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AbB 12, 025 (P510550)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | AbB 12, 025 |
|---|---|
| ID | P510550 |
| Museum no. | BM 097163 |
| 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 _ha-za-nu-um{sar}_ | concerning the mayor |
| 5 | a-di la ba-asz-lu la na-pa-lim# | as long as he lives, he will not die. |
| 6 | {disz}ku-ub-bu-tum isz-pur-am | Kubbutum wrote: |
| 7 | szum-ma _ha-za!-nu-um{sar}_ la ba-asz-lu-ma | If the mayor is not well, and |
| 8 | u3 mi-ik-ru ha-mu-ut, | and a sacrifice may I make. |
| 9 | _ha-za-nu-um{sar}_ i-ka-am#? [x] x-al#-la-x-ma | The mayor ... ... and |
| 10 | a-di la ba-asz-lu | as long as he lives |
| 11 | la in-na-ap-pa-lu# | they shall not be disturbed. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | a-na mi-nim _ha-za-nu-um{sar#}_ | to what extent the mayor |
| 2 | la ba-asz-lu-us-su2-nu | were not able to carry them |
| 3 | in-na-ap-pa-lu | they will eat. |
| 4 | u3 mi-nu-um sza asz-szum _a-sza3_-im | and whatever concerning the field |
| 5 | a-wa-a-tim tu-za-ab-ba-lu | you will discuss the matter. |
| 6 | a-na a-wa-a-tim an-ne2-tim | to these words |
| 7 | zu-ub-bu-lim u2-ul tu-ta-asz-szar | You will not make (them) grow old. |
| 8 | ka-ni-kam ar-hi-isz u2-ul tu-sze-ze-eb-szu-ma | You shall quickly not let him go away, and |
| 9 | lu ti-de ki-ma tup-pi2 ta-am-ma-ru | You will see it like a tablet. |
| 10 | a-la-lum u2-lu-ul-szu-ma | Alalu, his lord, |
| 11 | ka-ni-kam szu-ze2-eb-szu | It is a sealed document. |
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