AbB 13, 161 (P413589)

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 103741

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

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Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Letter

Language(s)

Akkadian

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tablet
obverse
1. a-na ZI-[...]
2. qi2-bi2-[ma]
3. um-ma# x [x x (x)]-tum-ma
4. {d}utu# {d}marduk# u3 {d}mar-tu
5. ba-ni-ka asz-szum-[ia] da-ri-isz _u4_-mi
6. li-ba-al-li-t,u2-ka
7. [lu]-u2 ba-al-t,a-a-ta
8. [lu]-u2 sza-al-ma-a-ta
9. lu-u2 da-ri-a-ta#
10. [...] x [...]
11. [...]
reverse
1. [x x] ka x [x x x]
2. [x x (x)] x ib-ba#-[x x (x)]
3. na#-ra-am nu-usz-x [x (x) (x)]
4. u3 _a-sza3_ ma-ki#-ir
5. mi-im-ma la ta-na#-[ku-ud]
6. {disz}um#-mi-wa-aq#-[ra-at]
7. si2-in-ni-isz-ta-ka# <<sza-li-im>>
8. sza-al#-ma#-at u3 ba#-al#-t,a#-[at]
9. ki-ma na-az-x x [...]
10. u2-ul ti-de-e
11. [x x (x)] x IZ lu x [x x (x)]
12. [x x x]-ra-am [x x (x) (x)]
13. [x x] na ZI x [x x (x)]

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)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: AbB 13, 161

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

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  • Museum No.: BM 103741
  • Accession No.: 1911-04-08, 0431

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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-10-11 at 14:10:37 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Charpin, Dominique; Rattenborg, Rune Archives Babyloniennes Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-08-19 at 13:27:14 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
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 View
2018-09-22 at 05:52:13 Jagersma, Bram Atf Jagersma, Bram CDLI approved View
2010-08-06 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Maidman, Maynard P. CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“AbB 13, 161 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 11, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P413589.
AbB 13, 161 artifact entry (No. P413589). (2023, October 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P413589 (Original work published 2010)
AbB 13, 161 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P413589 (Accessed: June 2, 2025).
@misc{2023AbB,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-06-02]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 11},
	title = {AbB 13, 161 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P413589},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P413589},
}


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