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AbB 12, 144 (P510667)

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 017358

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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tablet
obverse
1. [a]-na# a-wi-[lim] sza# {d}marduk# u2-ba#-al#-la-t,u2-szu
2. [qi2]-bi2#-ma
3. [um-ma] i3-li2-i-qi2-sza#-am#-ma
4. [{d}utu u3 {d}]marduk# da#-ri-isz# _u4_-[mi] li#-ba-al-li-t,u2-ka
5. [lu] ba#-al-t,a-ta# [szu-lum]-ka ma-har# {d}marduk#
6. [lu] da#-ri#
7. _dingir_ na#-s,i#-ir-ka s,i#-[bu]-tam# a-ia ir-szi
8. a-na szu#-ul#-mi-ka [asz]-pu#-ra-am
9. szu-lum-ka [ma-har {d}marduk] lu-u2 da-ri
10. {disz}{d}suen-a-bu#-szu a-na# sza-tam-mu-ut
11. _e2_ {d}inanna be-el-ti x x x x
12. x x u2-wa-e-ra#-asz-szu#-ma
13. [a]-na# zimbir{ki} a-na ma-ah-ri-ka
14. [it]-ta#-al-kam
15. it#-ti-ka a-wi-lum szu-u2
16. u2-ul na-ka-ra-an-ni-a-szi-im#
reverse
1. a-hu#-ni li-ib-bu ki-im-ti#-[ni]
2. _e2_ na-ap-t,a#-[ri-im] t,a#-ba-am
3. szu#-ku-usz-szu#-um
4. it-ti-szu i-sza-ri-isz
5. du-bu-ub
6. li-ib#-ba#-szu la# i-ma#-ar#-ra-as,-ma
7. [x x (x) e-sze]-em-me-e-ma
8. [li-ib-bi] la# i-ma#-ar-ra-s,a-ak-kum
9. [a]-na# a-wa#-ti-szu la tu-usz-ta-a
10. [a]-na# ia-ku-un-a-szar x-ru
11. [x] BU# usz x szar-ri
12. [qa2-ba]-am# isz#-ku-un-ma
13. [x x] x x x x x a-bu-szu
14. [x x x]-ru-ma _ku3-babbar_ sza# ta-ad-di-nu
15. [{disz}ia]-ku#-un-a-szar szu-a-ti
16. [...] x x [...]
17. [...]
18. [...] x x [...]

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

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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 12, 144

[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 017358
Accession No.: 1894-01-15, 0072

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Chronology

Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Dates Referenced: 00.00.00.00
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Accounting Period: 0

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
2023-09-10 at 21:32:33	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	approved
2018-07-26 at 02:55:22	Jagersma, Bram	Atf	Jagersma, Bram		CDLI	approved
2018-06-04 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	Jagersma, Bram		CDLI	approved

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“AbB 12, 144 Artifact Entry.” (2018) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 11, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P510667.

AbB 12, 144 artifact entry (No. P510667). (2023, October 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P510667 (Original work published 2018)

AbB 12, 144 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P510667 (Accessed: March 14, 2025).

@misc{2023AbB,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-03-14]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 11},
	title = {AbB 12, 144 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P510667},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P510667},
}

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“AbB 12, 144 Artifact Entry.” (2018) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 11, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P510667.

AbB 12, 144 artifact entry (No. P510667). (2023, October 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P510667 (Original work published 2018)

AbB 12, 144 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P510667 (Accessed: March 14, 2025).

@misc{2023AbB,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-03-14]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 11},
	title = {AbB 12, 144 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P510667},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P510667},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/11/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P510667
LB  - CDLI:P510667
M1  - 2025/3/14/
TI  - AbB 12, 144 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.ucla.edu/P510667
ER  -

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