Unread Atlas
AbB 12, 145 (P510668)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
Open in the reader & map →See it among all tablets
| Designation | AbB 12, 145 |
|---|---|
| ID | P510668 |
| Museum no. | BM 017359 |
| 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] be#-li2-[ia] | to my lord |
| 2 | [qi2]-bi2#-ma | speak! |
| 3 | [um-ma x x]-mu#-sza-lim-ma | thus ...mushallim: |
| 4 | [{d}utu u3 {d}marduk] asz#-szu-mi-ia da-ri-isz# _u4_-mi | May Šamaš and Marduk forever be my friends. |
| 5 | [be-li2 ka-ta] li-ba-al-li-t,u2 | My lord, may they live from your mouth. |
| 6 | ki#-ma# sza-mu-u2 u3 er-s,e-tum da-ru-u2 | like heaven and earth, eternal. |
| 7 | [(x)] asz-szu-mi-ia lu# da#-ri#-[a]-ta# | May my ... be forever! |
| 8 | [x] x x ti-im-ma x i-qa-ab-bi-ka | ... will say to you |
| 9 | [x x (x)] asz-pu-ra-am | ... I wrote |
| 10 | [x x x (x)] e-gu-u2 x [...] | ... they are enraged ... |
| 11 | [x] x x x x x x x x | |
| 12 | it#-ti _ugula szu-i_ ma-di-isz usz-te-s,i2 | with the overseer of the barbers he quickly brought out. |
| 13 | x x-am# u2-ub#-bi#-la-an-ni-ma | ... brought me, and |
| 14 | u2#?-t,u2-ul | he did not |
| 15 | x la id-bu-ba-am u3 a-na-ku | he did not speak, and I |
| 16 | [x x] x x szu x [...] | ... ... |
| 17 | [...] x [...] | |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | {disz}a-bu-um-wa-qar u3 [...] | Abum-waqar and |
| 2 | a-na t,e4-mi tu-ur-ri-[...] | Return to my report |
| 3 | _8(disz) u4_-mi ki-a-am x [x] x [(x)] | 8 days, thus ... |
| 4 | u2-ul u2-te-er-ru-nim | they did not return. |
| 5 | a-di i-na-an-na uq-ti-szu-nu-ti | [until now] I have seized them. |
| 6 | u3 t,e4-em a-la-ki-ia u2-ul ta-asz-pu-ra-am | And you did not send me a report about my journey. |
| 7 | a-di _u4_-um _u4 2(u) 5(disz)-kam#_ wa-asz-ba-a#-ku# | until the 25th day I will stay. |
| 8 | asz-szum ne-me-et-tim e-li#-ia la# ra#-szi-e | Concerning the nēmû-rites that are not to be imposed upon me |
| 9 | re#-sza-am u2-ki-il | the head he bound |
| 10 | x KI? la il#-li#-ku-nim at-ta-la-ka-am | ... did not come, I came. |
| 11 | a-na la#-ma#-di-ka asz-pu-ra#-am | I wrote to you to see you. |
| 12 | u3 ki-ma be-li2 x TI u2-ne-HI-hu | and like my lord ... |
| 13 | li-iq-bu-ni-ik-kum | may he say to you |
| 14 | mi-id-de sig-{d}sza-la i-na la a-sza-bi-ia# | “How long will Šala not be present in my absence? |
| 15 | ne2#-pu-ti i-ne2-ep-pi | He performs the rituals. |
| 16 | [x x x (x)] x x li IZ ZI | ...... fire |
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
Cite the original edition and translator. Page generated by Unread Atlas from the public corpus export of 2026-10-18.