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AbB 12, 093 (P510617)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | AbB 12, 093 |
|---|---|
| ID | P510617 |
| Museum no. | BM 097268 |
| 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# be-li2#-[ia] | To my lord |
| 2 | qi2#-bi2-ma# | speak! |
| 3 | um#-ma {d}suen-a-ha-am#-i-din!-nam#-ma | Thus Sîn-aham-iddinam |
| 4 | [asz]-szum# t,e4-em _a-sza3_-im | Concerning the report of the field |
| 5 | sza# be-li2# a-na ia#-szi id-di-nam | which my lord gave to me |
| 6 | [x x x x x (x)]-a-ia-ba-asz _sag-ga2_ | ... ...ayabash, the head |
| 7 | [ka-ar]-s,i2#-ia# a-na szar-ri-im | my loins to the king |
| 8 | [i]-ku-ul-ma# | he ate, and |
| 9 | [_a]-sza3#_-am i-te-ek-mu-ni-in-ni | the field has settled me |
| 10 | u3 a-na dingir-szu#-ba#-ni _ugula gidri_ | and to Ilšu-bani, the overseer of the scepter |
| 11 | [_a-sza3_]-am# [id-di-nu] | the field they gave |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | tup#-pi2 be-li2#-ia# [...] | My tablet of my lord |
| 2 | li-il-<li>-kam-ma | May it come to an end! |
| 3 | _a-sza3_-am ki-ma _a-sza3_-im# | the field like a field |
| 4 | i-na s,i2-ib-ta-at# | in the ṣibtat |
| 5 | {disz}a-pil-{d}suen-dingir | Apil-Sîn-ili |
| 6 | _a-sza3_-am li-di-nu-<ni>-im | let them give me a field. |
| 7 | la e BI ir ki-nu-ni | “(If) he does not ..., he will be false. (Šumma ālu 31 unknown) |
| 8 | la u2-da-ab-ba-ab | he shall not seize |
Sources & licences
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