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AbB 12, 016 (P510541)

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

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Designation	AbB 12, 016
ID	P510541
Museum no.	BM 096979
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 {d}marduk-mu-sza-lim-ma	Marduk-mušallim speaks thus:
4	[asz]-szum# _1(bur3) 1(esze3) GAN2 a-sza3 gibil_ sza isz-ku-un-{d}suen{ki}	As to the 1 bur3 1 eše3 field, new field belonging to Ishkun-Sîn
5	ki#-a-am ta-aq-bi-a-am um-ma at-ta-ma	Thus you spoke to me: "You
6	_dumu#_-ka# {d}da-gan-ra-bi-ma	your son Dagan-rabi
7	_a-sza3_-um a-na _esz2-gar3 2(disz) gu4-apin hi-a_ sza# {d}esz18-dar	a field for the eš-gar3 2 plow-oxen belonging to Ishtar
8	u2-ul ka-szi-id	he will not achieve.
9	_1(bur3)# 1(esze3) GAN2 a-sza3_ sza _dumu-mesz#_ ni-id-na-at-{d}suen	1 bur3 1 eše3 field, belonging to the sons of Nidnat-Sîn
10	[li]-id-di-nu-nim#-ma	they should give me, and
11	u3 _ab2# gu4# hi#-a_ x x-ia lu-usz-ta-am#-li	and the cattle of my ... I shall slaughter.
12	ki#-a-am# ta#-aq#-bi-a-am-ma	Thus you spoke to me:
13	i-na qa2-be2-e-ka _1(bur3) 1(esze3) GAN2 a-sza3_ szu-a-ti	At your command, this field is 1 bur3 1 eše3.
14	a-na {d}da-gan-ra-bi ad-di-in#	to Dagan-rabi I gave.
15	[x x x x x x (x)] x x x [...]
16	[...]
17	[...]
18	_a-sza3_ sza qa2-ti-ia x [...]	the field in my hand ... ...
reverse
1	sze-um li-in-na-di-in#-[ma]	may barley be given to him, and
2	i-ni-a-tum li-isz-sza-ap-ka-ma	may this curse write to you, and
3	_1(bur3) 1(esze3) GAN2 a-sza3_ szu-u2 szi-ip-ra-am li-in-ne2-pu-usz	that 1 bur3 1 eše3 field is a work assignment may he perform.
4	ki-a-am# isz-pur-am	he wrote thus:
5	i-na# qa2#-be-e-ka _a-sza3_ szu-a-ti	At your command, that field
6	a-na {d}da#-gan#-ra-bi ad-di-in	I gave to Dagan-rabi.
7	i-na#-an#-na# {disz}{d}da#-gan-ra-bi ki-a-am# isz-pur-am	Now Dagan-rabi has written to me thus:
8	[um-ma szu]-u2-ma [(x)] x e-li e-mu-qi2-ia ka-as,-ra	Thus he: ... against my army is bound.
9	[ki]-a-am isz#-pur#-am# LU _gu4 u4_-ma-am# an#-ni-a-am# szu-up-ra-am	Thus he wrote to me: "Send me a man of oxen today!"
10	u3 asz-szum# _gu4# hi#-a_ {disz}{d}da-gan-ra#-bi	and concerning the cattle of Dagan-rabi
11	ki#-a-am# isz#-pur#-am um-ma szu-u2-ma	Thus he wrote: "He is
12	i-na# _gu4 hi-a_-ia 4(disz) _gu4_ is-su2-qu2-u2-ma	from my cattle 4 oxen piled up, and
13	a-na# _gu4# apin#_-ka# it-ta-ad-di-nu	they have given to the oxen of your plow.
14	u3 {d}marduk-mu-dam-mi-iq ki-a-am isz-pur-am	and Marduk-mudammeq wrote thus:
15	um-ma szu-ma i-na 4(disz) _gu4 nig2-szu_ {d}da-gan-ra-bi	Thus (says) Šū: From 4 oxen, the property of Dagan-rabi
16	u3 2(disz) _gu4 nig2-szu_ i3-li2-u3-{d}utu i-na 6(disz) _gu4 hi-a_	and 2 oxen, property of Ilī-u-šamaš, from the 6 cows
17	sza id-di-nu-nim 4(disz) _gu4_ x sza LU x wa-ar-ka	which he gave to me, 4 oxen ... of the man after
18	[x (x)] x x ki#-a-am isz#-pur-am	... wrote me thus:

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