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AbB 12, 059 (P510583)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | AbB 12, 059 |
|---|---|
| ID | P510583 |
| Museum no. | BM 097101 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Letter |
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 ARAD-{d}suen qi2-bi2-[ma] | Speak to Warad-Sin |
| 2 | um-ma ta-ri-sza _dumu-munus_-ka-a-ma | Thus Tariša, your daughter: |
| 3 | {d}utu u3 {d}a-szur | Šamaš and Assur |
| 4 | asz-szu-mi-ia da-ri-<isz> _u4_-mi | As for me, forever |
| 5 | li-ba-al-li-t,u2-ka | may they keep you alive. |
| 6 | asz-szum a-mu-ur-ri-tim!(TUM) | Because of the flood |
| 7 | sza ta-asz-pu-ra-am | which you wrote me |
| 8 | um-ma at-ta-a-ma | Thus you: |
| 9 | t,u2-ur-da-asz-szi | Ṭurdašši |
| 10 | s,u2-ha-rum u2-ul wa-szi-ib-ma | I did not dwell in the ṣūḫum ritual, and |
| 11 | a-mu-ur-ri-ta-am | I saw |
| 12 | u2-ul at,-ru-da-kum | I have not sent to you, |
| 13 | ki-ma s,u2#-ha-rum | like ṣuḫarum |
| 14 | isz-tu ma-at | From the land |
| 15 | szu-bar-tim it-ta-al-kam | the šubartim payment has been paid |
| 16 | a-mu-ur-ri-ta-am | I saw |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | u3 s,u2#-ha-ra-am | and ṣuḫaram |
| 2 | at-ta-ra-da-kum | I have prayed to you |
| 3 | asz-szum t,e4-em ta-ma-ar-ti | [Concerning] the report |
| 4 | sza i-bi-{d}utu u2-sza-bi-la-kum | that Ibbi-šamaš sent to you, |
| 5 | {disz}{d}suen-i-din-nam na-ap-t,a-ri | Sîn-iddinam, the archivist |
| 6 | tup-pa-am u2-sza-bi-lam | he sent me a tablet. |
| 7 | u3 {d}suen-i-din-nam | and Sîn-iddinam |
| 8 | ih-ri-isz-er3-ra | Ihriš-Erra |
| 9 | _3(disz) esz2_ sza ti-na-tim | 3 eš-vessels of Tinātum |
| 10 | a-na s,u2-ha-ar-tim | for the ṣuḫartim |
| 11 | u2-sza-bi-lam | he sent. |
| 12 | id-di-nu-ni-ku-um | gave to you |
| 13 | _dingir_ u3 {d}utu gi-mi-il-ma | May god and Šamaš be reconciled |
| 14 | ki-ma a-lum isz-mu-ma | like a man heard, and |
| 15 | ik-ru-ba-kum# [(x)] | I prayed to you ... |
| 16 | i-na-an-na li#-[isz-me-ma] | Now, let him hear and |
| 17 | li-ik-ru-ba#-[am] | may he grant me. |
| 18 | {disz}be-el-ti-la-ma-si2 qa-du-um _dumu-munus-mesz_-sza# | Bēltil-lamassu together with her daughters |
| 19 | t,u2-ur-da-asz-szi it-ti {d}suen-i-din-nam | Ṭurdašši with Sîn-iddinam |
| 20 | u3 ri-ik-sa u3 _tug2_ lu-ba-re-e szu-bi-lam | and a rīksa-gift and lubāru-garments send me! |
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