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AbB 12, 103 (P510626)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | AbB 12, 103 |
|---|---|
| ID | P510626 |
| Museum no. | BM 097330 |
| 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# ARAD-ku-[bi qi2-bi2-ma] | Speak to Urad-Kūbe: |
| 2 | [um-ma] i-din-x-x-x [...] | Thus Iddin-... |
| 3 | [{d}utu] u3 {d}marduk li-ba#-[al-li-t,u2-ka] | May Šamaš and Marduk keep you alive! |
| 4 | [lu] sza-al#-[ma-ta lu ba-al-t,a2-ta] | Be it good, be it faulty, |
| 5 | [x x] x ut,-t,e-tum# [x] x ta#-ad-di-nam | ... you gave to me. |
| 6 | [x x] x a-na sza-di-di e-ri-isz-ka-ma | ... I have sent to you, and |
| 7 | [u2-ul] ta-ad-di-nam | you did not give |
| 8 | [isz-ti]-it#-tu# u3 szi-ni-szu | a second time and two times |
| 9 | [asz]-pu#-ra-ak-kum-ma szu-mi!(UL) u2-ul ta-az3-ku-ur | I sent to you, but you did not write my name. |
| 10 | tu#-sza-bi-lam u2-ul tu-sza-bi-lam | You will send, you will not send. |
| 11 | [{disz}{d}]ia#-ab-li-ia-isz-ta-mar | Yabliya-ištammar |
| 12 | [a-na] ma#-ah-ri-ka asz-tap-ra-am | I sent to you. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [x] ze2-ra-am sza sza-ma-asz-ki-il-li | ... sweet of Šamaš-kīl |
| 2 | _na4#_ ku-un-kam-ma szu-bi-lam | Seal it with stone and send it here! |
| 3 | i-na _iti kin {d}inanna u4 3(u)-kam_ | In the month of Elūlu, on the 30th day |
| 4 | ma-ah-ri-ka a-na-ku | I am before you. |
| 5 | i-da-am la tu-sza-ar-sza-am-ma | Do not delay! |
| 6 | la ta-sza-ap-pa-ra-am | do not send me! |
| 7 | sza-at-tum la i-iz-zi-ba-an-ni | That year he did not stand by me. |
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