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AbB 12, 139 (P510662)

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

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Designation	AbB 12, 139
ID	P510662
Museum no.	BM 017156
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	szi-pi2-ir-tum i-s,a-at-ma	he took the šipirtu-vessel and
2	i-na li-ib-bi u2-ul asz-t,u2-ur	I did not write in my heart.
3	a-di be-li2 at-ta mu-sza-ki-li	As long as you, my lord, live,
4	e-sza-am ta-al-li-ku-ma	you went, and
5	AN NU UM? AZ ZA SZI AM	... ...
6	an-ni-a-am i-qa2-ab-bi-a-am	this he will speak to me.
7	i-na-an-na szum-ma be-li2 i-qa2-ab-bi	Now, if my lord commands,
8	a-na _dumu_ e-tel-pi4-sza	to the son of Etel-piša
9	it#-ta-[la-ak]	has gone
reverse
1	[1(disz)?] _tug2#?_ a-la-qe2-am	1 garment(?) I will take
2	am-mu-uh-hi _1/3(disz) ma-na ku3-babbar_	– 1/3 mina of silver
3	_5(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar_ u3 _4(disz) gin2 ku3-sig17_	5 shekels of silver and 4 shekel(s) of gold
4	_si-bi_ a-na-ku am-mu-uh-hi	I am frightened.
5	e-te-di-IG _3(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar_	Etedi-IG 3 shekels of silver
6	ki-ma u2-pa-hi-ru sza be-li2-ia-ma	like a flock of my lord

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