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AbB 13, 083 (P510801)

Letter tablet excavated in Sippar-Amnanum (mod. Tell ed-Der), 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 079926

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Amnanum (mod. Tell ed-Der)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Letter

Language(s)

Akkadian

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Text

tablet
obverse
1. a-na# [...]
2. [qi2]-bi2#-[ma]
3. [um]-ma# a-wi-il-{d}na-bi-um-ma#
4. [{d}utu] u3 {d}marduk da-ri-isz _u4_-mi li#-[ba-(al)-li-t,u2-ka]
5. [lu] sza#-al-ma-ta lu ba-al-t,a-ta#
6. [_dingir_ na]-s,i-ir-ka re-esz-ka a-na da#-[mi-iq-tim]
7. li#-ki-il
8. a-na szu#-ul#-mi-ka asz-pu-ra-am
9. szu#-lum-ka ma-har {d}utu u3 {d}marduk
10. lu da-ri
11. szi#-ma-am sza tu-sza-bi-lam
12. a-mu-ur-ma
13. i-ni u2-ul im-hu-ur
14. {disz}be-el-szu-nu
15. a-na ma-ah-ri-ka at,-t,ar-dam
reverse
1. [x x (x)] x _ku3-babbar_ [x] x [x] x x
rest broken

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, 83

[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 079926
Accession No.: 1889-10-14, 0474

Provenience

Provenience: Sippar-Amnanum (mod. Tell ed-Der) [uncertain]
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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
2024-12-07 at 20:00:10	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-10-11 at 14:10:37	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Charpin, Dominique; Rattenborg, Rune	Archives Babyloniennes	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-09-10 at 21:32:33	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2018-09-01 at 08:31:35	Jagersma, Bram	Transliteration	Jagersma, Bram		CDLI	Approved
2018-06-04 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Jagersma, Bram		CDLI	Approved

External Resources

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

British Museum Collection (W_1889-1014-474) (W_1889-1014-474)
Archives Babyloniennes (13600) (13600)

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Cite this Artifacts

“AbB 13, 083 Artifact Entry.” (2018) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 7, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P510801.

AbB 13, 083 artifact entry (No. P510801). (2024, December 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P510801 (Original work published 2018)

AbB 13, 083 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P510801 (Accessed: January 30, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-30]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {dec 7},
	title = {AbB 13, 083 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P510801},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P510801},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“AbB 13, 083 Artifact Entry.” (2018) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 7, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P510801.

AbB 13, 083 artifact entry (No. P510801). (2024, December 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P510801 (Original work published 2018)

AbB 13, 083 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P510801 (Accessed: January 30, 2026).

@misc{2024AbB,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-30]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {dec 7},
	title = {AbB 13, 083 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P510801},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P510801},
}

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DA  - 2024/12/7/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P510801
LB  - CDLI:P510801
M1  - 2026/1/30/
TI  - AbB 13, 083 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P510801
ER  -