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AbB 12, 159 (P510682)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | AbB 12, 159 |
|---|---|
| ID | P510682 |
| Museum no. | BM 022583 |
| 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 dam-gar3-mesz_ sza {d}marduk# u2-[ba-al-la-t,u2-szu] | to the foreman of merchants of Marduk they shall release him. |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um#-ma# {d}utu-ba-ni-ma | Thus Šamaš-bani: |
| 4 | {d}utu u3 {d}marduk da-ri-isz _u4_-[mi] | Šamaš and Marduk forever |
| 5 | li-ba-al-li-t,u2#-ka# | may they keep you alive! |
| 6 | lu sza-al-ma-ta lu ba-al-t,a-ta | Be it good, be it faulty, |
| 7 | lu da-ri#-a-ta# | May you be everlasting! |
| 8 | a-nu#-um#-ma# [...] | Now, ... |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | x [...] | |
| 2' | im-x x x x [...] | ... ... |
| 3' | ta#-qa2#-ab#-bu-u2 | you will say |
| 4' | x x [x (x)] iq-bi | ... said |
| 5' | ah-hi-sza t,u2-ur#-dam-ma | her brothers, report, and |
| 6' | it-ti ah-hi-sza li-il#-[li]-ka# | May he come with her brothers. |
| 7' | {disz}x x x [(x)] | ...; |
| 8' | i-ni-mu-ur# | he saw |
Sources & licences
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