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AbB 12, 043 (P510567)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | AbB 12, 043 |
|---|---|
| ID | P510567 |
| Museum no. | BM 097340 |
| 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}nanna-in-du8 | to Nanna-indu |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma i3-li2-isz-me-a-an-ni-ma | Ilī-išmeanni speaks thus: |
| 4 | {d}utu u3 {d}marduk da-ri-isz _u4_-mi | Šamaš and Marduk forever |
| 5 | li-ba-al-li-t,u2-ka | may they keep you alive. |
| 6 | x-du i-na _3(u) erin2-mesz_ | ... from 30 workers |
| 7 | li#-id-di-nu-ni-im | may they give me. |
| 8 | [tup]-pa-am it-ta-ad-nu-nim | they gave me a tablet. |
| 9 | [x x] mu#-ri a-na-ku u3 szu-u2 | ... I myself and he |
| 10 | [x x x] x x [x x] x ni | ...... us |
| 11 | [...] | |
| 12 | [...] | |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [...] x-al-li-a-am | ... alliam |
| 2 | [...] ia#? _sag-us2_ | ... my head(?) |
| 3 | [...] i-in-ka | ... your eyes |
| 4 | [x x x x (x)] _e2-gal_ x u3 sza-ar-ra-am | ... the palace ... and the scribal art |
| 5 | [...] x e-bu-ri-im | ... of the harvest |
| 6 | [ta-at]-ta#-na-asz-szi-a-an-ni# | you have given to me |
| 7 | [i-na] e-bu-ri-im | in the harvest |
| 8 | [a]-pa#-al-ka | I ask you: |
| 9 | szu#-[lu]-um-ka szu-up-ra | send to me! |
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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