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AbB 12, 163 (P510686)

Letter tablet & envelope 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 022709

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Letter

Language(s)

Akkadian

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tablet
obverse
1. be-li2 {d}na-bi-um
2. asz-szu-mi-ia li-la-ab-bi-ir-ka
3. lu sza-al-ma-ta
4. isz-ti-isz-szu u3 szi-ni-szu
5. asz-szum _5(disz) udu-nita2_ a-na _za3-ga_ <<qa2-be2-e>>
6. u3 a-na ARAD-ku-bi mu-ti a-ha#-ti-ka
7. qa2-be2-e-em-ma _udu-nita2 hi-a_
8. u3 _ha-za-nu-um_ szu-<<bi>>-bu-li-im
9. asz-pu-ra-ak-kum-ma
10. t,e4-em-ka ri-qa2-am u2-ul ta-asz-pu-ra-am
11. i-na-an-na tup-pi2 usz-ta-bi-la-ak-kum#
12. sza _gu2-un hi-a a-sza3_-ia u3 _zu2-kesz2 e2_
13. _5(disz) udu-nita2_ u3 at-ta
14. _8(disz) udu-nita2_ szu-bi-lam-ma
reverse
1. ur2-ra-am i-na _ka2_ bu-qu2-mi
2. _5(disz) udu-nita2_ lu-te-er-ra-ak-kum
3. _1(u) udu-nita2_ mi-it-gu-ru-ti
4. s,i-im-da-am-ma szu-bi-lam
5. 1(u)-am lu-ma-li
6. i-na _iti apin-du8-a u4 3(u)-kam_
7. szu-bi-lam
8. a-na sza asz-pu-ra-ak-kum
9. la tu-usz-ta-a
10. i-na _u8 udu-hi-a_-ka _udu-nita2_ a-na
11. _1(u) udu-nita2_ szu-bi-lam
12. i-na babila2{ki} _1(u) udu-nita2_
13. a-na-ad-di-na-ak-kum
envelope
obverse
blank space
reverse
broken
seal 1
illegible

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)

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British Museum, London, UK

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Artifact type: Tablet & envelope
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Letter
Language(s): Akkadian

Related publications

primary: AbB 12, 163

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

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 022709
Accession No.: 1894-01-15, 0511

Provenience

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Chronology

Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Dates Referenced: 00.00.00.00
Alternative Years:
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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
2018-07-27 at 05:02:03	Jagersma, Bram	Atf	Jagersma, Bram		CDLI	approved
2018-06-04 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	Jagersma, Bram		CDLI	approved

External Resources

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The British Museum Collection (W_1894-0115-511)
Archives Babyloniennes (13881)

Notes

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“AbB 12, 163 Artifact Entry.” (2018) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 11, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P510686.

AbB 12, 163 artifact entry (No. P510686). (2023, October 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P510686 (Original work published 2018)

AbB 12, 163 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P510686 (Accessed: April 25, 2024).

@misc{2023AbB,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-04-25]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 11},
	title = {AbB 12, 163 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P510686},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P510686},
}

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“AbB 12, 163 Artifact Entry.” (2018) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 11, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P510686.

AbB 12, 163 artifact entry (No. P510686). (2023, October 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P510686 (Original work published 2018)

AbB 12, 163 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P510686 (Accessed: April 25, 2024).

@misc{2023AbB,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-04-25]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 11},
	title = {AbB 12, 163 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P510686},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P510686},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/10/11/
PY  - 2023
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M1  - 2024/4/25/
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UR  - https://cdli.ucla.edu/P510686
ER  -

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