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AbB 12, 072 (P510596)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | AbB 12, 072 |
|---|---|
| ID | P510596 |
| Museum no. | BM 097143 |
| 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-wi-lim | to a man |
| 2 | [qi2]-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | [um]-ma# {d}na-bi-um-na-s,i-ir-ma | thus Nabium-nāṣir: |
| 4 | [{d}]utu# u3 {d}marduk da-ri-isz _u4_-mi li-ba-al-li-t,u2-ka | May Shamash 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 | May the god who guards you, your head, be at peace. |
| 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 {d}marduk u3 be-li2-ia am-mi-s,a#-du#-qa2# | I have brought your health before Šamaš, Marduk and my lord. |
| 10 | lu da-ri | may it be forever! |
| 11 | ki#-ma ti-du-u2 i-na a-lim ma-ah-ri-ka | When you know, in the city before you |
| 12 | _ansze# hi-a_-ia iz-za-az-zu | my donkeys are stationed. |
| 13 | mi#-nu-u2 a-wa-tum-ma | What is the word |
| 14 | [{disz}]ip-qu2-i3-li2-szu _di-ku5_ [(x) (x)] | Ipqu-ilišu the judge |
| 15 | ar#-di _e2_-ia u3 s,e-eh-he-ru#-[ti-ia] | the foundation of my house and the foundations of my houses |
| 16 | ra-ki-is | |
| 17 | {disz}ip-qu2-i3-li2-szu szu-u2 | Ipqu-ilišu is |
| 18 | sza a-na e-mu-qi2-im u2-te-er-ru-ni# | who returned to the army |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | _a-sza3_ szu-s,u2-ti i-ri-szu [(x)] | a field of šuṣūtu, his neighbor ... |
| 2 | isz#-tu a-na pi2-i ri-ik-sa-ti-ia# [(x) (x)] | From the mouth of my contract ... |
| 3 | ma-har be-li2#-ia a-da-ab-bu-bu-ma | I shall speak before my lord, and |
| 4 | _a-sza3_ bi-ir-tam e-le-eq-qu2-u2 | a field of bīr-tam they shall plough |
| 5 | u3 ip-qu2-i3-li2-szu szu-a-ti | and that Ipqu-ilišu |
| 6 | di-nam ma-ar-s,a ma-har be-li2-ia | Judge a case before my lord. |
| 7 | u2-ka-al-la-am-szu | shall hold him back. |
| 8 | asz-szum _a-sza3 a-gar3_ na-szi-a-re-esz ma-har be-li2-ia | Concerning the field and the meadow they brought before my lord |
| 9 | id#-da-ab-ba-ba a-na _a-sza3_ szu-a-ti s,u2-up-pi2#-tim# | to that field the ṣuuppītum |
| 10 | [a]-na# sa-na-qi2-im u3 _gu2-un hi-a a-sza3_ sza isz#-[tu _mu] 3(disz)-kam_ | for the sanāqu-allocation and the yield of the field that from the 3rd year |
| 11 | us#-su2-ri-im-ma szu-ud-du-nim | I imposed upon them, and they were delivered. |
| 12 | a-wi-lum {d}nanna-ma-an-szum2 _gal-ukken-na erin2 ka2 e2-gal_ | a man Nanna-manšum chief of the troops at the palace gate |
| 13 | u3 s,u2-ha-ar-szu a-na zimbir{ki} it,-ru-dam | and his clothing to Sippar he returned. |
| 14 | [u3] _a-sza3_ a-na dingir-szu-ib-ni be-el pi2-ha-ti-ia | and the field to Ilu-šū-ibni, lord of my rebellion |
| 15 | [x x] x u3 _gu2-un hi-a a-sza3_ szu-ud-du-na-ma sza-ak-na | ... and the yield of the field are to be measured out and placed. |
| 16 | [x] x u2-te-er-ra-am _gu4-apin hi-a_-ia | ... returned, my plow oxen |
| 17 | [x x] x x a-na-NA a-na dingir-szu-ib-ni be-el pi2-ha-ti-ia | ... to Nabû, to Ilu-šū-ibni, lord of my rebellion |
| 18 | [i-hi]-id#-ma la-ma sza-at-tum it-ta-al-ku | he heeded, and before the year had passed, |
| 19 | [_a-sza3_] szu#-a-ti li-isz-ta-ak-szi-id | that field may he cut off. |
| 20 | u3 _gu4 hi-a_-ia i-na _a-sza3_ szu-a-ti | and my cattle in that field |
| left | ||
| 1 | [... a]-wi-li [...] | ... a man ... |
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