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AbB 12, 031 (P510556)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | AbB 12, 031 |
|---|---|
| ID | P510556 |
| Museum no. | BM 096972 |
| 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 be-li2-ia qi2-bi2-ma | Speak to my lord! |
| 2 | um-ma {d}na-bi-um-at-pa-lam ARAD-ka-ma | Thus Nabium-atpalam, your servant: |
| 3 | asz-szum sze-e ar-hi-isz la ka-ma-si-im sza be-li2 isz-pur-am | Concerning the barley quickly and without interruption about which my lord wrote me, |
| 4 | sze-e szu-ut-_sipa-mesz_{ki} i-na# za#-re-e-em ka-mi-is | the barley of Shut-sipāmeš in a sealed document |
| 5 | sze-e iri-{d}gu-la{ki} a-na zimbir{ki} at-ba-lam | the barley of Iri-gula I brought to Sippar. |
| 6 | i-na _u4 1(u) 4(disz)-kam_ sza _iti NE-NE-gar_ a-na sze-e szu-ut-_sipa-mesz_{ki} | On the 14th day of the month of Abu, for the barley of Shut-sipāmeš |
| 7 | pa-sza-ri-im qa2-ti a-sza-ak-ka-an | I will place a hand on my hand. |
| 8 | asz#-szum sza um-ma be-li2-ma sza isz-ku-un-{d}en-lil2{ki} | Concerning what the lord of Iškun-Enlil |
| 9 | i-na pa-ni-ka sze-am am-mi-ni ik-mi-su-nim | Why did they eat barley in your presence? |
| 10 | isz-tu du#-ri-im ma-ti-ma sze-am# i-na pa-ni-ia# | Since distant days, no barley was in my presence. |
| 11 | u2-ul ik-mi-su-nim {disz}a-pil2-{d}ki-it-tum# | Apil-Kittu |
| 12 | _dumu_ hi-IZ-BI-SZI 5(disz) szu-szi _sze gur_ sza# a-na# x [x (x)] | 5 hundred kor of barley, which for ... |
| 13 | u3 i-na zu-mur _iri{ki}_ 2(disz) szu-szi x [...] | and in the middle of the city 2 hundred ... |
| 14 | _iri{ki}_ ka-lu-szu a-na szu-nu-szi-im-ma x [...] | the whole city to them ... |
| 15 | isz-tu sze-um a-na ma-asz-ka-nim i-lu-u2 | After the barley goes to the threshing floor, |
| 16 | _3(u) aga-us2-ta-am3_ i-na ma-ah-ri-szu-nu# | 30 soldiers before them |
| 17 | u2-ul ip-pa-at,-t,a-ru a-na-ku i-na# _lu2# hun-ga2-mesz#_-ma | they will not be released. I, among the hirelings |
| 18 | am-ta-ah-ha-as, i-na pa-ni-ia ki-i#-[x]-x-ka-am | I have sinned, in my presence ... |
| 19 | asz-szum sze-e hal-hal-la{ki} sza [x x (x)] x x [...] | Concerning the barley of Halhalla which |
| 20 | x [x x x x x (x)] x-ni#-isz [...] | ... ... |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | a-di# i-na#-an#-na# x [...] | Until now ... |
| 2 | sze-e be-li2-ia ki-ma x [...] | The barley of my lord like |
| 3 | sze-um sza i-na iri-{d}gu-la#[{ki} ...] | barley, which in Gula |
| 4 | ib-ba-szu-u2 _5(gesz2) 3(u) sze gur {gesz#}ban2#_ {gesz#}me-sze-qum# | 530 gur of barley, a seah of mešequm-wood |
| 5 | sza a-na zimbir{ki} il-li-kam | who came to Sippar |
| 6 | _1(gesz2) sze gur {gesz}ban2_ {gesz}me-sze-qum a-na _al-du3_ | 60 gur of barley, a seah of mešequm-wood for building |
| 7 | in-ne-ez-ba-am | he smote |
| 8 | _szunigin 6(gesz2) 2(u) 1(asz) 5(ban2) sze gur {gesz}ban2#_ [{gesz}me]-sze#-qum | total: 61 gur 5 ban2 barley, seah of mešequm-wood |
| 9 | sza i-na iri-{d}gu-la{ki} ib-ba-szu-[u2 ...] | who in Iri-gula erected |
| 10 | asz-szum tup-pi2 sza a-na ig-mil-{d}suen# [...] | Concerning the tablet which to Igmil-Sîn |
| 11 | szu-bu-lim sza a-na be#-li2#-ia# [x x (x) (x)] | Send me the news that to my lord! |
| 12 | asz-pur-am-ma um#-[ma be-li2-ma] | I wrote to my lord, thus: |
| 13 | tup-pa-am a-na ig-mil-{d}suen# [...] | A tablet to Igmil-Sîn |
| 14 | usz-ta-bi-lam tup-pi2 be-li2-ia mi-im#-ma# | I have sent the tablet of my lord everything |
| 15 | a-na ig-mil-{d}suen u2-ul il-li-kam | to Igmil-Sîn he did not come |
| 16 | tup-pi2 be-li2-ia a-na ig-mil-{d}suen | my tablet of lord to Igmil-Sîn |
| 17 | ar-hi-isz li-il-li-kam-ma | quickly he should come and |
| 18 | sze-am lu-ut-ba-lam | let me bring the barley. |
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