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AbB 12, 061 (P510585)

Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE

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Designation	AbB 12, 061
ID	P510585
Museum no.	BM 096983
Collection	British Museum, London, UK
Language	Akkadian
Period	Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
Genre	Letter

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}suen-a-ha-am-i-din-nam	to Sîn-aham-iddinam
2	ra-bi-a-an zimbir{ki}	chief of Sippar
3	{disz}ip-qu2-{d}na-bi-um	Ipqu-Nabium
4	[u3] ib-ni-{d}utu	and Ibni-šamaš
5	qi2#-bi2-ma#	speak!
6	[um]-ma am-mi-s,a-du-qa2-ma#	thus Ammi-ṣaduqa:
7	a-na {d}marduk-mu-sza-lim _gal-ukken-na#_	To Marduk-mušallim, the chief priest
8	it#-ta#-asz-pa-ar#	has written
9	{disz}ip#-qu2#-{d}na-bi-um _szu-i_	Ipqu-Nabium, the barber
10	a-na zimbir{ki}-ia-ah-ru-rum# li-il-li#-[kam]	to Sippar-Yaḫrum may he come
11	it#-ti {d}marduk-mu-sza-lim _dub#-sar_ [(x)]	with Marduk-mušallim the scribe
12	u3 ARAD-{d}marduk _szu-i_ li#-iz#-zi-iz-ma#	and Warad-Marduk the barber stand, and
13	_er2 hi-a_ ma-ah-ri-ku-nu	tears have come before you.
14	li#-isz-ku-nu	may they place.
15	ki#-ma _er2 hi-a_ isz-ta-al-mu	like a weeping he heard.
16	a-na pi2-ha-ti-szu li-tu-ra-am	May he return it to its place.

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