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AbB 12, 089 (P510613)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | AbB 12, 089 |
|---|---|
| ID | P510613 |
| Museum no. | BM 097239 |
| 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 e-ri-ib-{d}suen | to Erīb-Sîn |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma ku-ur-ku-ur-tum a-ha-at-ka-<ma> | Thus (says) Kūr-kurtu, your brother: |
| 4 | {d}utu u3 be-li2 {d}iszkur asz-szu-mi-ia | May Šamaš and my lord Adad listen to my prayers. |
| 5 | li-ba-al-li-t,u2-ka | may they keep you alive. |
| 6 | sza-al-ma-ku a-na-ku u3 at-ta-a-ma | I am well, I and you |
| 7 | ni-ir!-te-eh i-sza-ni-ma | “It is a nirteḫ-demon, it is an išnīma |
| 8 | um-mi u2-la-da-ni | the mother who bore him |
| 9 | a-na mi-ni-im i-na la a-li-ia | Why in my absence |
| 10 | u2 szu-mi-ia a-ta-na-qi3 | and my name I have sworn. |
| 11 | u3 pi2-la-ki me2-he-er!-ti-ia# | and your acceptance of my extispicy |
| 12 | u2-ka-al a-nu-um-ma | he will hold. Now |
| 13 | {disz}sin-e-ri-ba | Sîn-eriba |
| 14 | {disz}i-bi-{d}utu | Ibbi-šamaš |
| 15 | u3 ib-ni-sze-rum | and Ibni-šerum |
| 16 | szi-ta-a-al | šitā-al, |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | sza i-te-pu-sza-ni | which he has done |
| 2 | i-na bi-ti-im re-qi2-im | in the house of the shepherd |
| 3 | wa-asz-ba-ku u2 mu-ut ma-ti-i | “I am the husband of the land’s, |
| 4 | a-ma-at i-na pu-hu-ur | “The word in the assembly |
| 5 | sa3-bi-i i-ta-bi-a-ma | (Sum) The one who smote it, he was angry, and (Akk) Its angry, it was a smiting, and |
| 6 | um-ma szu-ma ma-ra-at | Thus (says) Marat. |
| 7 | nu-ku-us2-ti ma-ra-at | the life of the land |
| 8 | hu-tu-up-ti sza be-el-le-et | the debts of the lady |
| 9 | ta-ah-nu-qa2 | Taḫnuqa |
| 10 | u2-ma-am ma-ra-at | “It is the day of the king’s birth— |
| 11 | {disz}sin-ma-gir be-li-ka# | Sin-magir, your lord |
| 12 | a-ta-ha-AD | Ataha-abi |
| 13 | al-ka-am-ma | come, and |
| 14 | wa-ar-ka-ti pu-ru-us2 | After that, a scepter |
| 15 | szum-ma la ki-a-am-ma | If not, and |
| 16 | a-bi a-s,a-ba-at la | Its father is an aṣabat-demon, not |
| 17 | a-na me-e a-ma-qu2-ut | to water I fall. |
| left col 1 | ||
| 1 | u2 pi2?-e?-isz-ta-am | and pīštam-plant |
| 2 | a-sza-ka-ak-ka | I will place for you. |
| left col 2 | ||
| 1 | at-ta ba-al-t,a3-ta# | You are the slanderer |
| 2 | u2 a-na-ku mu-ut i-ta-[x] a-ma-at | And I, the husband ... the word |
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