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AbB 12, 169 (P510692)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | AbB 12, 169 |
|---|---|
| ID | P510692 |
| Museum no. | BM 023813 |
| 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# {d}suen#-ba-ni | to Sîn-bani |
| 2 | qi2#-bi2#-ma# | speak! |
| 3 | um#-ma# x x x-dingir | "...-ilī |
| 4 | _3(u)# sze# gur#_ [(x)] sza# i-ti-ka | 30 gur of barley ... that is with you |
| 5 | x x [x (x)] ki# | ... ... |
| 6 | _2(u) 3(asz) sze gur#_ ri-ha-at | 23 gur of barley is deficit. |
| 7 | x x ir-tim | ...; |
| 8 | sza# sza-da-aq-di-im | of the šadāqdim |
| 9 | _5(u) sze gur_ sza# _nu-{gesz}kiri6_ | 50 gur of barley of the orchardist |
| 10 | sza ka#-[x (x)] | of ... |
| 11 | mu#-du-ud-ma# | he built. |
| 12 | [x] ka [...] | ... mouth ... |
| 13 | [u3] a-na ka-[ri-im] | and to the quay |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | szu-pu-uk# | šupuk |
| 2 | ap-pu-tum _guru7_ | Apputum, the silo |
| 3 | la te-pe2-te | not to do |
| 4 | ta-mu-ut!(AD) | to smite |
| 5 | a-na i-ki-im | to Ikum |
| 6 | la te-gi!(NAM) ta-mu-ut | Do not be negligent, you will die! |
| 7 | la-ma-sa3-am | Lamasam |
| 8 | sza usz-ka-pu-um | that he has caused to die |
| 9 | at-ma | I said: |
| 10 | i-ka-am szu-a-ti | that one |
| 11 | e tu-da-ni-in | “Ha! Give me a gift!’ |
| 12 | bi#-it a-bi-ka | the house of your father |
| 13 | ka#-la-szu lu usz-ma#-at | all of it may be destroyed. |
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
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