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AbB 12, 060 (P510584)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | AbB 12, 060 |
|---|---|
| ID | P510584 |
| Museum no. | BM 097152 |
| 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 ta-tu-ur2-ma-tum | to Taturmatum |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma ta-ri-sza-a-ma | Thus Tariša: |
| 4 | {d}esz18-dar u3 {d}tasz-me-tum | Ištar and Tashmetum |
| 5 | li-ba-al-li-t,a-ki | may they keep you alive! |
| 6 | asz-szum a-mu-ur-ri-tim | Because of the flood |
| 7 | u3 {d}a-szur-ta-a-ia-ar | and Assur-tayyar |
| 8 | sza ta-asz-pu-ra-nim | that you wrote to me |
| 9 | um-ma at-tu-nu-ma | Thus you: |
| 10 | t,u2-ur-di-isz-szu-nu-ti | Ṭurdish-šunuti |
| 11 | s,u2-ha-rum i-na ma-a-at | ṣuḫarum in the land |
| 12 | szu-bar-tim wa-szi-ib-ma | he sat on the throne and |
| 13 | u2-ul at,-ru-da-asz-szu-nu-ti | I did not send them. |
| 14 | ki-ma ik-ta-asz-dam | when he has arrived, |
| 15 | a-t,a2-ra-da-szu-nu-ti | I have paid to them. |
| 16 | asz-szum t,e4-em ta-ma-ar-ti | [Concerning] the report |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | sza i-bi-{d}utu u2-sza-bi-lam | which Ibbi-šamaš sent |
| 2 | {disz}{d}suen-i-din-nam na-ap-t,a-ri | Sîn-iddinam, the archivist |
| 3 | tup-pa-am u2-sza-bi-lam | he sent me a tablet. |
| 4 | u3 {d}suen-i-din-nam | and Sîn-iddinam |
| 5 | ih-ri-isz-er3-ra | Ihriš-Erra |
| 6 | _3(disz) esz2_ sza ti-na-tim | 3 eš-vessels of Tinātum |
| 7 | u2-sza-bi-la-ki-im | I sent to you. |
| 8 | id-di-nu-ni-ik-ki-im | gave to you |
| 9 | ki-ma a-ha-ti at-ti | You, like my brothers, |
| 10 | a-lum a-szur isz-me-ma | The god Aššīr heard (this) and |
| 11 | i-ka-ra-ba-ku-nu-szi-im | will bind you, |
| 12 | u3 a-na-ku ma-ha-ar | and I before |
| 13 | esz18-dar u3 {d}tasz-me-tum | Ishtar and Tašmetum |
| 14 | a-na ba-la-t,i3-ku-nu | for your life |
| 15 | ak-ta#-na-ra-ab | I shall continually greet you. |
| 16 | {disz}be-el-ti-la-ma-si2 | Bēltil-lamassi, |
| 17 | qa2-du-um _dumu-munus-mesz_-sza | together with her daughters |
| 18 | it-ti {d}suen-i-din-nam# | with Sîn-iddinam |
| left | ||
| 1 | t,u2-ur-da-asz-szi u3 ri-ik-sa-am | Ṭurdašši and the contract |
| 2 | sza lu2-{d}iszkur u3 wa-ak-lu ik-nu-ku | of Lu-Addu and the slave they sealed. |
| 3 | u3 _tug2_ lu-ba-re-e szu-bi-la-nim | and the lubarê-garments send to me! |
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