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AbB 12, 166 (P510689)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | AbB 12, 166 |
|---|---|
| ID | P510689 |
| Museum no. | BM 023146 |
| 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# puzur4-{d}a-szur4#? | to Puzur-Assur |
| 2 | qi2#-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma {d}suen-ma-gir-ma | thus Sîn-magir: |
| 4 | e-pe-szum an-nu-um | to do this |
| 5 | da-mi-iq-kum | your good fortune |
| 6 | sza tu-sza-hi-zu-u2-ma | that you have brought, and |
| 7 | _nu-{gesz}kiri6_-ia | my orchardist |
| 8 | i-du-ku | he killed. |
| 9 | _a-sza3 u2-sal_ TUM? ka-lu-szi-na | a field in the meadow ... all of them |
| 10 | sza szar-ri-im-ma | of the king |
| 11 | ma-an-nu-um sza _a-sza3 u2-sal_ | whatever of the field grass |
| 12 | la-a s,a-ab-tu-ma | are not seized, and |
| 13 | ia-ti-i-ma tu-ba-qa2-ra-an-ni | (Sum) You are the one who smites me (Akk) You have smeared me |
| 14 | {disz}a-hu-ni _sukkal_ | Ahuni, vizier |
| 15 | _1(disz) usz a-sza3 u2-sal_ | 1 uš of field grass, |
| 16 | pu-ut _a-sza3 szuku aga-us2-e-ne_ | the responsibility for the field of the soldiers’ prebend |
| 17 | s,a-bi-it | captured. |
| 18 | am-mi-ni _aga-us2-e-[ne_] | why are they soldiers? |
| 19 | la-a ib-qu2-ru-u2 [(x) (x)] | they shall not raise ... |
| 20 | sza i-na larsa{ki#} | which in Larsa |
| 21 | wa-asz-bu# | stationed |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | sza szar-ri-im-[ma] | of the king |
| 2 | sza i-na s,e-ri#-[im] | which in the steppe |
| 3 | wa-asz-bu [x x x (x)] | are stationed ...... |
| 4 | szi-pi-[ir ...] | the work of ... |
| 5 | i-pu-[szu ...] | he built ... |
| 6 | u2-ul [...] | I did not |
| 7 | [x] x [...] | |
| 8 | [...] | |
| 9 | i-x [...] | ... ... |
| 10 | x [x x] x x x x x x-ma | ...... and |
| 11 | u3 [a-na-ku u3] at-ta | and I and you |
| 12 | i-ni-[in-na]-me-er | he made it equal to him |
| 13 | li#-[x x (x)]-sza-an | ... ...; |
| 14 | ki#-ma# _gu4# hi-a_ u3 _u8 udu-hi-a_-ka | like cattle and sheep and goats |
| 15 | ba-ab du-ri-ia | Ba’ab, my companion, |
| 16 | la-a i-ba-ri-u2 | they shall not return. |
| 17 | e-pe-esz | to do |
| 18 | u3 ki#-ma a-sza#-ri-isz | and as quickly as |
| 19 | [x] x x x sza x _dug#-mesz_-ka | ...... of your ... vessels |
| 20 | [...]-ri#-ia | ... my ... |
| 21 | [...] x _BUR-mesz_ | ... ... will be released. |
| 22 | [...] | |
| 23 | [...] x x | |
| 24 | [x (x)] x i at-ta#-di-[in] | ... I have given |
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