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AbB 12, 039 (P510563)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | AbB 12, 039 |
|---|---|
| ID | P510563 |
| Museum no. | BM 097311 |
| 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}nanna-in-du8 qi2-bi2-ma | Speak to Nanna-indu: |
| 2 | um-ma ib-ba-tum a-hu-ka-ma | Thus Ibbatum, your brother: |
| 3 | {d}utu u3 {d}marduk li-ba-al-li-t,u2-ka | May Šamaš and Marduk keep you alive! |
| 4 | s,u2!-ha-rum {disz}be-el-szu-nu _dumu_ a-hi-ia | Ṣuḫarum, Belšunu, son of Ahiya |
| 5 | a-na di-nim i-ga-ra-ni-a-ti | to the judges of the Igarani |
| 6 | asz-szum a-wa-tim sza i-din-{d}nu-musz-da | Concerning the words of Iddin-Numušda |
| 7 | _dumu_ a-ta-a sza i-na a-ba-tim{ki} | son of Atâ, who in Abatum |
| 8 | is,-ba-ta-ni-ma um-ma szu-u2-ma | seized me, thus he: |
| 9 | _1(u) 2(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar_ e-li {disz}u2-te-e | 12 shekels of silver above Utê |
| 10 | a-hi-ka i-szu | your brother has |
| 11 | a-na ni-isz _dingir_ | for the life of the god |
| 12 | i-di-nu-ni-szu-ma it-mu-ma | gave him, and he heard, and |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | _1/3(disz) ma-na 5(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar_ | 1/3 mina 5 shekels of silver |
| 2 | asz-szu-mi-ia {disz}{d}da-gan-zi-im-ra-ti | As for me, Dagan-zimrati |
| 3 | _ku3-babbar_ isz-qu2-lu a-nu-um-ma | the silver he received. Now |
| 4 | a-na e-ri-ib-sin u3 s,il2-li2-{d}be-el-szinig# | to Erībsin and Ṣillî-Bēlet-šinig |
| 5 | asz-tap-ra-am i-zi-iz-ma | I wrote, stood, and |
| 6 | a-wi-lam {d}da-gan-zi-im-ra-ti | the man Dagan-zimrati |
| 7 | a-na _e2_ {d}utu es-ra-ma | to the temple of Šamaš he sent, and |
| 8 | i-na _e2_ {d}utu szi-bu-su | in the temple of Šamaš his witnesses |
| 9 | li-iq-bi-ma hi-si ku-nu-ka-ti-szu-nu | “Let him say, and they shall tie the hem of their necks. |
| 10 | li-qe2-ma ri-isz-ni | may he take, and my love |
| 11 | li-ki-il5 a-na a-wa-tim | may he bind to the word |
| 12 | an-ni-tim a-ah-ka | This is your brother. |
| left | ||
| 1 | la-a ta-na-di ma-di-isz | Do not be negligent! |
| 2 | s,i2-ri-im | |
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