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AbB 12, 065 (P510589)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | AbB 12, 065 |
|---|---|
| ID | P510589 |
| Museum no. | BM 097071 |
| 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 | asz#-szum sza _geme2_-ka tup-pi2 | Concerning the tablet of your female servant |
| 2 | a-na be-li2-ia ka-ta u2-sza#-bi#-lam# | To my lord I have sent a message. |
| 3 | um-ma a-na-ku-ma _{lu2}na-asz#-[bar_] | Thus I, the leatherworker |
| 4 | sza# ta-at,-ru#-[dam] | that you have sent |
| 5 | mi-im#-ma u2-ul i-[pu-usz?] | nothing he did |
| 6 | ar-hi-isz be-li2 x [x x (x)] x | quickly my lord ... |
| 7 | tup-pi2 sza sza-{d}x-[x x x (x)] _szu-i_ | Tablet of Ša-..., the barber. |
| 8 | ar-hi-isz# _1(disz) lu2_ [x x x (x)] x | quickly 1 man ... |
| 9 | li-it,-ru#-dam#-ma | let him bring, and |
| 10 | a-wa-tu#-ia li-in-nam#-ra# | May he decree my words. |
| 11 | u3 a-szar ka-li-a-ku# | and where I live |
| 12 | li-sze-s,u2-ni-in-ni | may they bring me out. |
| 13 | sza a-na be-li2-ia asz-pu-ra-am | which I wrote to my lord |
| 14 | ar#-ki# tup-pi2 sza a-na be-li2-ia ka#-ta# | After the tablet that to my lord is confirmed |
| 15 | [u2]-sza#-bi-lam | he sent to me |
| 16 | sza# _iti gu4-si-sa2 u4 2(disz)-kam#_ | of the month of Addaru, 2nd day |
| 17 | {disz}{d}suen-na-s,i#-ir# _ugula e2_ [...] | Sîn-nāṣir, foreman of the temple of ... |
| 18 | sze#-er-tam-ma isz-tu zimbir{ki}-am#-[na-num] | in the morning from Sippar-Anum |
| 19 | [a]-na# zimbir{ki}-ia-ah#-[ru-rum] | to Sippar-Yaḫrum |
| 20 | [a]-na# _abul nun-na_ u2-[...] | to the princely gate ... |
| 21 | iq#-bu-nim-ma# | spoke to me, and |
| 22 | [a]-na# {d}suen#-na#-s,i#-ir _ugula e2_ [...] | to Sîn-nāṣir the overseer of the temple |
| 23 | [x x x (x)]-{d}na-bi-um x x x [...] | ...-Nabium |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [x (x)] {d}utu-szu-mu-un-dib _di-ku5#_ | ... Šamaš-sumundib, judge |
| 2 | [x] x a am-tim asz-pu-ur-ma# [...] | ... I wrote and ... |
| 3 | ki-a-am iq-bu-szum um-ma szu-nu-ma# | thus said to him: "They |
| 4 | {disz}{d}suen-na-din-szu-mi [(x)] | Sin-nādin-šumi |
| 5 | a-na# mi-nim ka#-li-ma i-ma-a-at# [(x)] | What is it that is all there is to know? |
| 6 | i-na da#-ba#-bi#-im u2-ma-ah-hi-s,u2-szu-ma | they shall remove him from the battle, and |
| 7 | u2-sze-s,u2-ni#-in-ni ni-id-bu-ub-ma | they brought out, we spoke, and |
| 8 | um-ma be-el a-[wa]-ti#-ia-ma a-na-ku _iti bara2-za3-gar_ | Thus (says) my lord of words: I, the month of Nisannu, |
| 9 | at-ta-s,i2# [x (x)] x-u2 _iti gu4-si-sa2_ x x [...] | I went out ... the month of Addaru ... ... |
| 10 | an-ni-tam ni-id-bu-ma | we spoke this, and |
| 11 | isz-tu# _iti gu4-si-sa2 u4 2(disz)-kam_ | From the month of Addaru, 2nd day |
| 12 | a-na x [(x)]-x-ZI-ia e-ru#-ub#-ma | I entered ...ZIya and |
| 13 | it#-[ti] _ugula# e2_ i-na zimbir{ki}-am-na-num a-na-ku | with the foreman of the house in Sippar-Amnānum I |
| 14 | be-[li2 a]-na# a-wi-le-e qa2-bu-um-ma | My lord, speak to a man |
| 15 | li-[iq]-bi# a-na-ku it-ti _ugula e2_ | I am with the foreman of the house. |
| 16 | [a-al]-li-a-am a-na be-li2-ia ka-ta | I will go to my lord. |
| 17 | a-qa2-ab#-bi-ma | I shall speak, and |
| 18 | ki#-ma# be#-li2 i-qa2-ab-bi-a-am | When my lord commands |
| 19 | e-ep#-pu-usz | he shall do |
| 20 | _{lu2#}na-asz-bar_ la ta-t,a-ra-dam-ma | the weaver, do not be negligent, and |
| 21 | e-li i-na-an-na _ugula e2_ szu-u2 | instead of now that overseer of the house |
| 22 | la is,-s,a-ar-ra-ha-am | does not keep watch over me, |
Sources & licences
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