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AbB 12, 070 (P510594)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | AbB 12, 070 |
|---|---|
| ID | P510594 |
| Museum no. | BM 097132 |
| 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' | um-ma x x [...] | Thus ... |
| 2' | asz-szum sze-im a-na | Concerning the barley for |
| 3' | na-da-nim | to be given. |
| 4' | sza ta-asz-pur-am | As to what you wrote |
| 5' | szum-ma i-na _{gesz}ban2_ {d}ki-it-tim | If in the bow of the god Kittum |
| 6' | in-na-ad-di-in | he will give. |
| 7' | i-na _{gesz}ban2_ {d}ki-it#-tim# | by the seah of the god Kittim |
| 8' | li-in-na-di-in | may he give. |
| 9' | szum-ma i-na _{gesz}ban2_ {d}utu | If in the bow of Šamaš |
| 10' | in-na-ad-di-in | he will give. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | a-na _1(ban2) sze gur-ta_ | for 1 ban2 of barley each |
| 2 | mi-nam ma-t,i | What is missing? |
| 3 | szum-ma i-na _{gesz}ban2_ {d}ki-it-tim | If in the bow of the god Kittum |
| 4 | in-na-ad-di-in | he will give. |
| 5 | t,e4-em-ka ga-am-ra-am szu-up-ra-am | Send me your complete report! |
| 6 | u3 a-di a-sza-ap-pa-ra-ak-kum# | and until I send you |
| 7 | ma-am-ma-an _ku3-babbar_-am | no one silver |
| 8 | la ta-ma-ha-ar | do not accept! |
| 9 | u3 x [x x] x | and ... |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
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