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AbB 12, 050 (P510574)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | AbB 12, 050 |
|---|---|
| ID | P510574 |
| Museum no. | BM 097082 |
| 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 in-ba-tum | to Inbatum |
| 2 | u3 {d}iszkur-na-s,ir | and Adad-nāṣir, |
| 3 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 4 | um-ma {d}nanna-in-du8-ma | thus Nanna-indu: |
| 5 | {d}utu u3 {d}marduk li-ba-li-t,u2-ku-nu-ti | May Šamaš and Marduk keep you alive! |
| 6 | a-na s,i2-bu-tim sza al-li-kam | to the ṣibtum-official who came |
| 7 | a-di-ni s,i2-bu-ti u2-ul e-pu-usz | until now I did not do ṣibtu. |
| 8 | tup-pi2 i-na a-ma-ri-im | a tablet in the morning |
| 9 | {disz}{d}iszkur-na-s,i-ir! u3 {d}iszkur-nu-ri | Iškur-nāṣir and Adad-nuri |
| 10 | a-la-kam li-pu-szu-nim | they must go. |
| 11 | a-na sze-e-im sza-mi-im | for the heavenly barley |
| 12 | an-ni-ki!-a-am u2-ul i-ba-asz-szi-ma | there is no such thing |
| 13 | a-na _iri_ i-szi-in{ki} | to the city of Isin |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | at-ta-la-ak | I went. |
| 2 | a-na _e2_ la te-gi-i | to a house not returned |
| 3 | szum-ma sze-a-am la ti-sza-a | If you do not have barley, |
| 4 | _ku3-babbar_ sza ta#-am-ta-ha-ra | the silver that Tamtahara |
| 5 | s,u2-ha-rum li-di-im-ma sze-a-am | May the ṣuḫāru-plant grow and the barley |
| 6 | li-sza-ma-ku-nu-szi-im | may they grant to her. |
| 7 | szum-ma _sze-gesz-i3_ a-na s,a-ha-tim | If sesame for the rations |
| 8 | ta-ad-di-na _i3-gesz_ ma-ah-ru-um-ma | you gave, oil before |
| 9 | la-ma e-bu-ri-im szu-di-na | “If he does not give (him) a harvest, |
| 10 | szum-ma nu-ur2-{d}mar-tu | If Nur-Amurru |
| 11 | it-ta-al-ka-am-ma _siki hi-a_ na-szi | he came and brought the wool. |
| 12 | um-ma at-ta-a-ma _5(disz) gu2-un siki hi-a_ | Thus you: 5 talents of wool |
| 13 | a-na {d}nanna-in-du8 u2-s,u2-ur | to Nanna-indu he shall remove |
| 14 | szum-ma szi-ma-am na-szi | if that one is responsible, |
| left | ||
| 1 | 1(disz) szi-ma-am li-s,u2-ra-am | 1 šīma: may they guard. |
| 2 | t,e4-ma-am an-ni-a-am {disz}{d}iszkur-na-s,ir li-ib-la-am [(x)] | This report may Adad-nāṣir bring. |
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