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AbB 12, 013 (P510538)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | AbB 12, 013 |
|---|---|
| ID | P510538 |
| Museum no. | BM 097073 |
| 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 {d}na-bi-um-at-pa-lam | to Nabium-atpalam |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma i3-li2-ip-pa-al-sa3-am-ma | Ilī-ippalsama speaks thus: |
| 4 | {d}utu u3 {d}marduk da-ri-isz _u4_-mi# | Šamaš and Marduk forever |
| 5 | li-ba-al-li-t,u2-ka | may they keep you alive. |
| 6 | asz-szum {disz}be-el-szu-nu | Concerning Bēlšunu |
| 7 | ma-am-ma-an# la du-ub-bu-bi-im | No one shall litigate |
| 8 | a-na {d}na#-bi-um-ma-lik | to Nabium-mālik |
| 9 | {disz}nu-ur2-ra-tum u3 dingir-szu-ba-ni! | Nurratum and Ilu-šubāni, |
| 10 | i-na tam-li-tim | in the sea |
| 11 | a-wi-lum iq-bi-ma | the man said, and |
| 12 | ma-am-ma-an la du-ub-bu-ub-szu | Nobody shall litigate against him. |
| 13 | iq#-ta-bi-szu-nu-szi-im | said to them |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | pi2-qa2#-at ma-am-ma#-an | “Whoever |
| 2 | i-la-kam-ma x [x]-szu | will come and his ... |
| 3 | [u2-da]-ab#-ba-ab | he shall redeem. |
| 4 | qi2-bi#-ma | speak! |
| 5 | ma-am#-[ma-an] la# u2-da-ab-ba-ab-szu | nobody will ever seize him. |
| 6 | a-nu-um-ma# [(x) (x) {disz}be]-el#-szu-nu | Now, Belšunu |
| 7 | a-na mu-uh-hi [x x]-x-ti-szu | against his ... |
| 8 | at,-t,ar-da#-[asz]-szu | I sent to him. |
| 9 | asz-szu-mi-ia i-sza-ri#-isz | As for me, I rejoiced. |
| 10 | a-pu-ul-szu | I imposed upon him |
| 11 | la tu-usz-ta-ha-szum# | do not approach him! |
Sources & licences
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