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AbB 12, 066 (P510590)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | AbB 12, 066 |
|---|---|
| ID | P510590 |
| Museum no. | BM 097090 |
| 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' | [...] x x [...] | |
| 2' | [asz-szum] da#-ba#-bi-im sza# be#-li2# at#-ta | Concerning the words of my lord, you |
| 3' | tu#-na-ah-i-da-an-[ni] | you keep me awake. |
| 4' | ki-ma be-li2 at-ta tu-na-ah-i-da-[an]-ni | Just as you, my lord, have troubled me |
| 5' | a-na a-wi-lim ri-isz-{d}marduk ad-da-bu-ub | to a man I spoke to Rīš-Marduk. |
| 6' | ki-ma a-wi-lum ri-isz-{d}marduk | like a man Rīš-Marduk |
| 7' | sza-ap-ti-ia isz-mu-u2 | They heard my utterances. |
| 8' | a-na ma-har a-wi-lim ib-ni-{d}utu a-bi _erin2_ | before a man Ibni-šamaš, the father of the troops |
| 9' | isz-pu-ra-an-ni-ma | wrote to me, and |
| 10' | a-wi-lum ib-ni-{d}utu a-bi _erin2_ ma-la be#-[li2 at-ta] | If a man Ibni-šamaš, father of the troops, as many as your lord |
| 11' | tu-na-ah-i-da-an-ni sza-ap-ti-ia | You have smeared my lips, |
| 12' | isz-te-mi mi-im-ma u2-ul i-pu-la#-[an-ni] | he heard nothing, he did not listen to me. |
| 13' | a-na a-wi-lim {d}marduk-mu-ba-li2-it, qa2-ab-ba#-[i-im] | to a man Marduk-muballiṭ |
| 14' | ad-bu-um-ma um-ma szu-u2-ma | I spoke to him, thus he: |
| 15' | szu-u2 ki-i la i-la-a-am-ma | he is as if he did not come and |
| 16' | i-na la a-sza-bi-i-szu bi-ru-ta-am | without his permission, a fugitive |
| 17' | sza sze-e u3 _ku3-babbar_ e-li-szu u2-x-[...] | of barley and silver above him ... |
| 18' | u3 a-wi-lum la-pi2-isz#-tum# _szu#-i_ | and a man's old garment |
| 19' | u2-s,a-am-ma i-na _e2_ ur x [...] | he brought out and in the house of ... ... |
| 20' | [x] x x x x x x [...] | |
| left | ||
| 1 | [...] x x x x x x x x [x (x)] x x | |
Sources & licences
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