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AbB 12, 002 (P510527)

Letter, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE

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Designation	AbB 12, 002
ID	P510527
Museum no.	BM 097074
Collection	British Museum, London, UK
Language	Akkadian
Period	Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
Genre	Letter
Find spot	Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)
Coordinates	33.0605, 44.2552

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 dingir-szu-ib-ni	To Ilšu-ibni
2	qi2-bi2-ma	speak!
3	um-ma i-lu-ni-ma	Thus (says) Iluni:
4	{d}utu u3 {d}marduk li-ba-al-li-t,u2-ka	May Šamaš and Marduk keep you alive!
5	asz-szum sza ta-asz-pu-ra-am um-ma at-ta-ma	[Concerning what] you wrote me: "You
6	{disz}ip-qu2-i3-li2-szu _di-ku5_ i-na pu-uh2-ri-im	Ipqu-ilīšu the judge in the assembly
7	ma-ga-al id-bu-ba-am li-isz-sza-ap-ra-am-ma	“May he write to me what he has to say, so that
8	ar-ka-at da-ba-bi-ia li-ip-pa-ri-is	May the time of my speaking be long.
9	sza ta-asz-pu-ra-am	which you wrote me
10	a-na a-wi-lim aq-bi-ma tup-pi2 a-wi-lim	I said to a man, and the man’s tablet
11	a-na _gal-ukken-na_ a-na ip-qu2-{d}na-bi-um _szu-i_	to the chief of the assembly, to Ipqu-Nabium the barber
12	tup-pa a-na t,e4-mi-szu a-na {d}suen-re-me-ni _di-ku5_	a tablet for his instruction to Sîn-rēmēli the judge
13	u3 tup-pi2 pu-uh2-ri a-na a-wi-le-e _di-ku5-mesz_	and a sealed tablet of appeal to a man, judges
14	u2-da-an-ni-na-am-ma usz-ta-bi-lam	he gave me, and he sent me.
15	i-na pu-uh2-ri-im i-na da-ba-bi-im	In the assembly, in the battle
16	pa-ni ip-qu2-i3-li2-szu szu-a-ti la tu-ub-ba-al	Do not bring him before Ipqu-ilīšu!
17	ma-la a-wa-ti-ku-nu sza at-ta u3 szu-u2	whatever your words are that you and he
18	i-na pu-uh2-ri a-wi-lum a-na pa-ni a-wi-lim	In the presence of the man before the man
19	ta-da-ab-bu-ba	you speak,
reverse
1	[a-wi]-lu#-u2 i-na mu-uh2-hi ip-qu2-i3-li2-szu _di-ku5_	a man on top of Ipqu-ilišu the judge
2	i-sza-as2-su-u2	they shall raise.
3	u3 tup-pa-ti-szu-nu me-eh-ra-am	and their tablets are received.
4	u2-sza-ab-ba-lu-nim a-na zi-mi da-ba-bi	They will make it abundant for me to speak truthfully.
5	sza i-sze-em-mu-u2	who hears
6	a-wi-lum szar-ra-am u2-la-am-ma-ad	a man a king shall make known
7	asz-szum _sze-SZESZ_ sza ta-asz-pu-ra-am	Concerning the barley about which you wrote me
8	tup-pi2 e-tel-pi4-{d}na-bi-um _enku_	Tablet of Etel-pî-Nabium, the fisherman.
9	a-na _enku_ zimbir{ki} a-pa-li-ka	to enter Sippar I went.
10	ar-ki {d}nin-urta-ni-szu u2-sza-ab-ba-lam	after Ninurta-nīšu he shall make manifest
11	_1(disz) 5/6(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar_ sza _igi-6(disz)-gal2 ku3-babbar zu2-lum dilmun-na_	1 5/6 shekels of silver of 1/6 (mina) of silver, dates of Dilmun
12	u3 _{gesz}nu-ur2-ma_	and a bed
13	{disz}{d}nin-urta-ni-szu a-na ma-ah-ri-ka	Ninurta-nišu before you
14	usz-ta-bi-lam	he sent to me.

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