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AbB 13, 157 (P413570)

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

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 103722

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 ...]-ia
2. [qi2]-bi2#-ma
3. [um-ma] ib-ni-{d}suen-ma
4. [{d}utu] u3 {d}marduk asz-szu-mi-ia
5. [li]-ba#-al-li-t,u2-ka
6. [lu] ba#-al-t,a!(ID)-a-ta
7. [lu] sza#-al-ma-ta
8. [lu] da#-ri-a-ta
9. [_dingir_ na]-s,i#-ir-ka
10. [s,i-bu]-tam
11. [a-a ir]-szi
12. [a-na szu-ul]-mi#-ka
13. [asz-pu]-ra#-am
14. [szu-lu-um-ka szu]-up#-ra-am
15. [...] x x
rest broken
reverse
beginning broken
1'. [x x x (x)] BI?-ti x [(x) (x)]
2'. [li]-qe2#-e-ma#
3'. [x] _sze#_-a-am u3 _sze-gesz-i3_ [(x) (x)]
4'. [sza]-ma-am-ma
5'. szu#-bi-lam
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, 157

[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 103722
Accession No.: 1911-04-08, 0412

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	Charpin, Dominique; Rattenborg, Rune	Archives Babyloniennes	Rattenborg, Rune	approved
2023-08-19 at 13:27:14	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	approved
2023-01-21 at 08:02:28	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	approved
2018-09-22 at 03:51:04	Jagersma, Bram	Atf	Firth, Richard		CDLI	approved
2010-08-06 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	Maidman, Maynard P.		CDLI	approved

External Resources

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

Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (172481) (172481)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.103722) (BM.103722)
The British Museum Collection (W_1911-0408-412) (W_1911-0408-412)
Archives Babyloniennes (13673) (13673)

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Cite this Artifact

“AbB 13, 157 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 11, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P413570.

AbB 13, 157 artifact entry (No. P413570). (2023, October 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P413570 (Original work published 2010)

AbB 13, 157 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P413570 (Accessed: January 16, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-16]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 11},
	title = {AbB 13, 157 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P413570},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P413570},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“AbB 13, 157 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 11, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P413570.

AbB 13, 157 artifact entry (No. P413570). (2023, October 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P413570 (Original work published 2010)

AbB 13, 157 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P413570 (Accessed: January 16, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-16]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 11},
	title = {AbB 13, 157 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P413570},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P413570},
}

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DA  - 2023/10/11/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P413570
LB  - CDLI:P413570
M1  - 2026/1/16/
TI  - AbB 13, 157 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P413570
ER  -