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AbB 12, 063 (P510587)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | AbB 12, 063 |
|---|---|
| ID | P510587 |
| Museum no. | BM 097038 |
| 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 e-li-e-re-sa | to her servant |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma {d}marduk-na-s,i-ir-ma | Thus Marduk-nāṣir: |
| 4 | {d}utu u3 {d}marduk asz-szu-mi-ia li-ba-li-t,u2-ki | May Šamaš and Marduk keep you alive for my sake |
| 5 | asz-szum a-wa-at {disz}a-ma-at-{d}suen | Concerning the word of Amat-Sîn |
| 6 | isz-tu s,e-eh-re-et-ma | from the flocks |
| 7 | {disz}na-na-a a-na _dumu_ a-wi-lim | Nanāya to the son of a man |
| 8 | a-na a-ha-zi-sza qa2-ba-am isz-ku-un | to her rival he spoke. |
| 9 | am-sza-li i-nu-ma _ugula mar-tu_ | when the foreman of Amurru |
| 10 | il-li-kam | came. |
| 11 | ta-az-zi-im-ti a-lim i-du-ur-ma | (Sum) The tazzimtu priestess, the important one, saw (Akk) The important one saw the tazazimmtu-priestesses and |
| 12 | tup-pi2 ma-ru-ti-sza | a tablet of her inheritance |
| 13 | a-na a-ma-at-{d}suen id-di-isz-szi-im | to Amat-Sîn gave her |
| 14 | {disz}ki-isz-szi-ia-tum | Kišiyatum |
| 15 | ki-ma sza-ti u3 _dumu_ a-wi-lim | like that and the son of a man |
| 16 | sza i-hu-zu-szi ni-si-ir-ma | that he had conquered, we captured, and |
| 17 | _2(u) sze gur_ nu-sza-ad-di-isz#-[szu-nu-ti?] | We gave them 20 gur of barley. |
| 18 | mi-id-de ki-a-am ta#-[qa2-bi-(ma)] | You will say thus: |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | a-na nu-ma-at am-ti# [x (x) (x)] | to the woman of my father ... |
| 2 | i-in-szu-nu isz-szu-ma# x [x (x)] | he took them and ... |
| 3 | u2-li-lu-szi | he made her live. |
| 4 | u3 mi-id-de mi-im-ma | and anything |
| 5 | ta-qa2-bi-ma _ugula mar-tu_ a-wa-tum | you spoke, and the foreman of Amurru a word |
| 6 | i-ka-sza-ad# mi-im-ma | he will achieve anything |
| 7 | la ta-qa2-ab-bi | do not speak! |
| 8 | mu-ut-ni ta-ra-mi-ma | her husband you love, and |
| 9 | ba#-la-at,-ni te-ze-ri | Life of the sheep |
| 10 | ki-ma ti-de-e | like tīde |
| 11 | i-na qi2-ib {d}be-el-s,ar-bi2 | at the command of Bēl-ṣarbi |
| 12 | i-li a-li-ni qa2-bu-um | (Sum) My god, our god is a šēdu priest (Akk) The god of the command |
| 13 | u3 na-ba-al-ku-tum | and Nabalkutum |
| 14 | _2(u) sze gur_ {disz}a-si-rum x x na-di-nu | 20 gur of barley (for) Asirum were given. |
| 15 | ub-ba-la-ki-im | I will bring to you. |
| 16 | _sze_-szu# mu#-uh2-ri-szu | his barley, his wages |
| 17 | la tu-sza-za-qi2-szu | you shall not raise him up. |
| 18 | u3 ku-ur-bi#-szum-ma | and Kurbišuma |
| 19 | [li]-il-li-kam | may he come. |
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