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AbB 12, 026 (P510551)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | AbB 12, 026 |
|---|---|
| ID | P510551 |
| Museum no. | BM 097113 |
| 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-na-s,i-ir-ma | Thus Marduk-nāṣir: |
| 4 | {d}utu u3 {d}marduk li-ba-al-li-t,u2-ka | May Šamaš and Marduk keep you alive! |
| 5 | asz-szum s,u2-ha#-ri-ka sza esz18-dar-illat-su2 | Concerning the ṣuharu of Ištar-Illatsu |
| 6 | i-na qa2-ti-szu-nu sze-a-am is,-ba-tu-ma | in their hands barley seized, and |
| 7 | ik-lu-szu-nu#-<ti>-ma | sealed them, and |
| 8 | ta-asz-pur-am | you wrote me. |
| 9 | ki-ma isz-ti7-isz-szu | like a river |
| 10 | aq-bi-szum-ma | I said to him |
| 11 | [u2]-ul isz-me-a-ni | did not hear |
| 12 | a-wi-lum sza-gi-il | a man of Šagil |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | at-wa-am u2-ul i-ma-ha#-ar# | a claim shall not arise. |
| 2 | e-zu-ub la s,u2-ha-ri-ka | “Disregard that you are not dressed in your ordinary soiled garments, |
| 3 | s,u2-ha-ri u2 sza ni-szu-dan-nam _ugula e2 sukkal_ | ṣuharu and of Nišu-dannam, foreman of the house of the vizier |
| 4 | sze-a-am na#-szu#-ma is,-ba-su2-nu-ti-ma | he took the barley and took them, and |
| 5 | nu-pa-at,#-t,e4#-er-szu#-ma# u2-ul# im-gur-an-ni-a-ti | We shall release him, but he will not return to me. |
| 6 | um-ma# szu#-ma# a-wa#-tim# an#-ni#-a-ti-in | Thus (says) he: these words |
| 7 | {disz}{d}na-bi-um-at#-pa#-[lam]-ma# i-pu-ul#-szi-na-ti | Nabium-atpalama performed them. |
| 8 | tup-pa-ka# szu-bi-la-asz-szum | Send your tablet to him! |
Sources & licences
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