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AbB 12, 062 (P510586)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | AbB 12, 062 |
|---|---|
| ID | P510586 |
| Museum no. | BM 097037 |
| 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 a-bi#-ia# | to my father |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma be-el-numun#-ma | Thus Bel-zera |
| 4 | {d}utu# u3 {d}marduk da-ri#-isz _u4_-mi# li#-ba-al-li-t,u2-ka | May Šamaš and Marduk keep you alive forever! |
| 5 | [lu] sza#-al-ma#-ta# lu ba-al#-[t,a]-ta# | Be it good, be it faulty, |
| 6 | _dingir_ na-s,i-ir-ka re-esz-ka a-na# [da-mi]-iq#-tim | The god who guards you, your head, for good fortune. |
| 7 | li-ki-il | may he bind. |
| 8 | a-na szu-ul-mi-ka asz-pu-ra-am | I have written to you for your well-being. |
| 9 | szu-lum-ka ma-har {d}utu u3 {d}marduk | Your health before Šamaš and Marduk |
| 10 | lu da-ri# | may it be forever! |
| 11 | [{disz}]i-na-e2-ul-masz-numun# a-na#? [ma-ah-ri-ka?] | Ina-eulmaš-zer to you |
| 12 | at,#-ru-da-asz#?-[szu] | I prayed to him |
| 13 | ki-ma sza _e2_ a-na _e2_ il#-li#-ka#-am# | like that of the house to the house went |
| 14 | re-qu2-us-su2 ta-at,-ru-da-asz-szu# | his requisition you have directed to him. |
| 15 | i-na-an-na ha-bil2-we-du-um | Now Ḫabil-wēdum |
| 16 | ki-ma i-na-e2-ul-masz-numun _dumu_ x-[(x)]-x-im | like Ina-Eulmaš-zer, son of ... |
| 17 | a-na ma-ah-ri-ka at,-t,ar-da-[asz]-szu# | I have sent him to you. |
| 18 | ki#-ma is-sa3-an-qa2-ak-kum | like he has poured out for you |
| 19 | [i]-zi-is-su2 | he cut off. |
| 20 | [x x (x)]-x-ma am-hu-ur i-na-e2-ul-masz-numun# | ... and received. Ina-Eulmaš-zer |
| 21 | [sza] aq#-bu-u2-ma | which I said and |
| 22 | la#? tu#?-TA-bi-lam | do not bring (them) down! |
| 23 | szum#-ma# _1(disz) tug2_ na-ah#-ra-ma#-am szum-ma _1(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar_ szu-bi-[lam] | If 1 garment is missing, if 1 shekel of silver you shall pay. |
| 24 | [x x x (x)] lu#-uk#-ru-ba-ak-ku | ... let me bring to you |
| 25 | [a-wa-tam?] i-da#-am la tu-sza-ar-sza-ma | The word(?) is a matter of life, do not delay it |
| 26 | [la] ta#-sza-ap-pa-ra-am | do not send me! |
| 27 | [asz-szum ha]-bil2#?-we?-du-um sza asz-pu-ra#-[ak-kum] | Concerning Habil-wedûm about whom I wrote to you |
| 28 | [i-zi]-is-su2-ma | he killed him, and |
| 29 | tup#-pa#-am me-he-er tup-pi2-ia# szu-bi-lam# | Send me a tablet in accordance with my tablet. |
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