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AbB 12, 008 (P510533)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | AbB 12, 008 |
|---|---|
| ID | P510533 |
| Museum no. | BM 097328 |
| 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 _a-sza3 a-gar3_ na-szi-a-ri-isz | Concerning the field and the meadow that is to be cultivated |
| 5 | sza ta-asz-pu-ra-am | which you wrote me |
| 6 | _a-sza3_ szu-a-ti u2-ta-asz-sze-ru-ni-ik-ku | that field they shall return to you. |
| 7 | u3 tup-pi2 a-na {d}suen-re-me-ni _di-ku5_ | and a tablet to Sîn-rēmēli the judge |
| 8 | u3 ib-ni-{d}mar-tu _ugula mar-tu_ | and Ibni-Amurrum, foreman of Amurrum |
| 9 | asz-szum _gu4-apin hi-a_ na-da-nim-ma | Concerning the plow oxen that were given, and |
| 10 | tap-pu-ti-ka a-la-ki-im | Your companions, go! |
| 11 | it-ta-al-kam | has gone, |
| 12 | la-ma sza#-[at-tum] it#-ta#-al#-ku!(LU) | Before the second one came, |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | _a-sza3_ szu-a-ti | that field |
| 2 | szu-ta-ak-szi-id-ma | he shall be held back, and |
| 3 | ne-me-et-tam | the scepter |
| 4 | la ta-ra-asz-szi | do not abandon her! |
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)
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