gidri_ [...]
10. usz#-ta#-bi#-la-ku#-nu#-szi-im#
11. [...] x{sar}
single ruling
reverse
1. szum#-ma ta-sza-x [...]
2. [x] x _a-sza3_-szu x [...]
3. [...] ga#?-ar [...]
single ruling

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Consult word list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Collections

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Letter
Language(s): Akkadian

Related publications

primary: AbB 13, 152

[vanSoldt1994AbB13] Soldt, Wilfred H. van. 1994. Letters in the British Museum, Part 2. Altbabylonische Briefe in Umschrift Und Übersetzung, Heft 13. Leiden: Brill.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 103702
Accession No.: 1911-04-08, 0392

Provenience

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Chronology

Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Dates Referenced: 00.00.00.00
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-10-11 at 14:10:37	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Charpin, Dominique; Rattenborg, Rune	Archives Babyloniennes	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-08-19 at 13:19:51	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-01-21 at 08:02:28	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2018-09-22 at 03:51:04	Jagersma, Bram	Transliteration	Firth, Richard		CDLI	Approved
2010-08-06 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Maidman, Maynard P.		CDLI	Approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (172461) (172461)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.103702) (BM.103702)
British Museum Collection (W_1911-0408-392) (W_1911-0408-392)
Archives Babyloniennes (13668) (13668)

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“AbB 13, 152 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 11, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P413550.

AbB 13, 152 artifact entry (No. P413550). (2023, October 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P413550 (Original work published 2010)

AbB 13, 152 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P413550 (Accessed: January 30, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-30]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 11},
	title = {AbB 13, 152 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P413550},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P413550},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“AbB 13, 152 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 11, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P413550.

AbB 13, 152 artifact entry (No. P413550). (2023, October 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P413550 (Original work published 2010)

AbB 13, 152 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P413550 (Accessed: January 30, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-30]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 11},
	title = {AbB 13, 152 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P413550},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P413550},
}

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DA  - 2023/10/11/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P413550
LB  - CDLI:P413550
M1  - 2026/1/30/
TI  - AbB 13, 152 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P413550
ER  -