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AbB 12, 019 (P510544)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | AbB 12, 019 |
|---|---|
| ID | P510544 |
| Museum no. | BM 097063 |
| 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 | qi2#-bi2#-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um#-[ma {d}]marduk#-mu-sza-lim-ma | Marduk-mušallim speaks thus: |
| 4 | asz-szum# {d}na#-[bi-um]-szar-rum sza ta-asz-[pu-ra-am] | Concerning Nabium-šarrum about whom you wrote |
| 5 | x x ni-su2-uq KU? x [...] | ... prayer(?) |
| 6 | [x an]-da#-ah-szum{sar} [...] | ... Andahšum |
| 7 | [x x] x{sar#} [(x)] | ...; |
| 8 | [tu]-usz#-ta-na#-ab#-[ba-lam] | you will keep bringing to me. |
| 9 | x ma ZUM sza be-li2-ia x x x | ... of my lord ... |
| 10 | sza ki-ma an-da-ah-szum{sar} | who like Andaḫšum |
| 11 | sza tu-usz-ta-na-ab-ba-lam# | that you will keep bringing to me |
| 12 | x x x an-da#-ah#-szum#{sar} x [x] | Andaḫšum |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | i-na#-an#-na# {disz}x [...] | Now ... |
| 2 | 1(gesz2) 3(u) an-da-ah-szum{sar#} [x x] | 90, Andaḫšum |
| 3 | sza e-li-szu-nu dam-qu2 [x (x)] | who above them good ... |
| 4 | la i-ba-[asz-szu]-u2# | there is none |
| 5 | u2-sza-bi#-[la-kum] | I sent to you. |
| 6 | [...] | |
| 7 | [...] | |
| 8 | [...] | |
| 9 | [...] | |
| 10 | szu-bi-[lam] | send me! |
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
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