AbB 12, 099 (P497370)
Letter, Old Babylonian, unclear · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | AbB 12, 099 |
|---|---|
| ID | P497370 |
| Museum no. | BM 097298 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Letter |
| Find spot | unclear |
English translation
By Soldt, Wilfred H. van · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:12] o 1o 1–o 1212 | To my lord Amurrum, whose command is heard before Shamash, speak: Thus (says) Ardum, your servant, With men you created me and on the street caused me to pass (unharmed). Moreover, I would bring you a sheep offering every year and offer (it) to your honored divinity. Now, the enemy has overcome me so that I am a poor man. My brothers did not come to my aide. |
| Reverse [0:10] r 1r 1–r 1010 | If . . . , raise me from the bed I am lying on, that I may bring a lavish sheep offering and come before your divinity. . . . May my family not be dispersed. Those who look upon me (hereby) submit (this) petition to your beautiful divinity. |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched)
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1 | a-na be-el-ia {d}mar-<<mar>>-tu | |
| 2 | sza i-na ma-har {d}utu qi2-bi-is-su2 sza-ma-at | |
| 3 | qi2-bi2-ma | |
| 4 | um-ma ar-du-um _sag-ARAD_-ka-ma | |
| 5 | it-<ti> a-mi-li ta-ab-na-an-ni-ma su-qa3-am | |
| 6 | tu-sze-te-qa3-an-ni | |
| 7 | u2 sza-at-ti-sza _udu siskur2-re_ a-la-qe2-ku-ma | |
| 8 | a-na i-lu-ti-ka ka-bi-it-tim | |
| 9 | i-ip-pu-usz | |
| 10 | i-na-an-na na-ak-ru ik-szu-da-an-ni-ma | |
| 11 | mu-usz-ke-ne2-ku-ma a-ah-hu-a | |
| 12 | u2-ul i-a-ri-ru-ni | |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | szum-ma AN ka ra-bi-tum sza ra am | |
| 2 | i-na _gesz-nu2_ na-da-a-ku di-ki-an-ni | |
| 3 | _udu siskur2-re_ t,a3-ah-da-am | |
| 4 | lu-ul-qe2-a-am-ma a-na ma-har _dingir_-ti-ka | |
| 5 | lu-ul-li-ka-ak-ku | |
| 6 | da mu ZA szi KI il ma ZU | |
| 7 | la ma x ma qi2-in-ni la ip-pa-ra-ar# | |
| 8 | a-mi-ru-ia a-na _dingir_-ti-ka | |
| 9 | ba-ni-tim | |
| 10 | u2-sza-aq-ri-ib | |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
- electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich · MIT (eBL Zenodo dataset); platform terms unverified · electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich, https://www.ebl.lmu.de/ ; Zenodo dataset (MIT)
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