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AbB 12, 171 (P510694)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | AbB 12, 171 |
|---|---|
| ID | P510694 |
| Museum no. | BM 025671 |
| 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 {d}suen-na-s,ir | to Sîn-nāṣir |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma an-pi4-{d}a-a-ma# | Thus Anpī-Aya |
| 4 | {d}utu u3 {d}marduk li-ba-al#-[li-t,u2-ka] | May Šamaš and Marduk keep you alive! |
| 5 | s,i-bu-ut-ka ma-du-[tum] | your great strength |
| 6 | ir-szu-ma isz-pu-ru [x] x [...] | he created and sent ... ... |
| 7 | u2-ul ta-al-li-kam# | you will not come. |
| 8 | na-t,u2 sza te-pu-szu | the nāṭu-offering that you performed |
| 9 | asz-szum lu-usz-ta-mar-{d}iszkur | Concerning Luštamar-Adad |
| 10 | sza a-ba-szu | of his father |
| 11 | x x x e [(x)] | ... above ... |
| 12 | e-[x] x [x] x TU sza te#-pu-szu | ... that you did |
| 13 | ma-ah# [...] x x x | Exalted ... |
| 14 | i-na [...] | in ... |
| 15 | asz-pu#-[ra ...] | I wrote ... |
| 16 | a-wi#-[lam ...] | A man |
| 17 | la tu-da-ba-ab# [(x) (x)] | Do not seize ... |
| 18 | szu#-ta-ah-ri-su2#-[(um)-ma] | they shall return him, and |
| 19 | a-szar# na-t,u2#-[u2] | wherever he wishes |
| 20 | e-si2-ik a-wi-lum x [(x)] | a man's sandal |
| 21 | ma-di-isz be2-ri | very much ... |
| left col 1 | ||
| 1 | ki-ma qa2-qa2-ad _aga#-us2_-szu | like the head of his soldier |
| 2 | la sa-ra-hi-im e-pu-usz | I built (it) anew without interruption. |
| left col 2 | ||
| 1 | u3 a-hi | and dependents |
| 2 | {disz}szar-rum-{d}iszkur | Šarrum-Addu |
| 3 | ki-ma ti-du-u2 | like a tidû |
| 4 | e-pu-usz | I built. |
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