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AbB 12, 086 (P510610)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | AbB 12, 086 |
|---|---|
| ID | P510610 |
| Museum no. | BM 097232 |
| 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 ...] | to ... |
| 2 | qi2#-[bi2-ma] | speak! |
| 3 | um#-[ma ...] | Thus ... |
| 4 | x [...] | |
| 5 | a-na# [...] | to ... |
| 6 | ma-x x x x [...] | ... ... |
| 7 | _gu4 hi-a_ x x [...] | cattle ... ... |
| 8 | _in-nu_ a-na x [...] | The money for ... |
| 9 | usz#?-te-ri-bu#? [...] | They were encircling(?) |
| 10 | a-na _tab-ba_ x [...] | to ... ... |
| 11 | {disz}u-bar-rum x [...] | Ubarrum |
| 12 | u2-nu-tam sza x x [...] | the equipment of ... |
| 13 | li-sza-bi-[...] | May he ... |
| 14 | _1(asz) sze_ a-na _szuku_ [...] | 1 grain for the ration ... |
| 15 | u3 x x [...] | and ... |
| 16 | i-na _sze_ x [...] | from the barley ... ... |
| 17 | i-na ru-ug#?-[bi-im] | in a roar |
| 18 | at-ba-[lam?] | Atbalam(?) |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | be-li2 at-ta szu-up-ra-am#?-[ma] | You, my lord, send me! |
| 2 | _szuku_ DI-in-na-am-ma | He shall contest in his lawsuit and not succeed. |
| 3 | _lu2-mesz_ a-wi-li sza x x x [...] | men of a man who ... ... |
| 4 | lu#-us,-ba-[at?] | I shall seize |
| 5 | i-na mu-uh-hi 4(asz) 3(barig) li-x [...] | on top: 4 (gur) 3 barig ... |
| 6 | x-ab-ku-um-ma? x x x [...] | ... ... |
| 7 | sza a-na-ku a-na# {d}utu-x x [...] | which I to Šamaš |
| 8 | _tab-ba_ a x {disz}hu-um-mu# [...] | ... Hummu ... |
| 9 | ki-a-am iq#-bi um#-ma szu-[u2-ma] | Thus said he: |
| 10 | x x x x x u3 x an [...] | ... ... |
| 11 | x x x x szu-li#-szu# [...] | ... his body ... |
| 12 | um#-ma szi-ma i-na li#-ib#-bi x [...] | Thus she: in the heart ... |
| 13 | _sze_-um a-na _ka2_ ur-ra-dam x [...] | the barley to the gate ... ... |
| 14 | tap{ap}-pu-ut-ka a-na mi-nim# [...] | What are your words to me? |
| 15 | an-ni-tam a-na e-ta-wi-ra#-[szum] | this to Etawirashum |
| 16 | be-li2 li-isz-pu-ra-am#-[ma] | my lord should write to me, and |
| 17 | x ka [...] | ... mouth |
| 18 | u3 _nin-dingir_ x x [...] | and the goddess ... ... |
| 19 | u3 s,e-he-er be-li2# [...] | and the flock of my lord |
| 20 | be#-li2 li-isz-pu#-[ra-am ...] | My lord should write me ... |
| left | ||
| 1 | _szuku_ lu-ud-di-in u3 _masz2-szu-gid2-gid2_ x x x x i ba x | a šuku-offering I shall give, and the diviner ... ... |
| 2 | {disz}ku-ub-bu-rum _masz2-szu-gid2-gid2_ be-li2 li-it,#-ru-dam | Kubburum the diviner, my lord, may be reconciled. |
Sources & licences
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