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AbB 12, 122 (P510645)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | AbB 12, 122 |
|---|---|
| ID | P510645 |
| Museum no. | BM 097501 |
| 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] i-din-[x x (x)] | to Iddin-... |
| 2 | qi2#-bi2-ma# | speak! |
| 3 | um-[ma x x (x)] x-ma# | ..., saying: |
| 4 | {d}utu li#-[ba]-al#-li#-it,-ka# | May Šamaš keep you alive! |
| 5 | an-nu-u2 sza#? [a-na-ku] u3 at-ta#? | This is what I and you |
| 6 | ni-id!(DI)-bu#?-bu#? | we shall speak(?) |
| 7 | sza-at-ti x x x x x [...] | That year ... |
| 8 | asz-ku-nu x x x x x [...] | I placed ... |
| 9 | u2-ul ti-de-e | you did not know. |
| 10 | ar-hi-isz _ku3-babbar_ | quickly the silver |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | u3 ne2-me-el2-szu | and his lordship |
| 2 | li-qe2-a-am-ma ku-usz!(AL)-da-[an-ni] | take me, and bind me. |
| 3 | a-na mi-im-ma | for anything |
| 4 | sza ad-di-na-ku# [...] | that I gave to you . . |
| 5 | a-na ARAD-esz3-esz3 la tu-sza-sa-ak | You shall not make a claim against Warad-ešeş. |
| 6 | it-ti-ka a-da-bu-ub | I shall speak with you. |
| 7 | ta-al-la-kam-ma ne2-me-lam# | you go, and melammu |
| 8 | ti-le-eq#-qe2# | take |
| 9 | {disz}ARAD-esz3#-[esz3 ...] | Warad-ešeş ... |
| 10 | S,I# x [...] | ... ... |
| left | ||
| 1 | _dumu_ {d}suen-na-s,ir la ti-gi | son of Sîn-nāṣir, not tigi |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
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