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AbB 12, 049 (P510573)

Letter, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE

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Designation	AbB 12, 049
ID	P510573
Museum no.	BM 097469
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-du-uh	to Nanna-induḫ
2	qi2-bi2-ma	speak!
3	um-ma {d}za-ba4-ba4-ba-ri-ma	Thus Zababa-bari:
4	{d}utu u3 {d}marduk li-ba-li-t,u2-ka	May Šamaš and Marduk keep you alive!
5	a-nu-um-ma {d}za-ba4-ba4-a-sza-re-ed	Now, Zababa-ašared
6	_1/2(disz) gin2 1(u) sze ku3-babbar na4_ {d}utu usz-ta-bi-la#-[kum]	1/2 shekel 10 grains of silver, stone of Šamaš, I sent to you.
7	ka-ra-at i-la-ku	“It is a storm, I will go!
8	sza-ma-szu#-ma	his name
9	ku-un-ka-ma szu-bi-lam	Put it in your possession and send it here!
reverse
1	i-na <<an-na>> an-ni-tim a-hu!-ut-ka	In this case, your brother
2	lu-mur x x x x qa2-tim	[Let me see the ...] of the hand.
3	szu#-[bi]-lam#	send me!

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