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AbB 12, 020 (P510545)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | AbB 12, 020 |
|---|---|
| ID | P510545 |
| Museum no. | BM 097069 |
| 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 | _lu2_ eb-bu-tum sza szu-ut-_sipa{ki}-mesz_ | the bright man of Šut-Sipa |
| 5 | t,e4-em-szu-nu u2-te-er-ru-nim-ma | they returned their report to me, and |
| 6 | u3 ki-a-am iq-bu-nim um-ma szu-nu-ma | And he said to me thus: "They |
| 7 | _2(gesz2) 2(u) sze gur {gesz}ba-ri2-ga_ | 220 gur of barley (for) the bariga |
| 8 | a-na _al-du3_-szu li-id-di-isz-szum | to his work may he give him. |
| 9 | _4(u) sze gur zi-ga kislah_ | 40 gur of barley, debited, the cloister |
| 10 | _szuku# e2_ sza a-di _iti# szu-numun#-a_ LI#-x [(x)] | The rent of the house until the month of Dumuzi ... |
| 11 | ki-a-am iq-bu-nim | thus said |
| 12 | _nig2-ka9_ e-pu-usz-ma | a account I made, and |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | a-na _3(gesz2) sze gur al-du3_-ka | for 300 gur of barley I built. |
| 2 | mi-im#-[ma] u2-ul i-szu | nothing has |
| 3 | ki-ma tup-pi2 an-ni-a-am# | according to this tablet |
| 4 | ta-am-ma-ru | you see. |
| 5 | a-na babila2{ki} | to Babylon |
| 6 | al-kam-ma | Come, and |
| 7 | a-wa-tam# an-ni-tam | This word |
| 8 | ap-la-an-ni | he presented to me. |
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