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AbB 12, 007 (P510532)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | AbB 12, 007 |
|---|---|
| ID | P510532 |
| Museum no. | BM 097227 |
| 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)
From Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched)
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 {d}na-bi-um-na-s,i-ir-ma | Thus Nabium-nāṣir: |
| 4 | asz-szum sza ta-asz-pu-ra-am | Concerning what you wrote me |
| 5 | um-ma at-ta-ma {disz}ip#-qu2#-i3-li2-szu _di-ku5_ | Thus (says) Ipqu-ilišu, the judge: |
| 6 | [sza e-li]-ia# mar-s,a-at i-te-pu-usz | he who has been sick with me has done it. |
| 7 | u3 _abul hi-a_ usz-ta-di-a-an#-[ni] | and the city wall has imposed upon me. |
| 8 | sza ta-asz-pu-ra-am | which you wrote me |
| 9 | ma-har be-li2-ia | before my lord |
| 10 | ad-bu-um-ma | the father, and |
| 11 | tup-pi2 be-li2-ia | the tablet of my lord |
| 12 | a-na ip-qu2-i3-li2-szu szu-a-ti | to that Ipqu-ilišu |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | a-na babila2{ki} | to Babylon |
| 2 | szu-li-i-szu | his limbs |
| 3 | i-il-la-kam | he will come. |
| 4 | s,i-bi-it t,e4-mi ri-szi | the one who heeds the orders of the people, |
| 5 | sza pa-ni-ka na-ap#-li-is-ma | Look at the face of your face and |
| 6 | ki#-ma tup-pi2 szar#-ri | like a royal tablet |
| 7 | ta#-ta-am-ru# | you saw |
| 8 | it#-ti# ip#-qu2-i3-li2-szu szu-a-ti | with Ipqu-ilišu that |
| 9 | a-na babila2#{ki} si-in-qa2-am | to Babylon a good thing |
Sources & licences
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