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AbB 13, 163 (P413603)

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 103755

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Letter

Language(s)

Akkadian

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Text

tablet
obverse
1. [a-na] {d}suen-e-mu#-[qi2]
2. qi2#-bi2-[ma]
3. [um-ma] i-ka-x x [(x)] x [...]
4. [{d}utu] u3 {d}marduk li#-ba#-li#-[t,u2-ka]
5. [tup]-pi2# i-na a-ma-ri#-im#
6. [x] NI-ib-ba-x IG? [...]
7. [x] x x sza usz x x
8. x x x GA? AM? x
9. [x x (x)] x ti x x
reverse
beginning broken
blank space

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, 163

[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 103755
Accession No.: 1911-04-08, 0445

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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 13:27:14	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 05:52:12	Jagersma, Bram	Transliteration	Jagersma, Bram		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 (172514) (172514)
Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.103755) (BM.103755)
British Museum Collection (W_1911-0408-445) (W_1911-0408-445)
Archives Babyloniennes (13679) (13679)

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“AbB 13, 163 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 11, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P413603.

AbB 13, 163 artifact entry (No. P413603). (2023, October 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P413603 (Original work published 2010)

AbB 13, 163 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P413603 (Accessed: March 20, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-20]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 11},
	title = {AbB 13, 163 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P413603},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P413603},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“AbB 13, 163 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 11, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P413603.

AbB 13, 163 artifact entry (No. P413603). (2023, October 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P413603 (Original work published 2010)

AbB 13, 163 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P413603 (Accessed: March 20, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-20]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 11},
	title = {AbB 13, 163 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P413603},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P413603},
}

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LB  - CDLI:P413603
M1  - 2026/3/20/
TI  - AbB 13, 163 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P413603
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