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AbB 12, 023 (P510548)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | AbB 12, 023 |
|---|---|
| ID | P510548 |
| Museum no. | BM 097091 |
| 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 | _5(disz) sar sig4 al-ur3#-ra_ | 5 sar of baked bricks |
| 5 | ha-asz-ha-ku | I am frightened |
| 6 | szum-ma _sig4 al-ur3#-ra_ s,a-ri#-ip-tum | If the brick is a bitumen, a ṣāriptu-mark |
| 7 | i-ba-asz-szi t,e4-em-ka szu-up-ra-am-ma | Send me your report! |
| 8 | _ma2 hi-a_ lu-ut,-ru-da-ak-kum#-ma# | a boat may I send to you, and |
| 9 | _sig4 al-ur3-ra_ li-s,e-nu-nim | the bricks of the threshing floor may they remove. |
| 10 | szum-ma _sig4 al-ur3-ra_ s,a-ri-ip-tum | If the brick is a bitumen, ṣāriptu |
| 11 | la i-ba-asz-szi | there is none. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | _5(disz) sar sig4 al-ur3-ra_-ma# | 5 sar of baked bricks |
| 2 | ar-hi-isz s,u2-ru-up-ma# | quickly strewn, and |
| 3 | t,e4-em-ka [szu]-up#-ra#-am#-ma | Send me your report! |
| 4 | _ma2 hi-a_ lu-ut,-ru-da-kum | a boat may I bring to you. |
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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