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AbB 12, 077 (P510601)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | AbB 12, 077 |
|---|---|
| ID | P510601 |
| Museum no. | BM 097168 |
| 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 | a-na a-wi-lim sza {d}marduk u2-ba-al-la#-t,u2#-szu | to the man of Marduk he shall release him |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma i3-li2-a-si-i-ma | thus Ilī-asî: |
| 4 | {d}utu u3 {d}marduk da-ri-isz _u4_-mi | Šamaš and Marduk forever |
| 5 | li-ba-al-li-t,u2-ka# | may they keep you alive. |
| 6 | lu sza-al-ma-ta lu ba-al-t,a-ta | Be it good, be it faulty, |
| 7 | _dingir_ na-s,i-ir-ka re-esz da-mi-iq-ti-ka | O god, your guardian, the one who provides for your good health, |
| 8 | li-ki-il | may he bind. |
| 9 | a-na szu-ul-mi-ka asz-pu-ra-am | I have written to you for your well-being. |
| 10 | szu#-lum-ka ma-har# {d}utu u3 {d}marduk lu da-ri | May your health be long before Šamaš and Marduk! |
| 11 | asz-szum sza {d}suen#-i-tu-ra-am u3 {d}suen-sze-mi | As to what Sîn-itūrām and Si̧n-šeme |
| 12 | sza tup-pa#-ka tu-sza-bi-lam um#-ma# at-ta-ma | you sent me your tablet, thus you: |
| 13 | _a2 {gesz}ma2#_ u3 el-me-szum# ra-ma-an-ka | the labor of the boat and Elmešum your love |
| 14 | szu#-ta#-as#-si2-iq-ma | you shall remove, and |
| 15 | [...] _erin2_ tu-ub-ba-al#-[szu]-nu-szi | ... you will bring the troops to them. |
| 16 | x TUG2? _sze_-am u3 _ku3-babbar_ | ... of barley and silver |
| 17 | i-di-in-ma# | gave, and |
| 18 | _erin2_ li#-li-ka#-am | May the troops come. |
| 19 | sza ta-asz-pu-ra-am | which you wrote me |
| 20 | a-na sza asz-pu-ra-am ni-di a-hi#-im# u2-szi-ra-am | As to what I wrote, the neighbor's nīdi-tax shall be collected. |
| 21 | a-na u2-um a-da-nim sza asz-ku-nu-szu-nu-szi# | instead of the father who I established for them |
| 22 | li-il-li-ku-nim-ma | they must come, and |
| 23 | _sa10 siki_ sza ha-asz-ha-at | the price of the wool of the threshing-floor |
| 24 | li-il-qu2-u2 | they should take. |
| 25 | _a2 {gesz}ma2_ a-na _u4 2(u)-kam_ li-li-[kam] | the hire of a boat for 20 days may it go well. |
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