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AbB 12, 017 (P510542)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | AbB 12, 017 |
|---|---|
| ID | P510542 |
| Museum no. | BM 097053 |
| 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 {d}na-bi-um-at-pa-lam | to Nabium-atpalam |
| 2 | u3 i3-li2-iu-u2-ta | and Ilīyu |
| 3 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 4 | um-ma {d}marduk-mu#-sza-lim-ma | Marduk-mušallim speaks thus: |
| 5 | a-nu-um-ma _1(u) erin2#_ e-pi2-isz-tam | Herewith, 10 work-troops |
| 6 | u3 1(disz) _lu2-ar3-ar3_-szu-nu | and one of their apprentices |
| 7 | a-na u2-ra-ti#-ku-nu se-e-ri-im | to your teams of scouts |
| 8 | at,-t,ar-dam | I have sent. |
| 9 | u2-ra-ti-ku-nu li-se-e-ru | they should re-seal your cities. |
| 10 | i-na se-ri-ku-nu | in your assembly |
| 11 | a-di u2-ur _e2 i3-dub_ | as far as the house of the tanner |
| 12 | sza ga-gi4-a{ki} | of Gagia, |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | u3 ki-di-im | and the land |
| 2 | la se-e-ru | untranslatable |
| 3 | u2-ra-am sza-ni-a-am | another day |
| 4 | la# te#-se#-e-er-ra | do not return! |
| 5 | isz#-tu u2-ur# _e2 i3-dub_ | from the house of the oil-presser |
| 6 | sza ga-gi4#-a{ki} | of Gagia |
| 7 | u3 sza ki-di#-im# | and of the land |
| 8 | te-es-se2-ra | you will remove. |
| 9 | u2-ra-ti-ku-nu a-hi#-a-tim | (and) dependents |
| 10 | se-e-ra | to seize |
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