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AbB 12, 081 (P510605)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | AbB 12, 081 |
|---|---|
| ID | P510605 |
| Museum no. | BM 097184a |
| 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 sza-mu-uh-{d}iszkur# [qi2]-bi2#-[ma] | Speak to Šamuḫ-Addu |
| 2 | um-ma e-ri#-isz#-ti-[{d}x-x] | Thus Erišti- |
| 3 | be-li2 u3 be-el-ti asz-szu-mi-ia asz-szum [...] | My lord and my lady concerning me, concerning |
| 4 | ra-im-ki u3 ka-ti# [li-ba-li-t,u2] | May your love and trust last long! |
| 5 | x x x x {d}marduk#-ip-pa#-al#-sa3-am# [x x (x)] | Marduk-ippalsam |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | {disz}i3-li2-szu-ul#-li-ma-an-ni ARAD-ki te4-mi x [x (x)] | Ilī-šullimanni, your servant, the messenger |
| 2' | at,-t,ar-da-asz-szu ma-ha-ar ra-i-mi-ki ma#-[x (x)] | I have sent to him, before your love ... |
| 3' | ki-ma ia-ti it-ti-szu-nu li-id-bu-ub# [x] | May he speak with them like me. |
| 4' | ul-la-nu ra-i-mi-ki a-ba-am pa-ri-is [...] | “In the future, your love, the word of ..., |
| 5' | u2-ul i-szu#-u2 ki-ma a-ab-ba-a iq#-[...] | he did not have. Like the sea he said ... |
| 6' | a-na ra-i-mi-ki qi2-bi-i-ma# [...] | Speak to your love and . |
| 7' | a-na a-wa-ti-ia la usz-ta#-a [(x) (x)] | I did not set aside my words ... |
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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