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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

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Letter

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Text

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)

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, 161

[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 103741
Accession No.: 1911-04-08, 0431

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 05:52:13	Jagersma, Bram	Atf	Jagersma, Bram		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 (172500) (172500)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.103741) (BM.103741)
The British Museum Collection (W_1911-0408-431) (W_1911-0408-431)
Archives Babyloniennes (13677) (13677)

Notes

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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: January 6, 2026).

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	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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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: January 6, 2026).

@misc{2023AbB,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-06]},
	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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DA  - 2023/10/11/
PY  - 2023
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M1  - 2026/1/6/
TI  - AbB 13, 161 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P413589
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