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AbB 12, 087 (P510611)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | AbB 12, 087 |
|---|---|
| ID | P510611 |
| Museum no. | BM 097235 |
| 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-ha-su2-nu | against them |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma i-szu-ru-um-ma | Thus Išurum: |
| 4 | {d}utu u3 {d}inanna asz-szu-mi-ia | Šamaš and Inanna, my relatives, |
| 5 | da-ri-isz _u4_-mi-im li-ba-al-li-t,u2-ki | forever may they keep you alive! |
| 6 | da-mi-iq sza a-na ma-ri ia-si-dingir | The good one who to the son of Yasī-ilum |
| 7 | ta-asz-pu-ri u2-ul a-na-ku | I do not know what you wrote. |
| 8 | asz-szum _sag-ARAD_ it-ti {d}x-lugal | concerning the slave with ...-šarru |
| 9 | a-di-in u3 ki-a-am | I have given, and thus |
| 10 | aq-bi um-ma a-na-ku-ma | I said thus: "I |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | s,u2-ha-ru-um sza u2-x-x | the ṣuḫarum-offering which ... |
| 2 | sza qa2-ti-ia it-ti | of my hand with |
| 3 | asz-sza-at {d}suen-im-gur-ra-an-ni | the wife of Sîn-imgurrani |
| 4 | wa-ki-il _dam-gar3_ GA AM as,-ba-at | wakīl, the merchant, ... took |
| 5 | a-di s,u2-ha-ra-am a-na qa2-ti-ia | as far as the ṣuḫarām-measure into my hand |
| 6 | u2-te#-ru um-ma a-na#-ku-ma | he returned, thus I: |
| 7 | ma-ha-ar be-li2-sza# | before her lord |
| 8 | li-ik-ta-ra-ba | may he pacify. |
Sources & licences
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