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AbB 01, 059 (P509373)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | AbB 01, 059 |
|---|---|
| ID | P509373 |
| Museum no. | BM 012839 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Letter |
Transliteration (ATF)
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Machine draft. The right-hand column is machine English from ixmon/atf-to-english (atf-en-t5base-F, 2026-10-17), generated line by line from the transliteration. It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1 | [a]-na# {d}suen-i-din#-[nam] | to Sîn-iddinam |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-[ma] | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma {d}en-lil2-sza-du-u2-ni#-ma | thus Enlil-šadūni: |
| 4 | {d}utu u3 {d}amar#-utu a-na da-ri-a-tim# | Šamaš and Marduk forever |
| 5 | li-ba-al-li-t,u2-u2-ka | may they keep you alive. |
| 6 | {disz}sze-ep-{d}suen _a2?-gal2? dumu# um-mi#-a-mesz_ | Šēp-Sîn, the chief of the citizens |
| 7 | ki-a-am u2-lam-mi-da-an-ni um#-ma# szu-u2-ma# | Thus he spoke to me, saying: |
| 8 | {disz}sa-am-su-ba-ah-li sza-pi2-ir ma#-tim# | Samsu-baḫli, governor of the land |
| 9 | 2(esze3) _GAN2 a-sza3_ s,i-bi#-it# {disz}ku#-un-zu-lum _sza3-gu4_ | 2 eše3 field area: Ṣibit-Kunzulum, oxen manager |
| 10 | _a-sza3 a-gar3_ na-AG-[ma-lum] _iri_ x x x{ki} | a field in the meadow of Nag-mālum, the city of , |
| 11 | sza _{d}utu_-ha-zi-ir# isz#-tu _mu 7(disz)-kam_ id-di-nu-szum | which Šamaš-hazir gave him from the 7th year. |
| 12 | u3 i-na _iri_ x TAG{ki} sza-ak-nu id-di-a-am-ma | and in the city of TAG he gave me, and |
| 13 | 2(esze3) _GAN2 a-sza3 szuku_ i-li#-ib-bu s,i-bi-it _nagar-mesz_ | 2 eshe3 of field, prebend of Ilībbu, descendant of the carpenters; |
| 14 | _a-sza3 a-gar3 iri_ ra-bu-um x [...] | field, meadow of the great city ... |
| 15 | x x x x x x [...] | |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | [x x] x x [...] | |
| 2' | [x x] x [...] | |
| 3' | [x x] x s,i-bi-it _giri3#-se3#-ga#_ | ... of the footstool |
| 4' | [x x] x x x-ir ub-lam | ... brought |
| 5' | in-na#-me-er-ma | he saw, and |
| 6' | x _[a-sza3_ s,i]-bi-it ku-un-zu-lum | x hectares of uncultivated land, |
| 7' | _a-[sza3 a-gar3_ na-AG]-ma-lum _iri GAN2_ x x{ki} | a field in the meadow of Nag-mālum, city of the field of , |
| 8' | a-na# sa-am#-[su]-ba-ah-la# x x li IG? BU | to Samsu-bahla |
| 9' | mi-im-ma _a-sza3_ s,i-bi-it# _nagar-mesz_ | all the fields of the carpenters |
| 10' | u2-ul na#-di-isz-szum | I did not give him. |
| 11' | a-na ki-ma i-na# _dub# e2-gal_-lim | according to the tablet of the palace |
| 12' | sza {d}utu-ha-zi-ir ub-lam in-na-am-ru | of Šamaš-hazir brought, they saw |
| 13' | asz-t,u3-ra-am _dub#_ usz#-ta#-bi#-la-kum | I wrote. The tablet I sent to you |
| 14' | a-wa-tim sza ma-ah-hi-rum u2-lam-ma-du-u2-ma | the words of Aḫḫirum they shall speak, and |
| 15' | asz-szum _e2-gal_-lim la lum-mu-di# [...] | Because the palace is not in good condition . . |
| 16' | _dub_-pi2 u2-sza-ab-ba-x [...] | The tablet ... ... |
| 17' | x ti u2-ul a-ga-am-ma-[...] | ... I do not ... |
| 18' | u2-ul a-sza-ap-pa-[...] | I will not ... |
| left | ||
| 1 | [at]-ta# ki-ma ti-du-u2 wa-ar-ka-as-su2 pu-ru-us [x x ...] | You, like a tidû-demon, after his death, ... ... |
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