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AbB 12, 124 (P510647)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | AbB 12, 124 |
|---|---|
| ID | P510647 |
| Museum no. | BM 097520 |
| 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-si-gar qi2-bi2-ma | Speak to Warad-Sigar: |
| 2 | um-ma gi-mil-{d}marduk-ma | thus Gimil-Marduk: |
| 3 | ki-ma ta-at,-t,u2-la-an-ni | like you have sinned against me, |
| 4 | a-na _e2_-ia pa-ni-ia u2-ul# u2-sa-hi-ir# | to my house before me I did not return. |
| 5 | it-ti um-mi-ia u2-ul am#-ta-li#-ik# | I did not go with my mother. |
| 6 | ki-ma ti-du-u2 sza ha-ar-ra#-ni-im | like the tidû of the harrānum |
| 7 | sza pa-ni-ia u3 a-ma-at | of my face and the word |
| 8 | u3 ba-al-t,a2-ku u3-li-i-de#-e | and I am alive, I know. |
| 9 | _a-sza3_ szu-ta-ak-szi-id | field Šu-takšid |
| 10 | a-na _e2_-ti-ka la te-gu | do not go to your house! |
| 11 | la i-ha-t,i3-a-ma li-bi la i-ri-iq | He shall not be negligent, and he shall not take away his property. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | u3 a-na um-mi-ka | and to your mother |
| 2 | la te-gu _szuku_ i-di-in | he did not trust, he gave the šukku-payment. |
| 3 | ar-hi-isz _2(barig) zi3-da_ szu-bi-lam | quickly 2 barig flour send me! |
| 4 | a-ma-tum i-na _e2-gal_ u2-zu-ba | the word in the palace he knows |
| 5 | ni-da-hi-im la ta-ra-szi-a-am | Do not be afraid! |
| 6 | u3 la i-ha-t,i3-ma li-bi | And he should not be negligent, and he will die. |
| 7 | la i-ma-ra-as, it-ti-ka szu-un-s,i2-ir-ka | May he not be afraid of you, keep you in good health. |
| 8 | a-na sza asz-pu-ra-ak-ku | to what I wrote you |
| 9 | ni-da-hi-im la ta-ra-asz-szi | Do not be afraid! |
| 10 | [a]-na# li-bu ma-ti-im | to the people of the land |
| 11 | la ta-la-ak | do not go! |
| left | ||
| 1 | a-bi a-hi at-ta-ma ni-da-hi-im | (Sum) You are the father of the father, you are the herdsman. (Akk) Your father was a father, but you were a mother. |
| 2 | la ta-ra-szi-a-am | do not abandon me! |
Sources & licences
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