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AbB 12, 090 (P510614)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | AbB 12, 090 |
|---|---|
| ID | P510614 |
| Museum no. | BM 097247 |
| 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 {d}suen-ib-ni | to Sîn-ibni |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma# gi-mil-{d}marduk-ma | thus Gimil-Marduk: |
| 4 | {d}utu li-ba-al-li-it,-ka | May Šamaš keep you alive! |
| 5 | a-di sza _szuku_ i-la-ka-am | as long as he lives he shall come. |
| 6 | szi-te-i-ma _zi3-da szuku#_ szu-bi-lam#-ma# | šītê and flour for a ration send me, and |
| 7 | SZI LA a-ha-asz-szi-ih u3 _zi3#-da#_ | I crush ... and flour. |
| 8 | szu-bi-lam szi-ip-ra-tum da-an-na# | Send me a strong message! |
| 9 | _ku3-babbar_ sza a-sza-pa-ra-ma | the silver that I shall send, and |
| 10 | {disz}ARAD-ku-ME i-na# zimbir{ki} | Warad-Kūbe in Sippar |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | u2-ba-az-za-u2-szu | shall remove him. |
| 2 | li-ba-ti-ia la ta-ma-la | Do not neglect my heart! |
| 3 | {disz}ta-ak-la-ku-a-na-{d}marduk li-li#-kam# | Taklāku-ana-Marduk may he come |
| 4 | mi-im-ma sza i-na i-si-in {d}utu | all that is in the lap of Šamaš |
| 5 | i-ib-ba-asz-szi-a-szu la te-gu | Do not fear him! |
| 6 | i-na _sza3# zi3-da_ sza tu-sza-ba-la-am | from the flour that you brought |
| 7 | szu-ku-sza#-ma szu-bi-lam | Send it to her, so that she may bring it. |
| 8 | sza tu-sza-bi-lam a-ku-ul-ma | that you sent me, I will eat, and |
| 9 | ak-ku-da-ak#-ku | |
| 10 | x [...] x | |
| 11 | [...] x | |
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