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AbB 12, 052 (P510576)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | AbB 12, 052 |
|---|---|
| ID | P510576 |
| Museum no. | BM 097215 |
| 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}suen_-e-ri-ba-[am qi2-bi2]-ma | Speak to Sîn-erībam |
| 2 | um-ma a-wi-il-_dingir_-ma _{d}[utu_ li]-ba#-al-li-it,-ka | Thus Awil-ilī: May Shamash keep you alive! |
| 3 | sza-al-ma-a-ku 3(disz) szi-ma-am# | I am well; I know three things. |
| 4 | a-sza-am-ma u2-ul at,-ru-da-kum | I ask you, but I cannot answer you. |
| 5 | um-ma a-na-ku-u2-ma# it-ti-szu-ma | Thus I: with him |
| 6 | szi-ma-am sza ru-di-im lu#-re-di-i-ma | Let me determine the fate of the herdsman, so that |
| 7 | lu-ut-ta-la-ak# i-na e-ri-ib-ti | Let me go, in the steppe |
| 8 | gi-ri-im ma-ah-ri-tim | first-fruit offerings |
| 9 | sza i-ru-ba-am szi-ma-am# | who entered the fate |
| 10 | sza i-ma-qu2-ta-am | that he shall fall, |
| 11 | szum-ma {d}utu it-ba-lam a-sza-ma-am-ma | If Šamaš has died I will ask and |
| 12 | ar-hi-isz at-ta-la-kam | quickly I came. |
| 13 | di-in _{d}utu_ a-nu-um | judge of Šamaš, Anum |
| 14 | i-pe2-szum sza te-pu-szu | he will do what you have done. |
| 15 | szum-ma a-wi-lum | If a man |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | a-wi-lam-ma la i-de | the man does not know |
| 2 | ki-a-am i-pi2-isz a-wi-lum | Thus a man |
| 3 | {disz}{mi2}ba-ka-tum <<x>> _siki_ | Babatum, ..., wool |
| 4 | u2-ul i-szu-ma _ku3-babbar_ i-ri-isz-ka-ma | he did not have, and the silver he shall pay to you, and |
| 5 | _ku3-babbar_ u2-ul ta-na-di-szi-im | you shall not give her silver. |
| 6 | u2-lu-u2-ma _siki_ u2-ul ta-sza-am-szi | or wool you shall not give her. |
| 7 | a-na mi-nim e-te-pu-sza-am | what have I done? |
| 8 | an-ni#-a-am# te-te-ne-pi2-isz | You have performed this. |
| 9 | u3 sze#-[a]-am# sza u2-na-i-du-ka | and the barley that he will give you |
| 10 | u2-ul# [ta-asz]-pu#-ra-am | you did not send me. |
| 11 | a-na# [x]-szi#-im-ma ta-asz-ta-ka-an | to ... you have placed |
| 12 | 4(disz) szi-ma-am sza bi-ri-ni | 4 šimām of bīru, |
| 13 | a-na {disz}i3-li2-u3-{d}utu a-di-nam | to Ilī-u-šamaš as far as |
| 14 | _ku3-babbar_ szi-i-im-szi-na | the silver of their own |
| 15 | sza TE KU u2 _ku3-babbar_-am | who eats and the silver |
| 16 | ma-li _ku3-babbar_-im | the price of silver |
| left col 1 | ||
| 1 | li-ih-ru-AZ-ma | may he flee, and |
| 2 | sza#-pi2-il-ti | ša-pilti |
| left col 2 | ||
| 1 | _ku3-babbar_ ba-am-ta-am | the silver he received |
| 2 | li-di-na-kum | let him give to you, |
| 3 | u3 ga-mi-ir | and he will be paid. |
| left col 3 | ||
| 1 | szi-mi-ka | your fate |
| 2 | hu-ru-AZ | Huru-AZ |
Sources & licences
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