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AbB 01, 118 (P509377)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | AbB 01, 118 |
|---|---|
| ID | P509377 |
| Museum no. | Todd 01 |
| Collection | Todd, T., Wimbledon, 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 | i-nu-ma i-na _e2_ da-[...] | when in the house of ... |
| 2 | ma-ah-ri-ia ta-az-[...] | Before me you ... |
| 3 | ki-ma _sze_ u3 _ku3-babbar_ la qe2-er-[ba-am-ma] | instead of barley and silver do not enter, and |
| 4 | _duh duru5 had2-du_ a-na _sza3-gal gu4 hi-a_-ia# | sifted emmer flour for the heart of my oxen. |
| 5 | s,a-ma-da-am la e-lu-u2 aq-bi-kum-ma# | I said to you: “It is not overcast, I have not spoken to you. |
| 6 | a-na 3(u) _gur duh had2-du_ szu-bu-lim u2-na-ah-i-id-ka | for 30 gur of crushed šubulum-beer he will give you. |
| 7 | u3 sza-la-szi-szu tup-pa-ti-ia u2-sza-bi-la-ak#-kum# | Secondly, he will send you my tablets. |
| 8 | _gu4 hi-a_ sza _iti szu-numun-a iti NE-NE-gar_ u3 _iti kin-{d}inanna_ | the cattle of the months of Dumuzi, Nusku, and Elūlu |
| 9 | _sza3-gal_ la i-ku-lu ba-al-t,u2-u2 | the heart did not eat, life |
| 10 | a-na mi-nim ma-ru-usz-tam an-ni-tam te-pu-sza-an-ni | Why have you performed this extispicy? |
| 11 | lu-u2 ta-al-li-kam u3-lu ta-asz-pu-ra-am | You came, you wrote me. |
| 12 | a-na a-wa-ti-ka u2-ul usz-ta-i | (Sum) He does not listen to your words, he does not obey (Akk) I do not obey your words |
| 13 | _sze_ u3 _ku3-babbar_ u2-ul qe2-er-ba-am-ma | barley and silver are not in it. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | sa-bu-tam a-na-ad-di ta-[...] | (Sum) I want to ride the sabtu-demon, you ... (Akk) The sabātam-drama that I am riding you .... |
| 2 | _sze_ u3 _ku3-babbar_ ad-di-na-ak#-[kum-ma] | I gave you barley and silver, and |
| 3 | u2-ne-eh-[...] | he smote |
| 4 | 1(disz) _amar mu_ 3(asz) i-na i-ni-ia ta#-[...] | 1 calf of 3 years in my hand ... |
| 5 | i-na _gu4 hi-a_-ia ta-as-su2-uq-ma a-na# [...] | With my oxen you have cut off and to ... |
| 6 | te-el-qi2 a-na mi-na-a usz-ta-a-ak-kum | Why did you abandon you? |
| 7 | ka-bi-it-tam an-ni-tam te-pu-sza-an-ni | You have performed this extispicy. |
| 8 | {disz}{d}nanna-ibila-ma-an-szum2 a-na ma-ah-ri-ka | Nanna-ibila-manšum before you |
| 9 | at,-t,ar-dam szum-ma 3(u) _gur duh had2-du_ | I have sent. If 30 gur of crushed emmer |
| 10 | szum-ma 6(disz) _gin2 ku3-babbar_ i-di-in-szum# | If 6 shekels of silver he gave him |
| 11 | _gu4 hi-a_ li-sza-ak-szi-dam [...] | May oxen and sheep be placed there .... |
| 12 | i-na la _sza3-gal_ la i-mu#-[tu] | without a desire they shall not die |
| 13 | qa2-ti-ia la tu-[...] | Do not ... my hand |
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