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AbB 12, 080 (P510604)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | AbB 12, 080 |
|---|---|
| ID | P510604 |
| Museum no. | BM 097181 |
| 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-bi-ia sza {d}marduk | To my father, whom Marduk |
| 2 | u2-ba-al-la-t,u2-szu | shall redeem him. |
| 3 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 4 | um-ma tu-nu-hu-ma | Thus Tunuḫu: |
| 5 | {d}utu u3 {d}marduk da-ri-isz _u4_-mi | Šamaš and Marduk forever |
| 6 | a-bi li-ba-al-li-t,u2 | their fathers may they live. |
| 7 | {disz}sze-li-bu _ugula mar-tu_ ki-a-am iq-be2-e | Šelibu the Amorite foreman said thus: |
| 8 | um-ma szu-ma _2(asz) gur i3-gesz_ li-qe2-e-ma | Thus (says) Šū: Take 2 gur of oil and |
| 9 | a-na tu-un-nu-hi i-di-in | he gave to Tunnuḫu. |
| 10 | um-ma a-na-ku-ma tu-un-nu-ha | Thus (says) tunnuḫa: |
| 11 | u2-ul i-de-e an-ni-tam iq-be2-e | He did not know this, he said: |
| 12 | i-na-an-na tup-pi2 usz-ta-bi-la-ku | Now I have sent my tablet to you. |
| 13 | sza _1(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar i3-gesz 1(u) sze gur_ | of 1 shekel of silver, oil, 10 gur of barley |
| 14 | [x] x x x x [...] | |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | a-na x x x-e li-iz-zi-za | May he stand for . |
| obverse | ||
| 1 | [tup]-pi2# tu-un-nu-hu | tablet of Tunnuhu |
| 2 | [x] x _zu2-lum_ szu-bi-lam | Send me ... dates! |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | i3?-li2-ba-ni-i? | Ili-bani |
| 2 | dumu# ZA-AB-ra#?-tum#? | son of ZA-AB-ratum |
| 3 | ARAD {d}suen | servant of Suen. |
| 4 | u3 {d}x-x | and the god |
Sources & licences
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