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AbB 12, 130 (P510653)

Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE

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Designation	AbB 12, 130
ID	P510653
Museum no.	BM 097677
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 _ugula gidri_ sza {d}marduk u2-ba-al-la-t,u2-szu	to the foreman of the scepter of Marduk they shall release him.
2	qi2-bi2-ma	speak!
3	um-ma du-ul-lu-qum-ma	thus Dulluquma:
4	ze-eh-pi2 qe2-er-bi-a-am	“It is sweet in the middle
5	u3 a-li-a-am ak-nu-kam-ma	and the city I established, and
6	usz-ta-bi-la-ak-kum	I have sent to you
7	_1(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar_ a-na ARAD-ku-bi	1 shekel of silver to Urad-Kūbi
8	i-di-in-ma	gave, and
9	a-na ma-ah-ri-ia	to my presence
reverse
1	szu-bi-lam	send me!
2	ze-eh-pi2 a-na szi-bu-ti-ia	“I have sinned against my flesh,
3	ki-i-il
4	i-dam la tu-sza-ar-sza-am-ma	do not let it be forgotten, and
5	la ta-sza-ap-pa-ra	do not send me!
seal 1
1	du-lu-qum
2	dumu# [...]	son of
3	ARAD {d}marduk#?	servant of Marduk.

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