AbB 12, 184 (P510706)

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 057942

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
  beginning broken
1'. [x x x]-hu i-na# x li szu x [...]
2'. sza [a-na] _bala-ri_ kar-{d}utu{ki} ni#-[...]
3'. u2-sze-bi-ru [(x) (x)]
4'. i-na-an-na _ab2 gu4 hi-a_ [...]
5'. a-na _bala-ri_ kar-{d}utu{ki} il-li#-[ku ...]
6'. sza ta-asz-pu-ra#-[am]
7'. x [x (x)] [x (x) (x)]
8'. [_ab2] gu4 hi-a_ [x x x] ti [x x (x)]
  rest broken
reverse
  beginning broken
1'. [_ab2] gu4# hi-a_ [...]
2'. a-na _bala-ri_ x [...]
3'. la u2-sze-eb-be2#-[ru ...]
  single ruling

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Consult word list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: AbB 12, 184

    [vanSoldt1990AbB12] Soldt, Wilfred H. van. 1990. Letters in the British Museum. Altbabylonische Briefe in Umschrift Und Übersetzung, Heft 12. Leiden: Brill.

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  • Museum No.: BM 057942
  • Accession No.: 1882-07-14, 2351

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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
2023-09-10 at 21:32:33 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2018-08-06 at 05:34:46 Jagersma, Bram Atf Jagersma, Bram CDLI approved View
2018-06-04 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Jagersma, Bram CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“AbB 12, 184 Artifact Entry.” (2018) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 11, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P510706.
AbB 12, 184 artifact entry (No. P510706). (2023, October 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P510706 (Original work published 2018)
AbB 12, 184 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P510706 (Accessed: June 13, 2025).
@misc{2023AbB,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-06-13]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 11},
	title = {AbB 12, 184 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P510706},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P510706},
}


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