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AbB 13, 125 (P510843)

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 086567

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 i3-li2-am-ta#-ha#-ar#
2. qi2-bi2-ma
3. um-ma li#-pi2#-it#-{d}mar-tu-ma
4. {d}utu li#-ba-al#-li-it,-ka
5. asz-szum {disz}ta-ri-bu
6. a-na ni-pu#-ut# {disz}u-bar-esz18-dar
7. a-wi#-lam# i-na# s,i#-bi#-it-tim
8. ta-ka-al#-la#-[a]
9. szum-ma a-wi-lum# szu#-u2
10. im-tu-ut
11. pi-ha-at a-wi-lim
12. sza-a-ti i-na mu-uh#-[hi-ka]
13. u2-ul i-sza-ak-ka#-nu
reverse
1. a-wi-lum szu-u2
2. _sza3 kaskal_-na-tim sza _an-za-gar3#-lugal#_
3. a-wi-lam sza-a-ti
4. szu-s,i-a-asz-szu-u2-ma
5. a-na s,e-ri-ia szu#-[ri-a-asz-szu]
single ruling

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, 125

[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 086567
Accession No.: 1899-11-11, 0034

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 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
2018-09-21 at 08:21:30	Jagersma, Bram	Transliteration	Firth, Richard		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_1899-1111-34) (W_1899-1111-34)
Archives Babyloniennes (25008) (25008)

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“AbB 13, 125 Artifact Entry.” (2018) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 11, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P510843.

AbB 13, 125 artifact entry (No. P510843). (2023, October 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P510843 (Original work published 2018)

AbB 13, 125 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P510843 (Accessed: March 3, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-03]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 11},
	title = {AbB 13, 125 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P510843},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P510843},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“AbB 13, 125 Artifact Entry.” (2018) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 11, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P510843.

AbB 13, 125 artifact entry (No. P510843). (2023, October 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P510843 (Original work published 2018)

AbB 13, 125 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P510843 (Accessed: March 3, 2026).

@misc{2023AbB,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-03]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 11},
	title = {AbB 13, 125 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P510843},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P510843},
}

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DA  - 2023/10/11/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P510843
LB  - CDLI:P510843
M1  - 2026/3/3/
TI  - AbB 13, 125 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P510843
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