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AbB 12, 172 (P510695)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | AbB 12, 172 |
|---|---|
| ID | P510695 |
| Museum no. | BM 026254a |
| 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' | x [...] | |
| 2' | u3 be-li2# [...] | and my lord |
| 3' | ma-har {d}utu a-na# be#-[li2-ia ...] | Before Šamaš to my lord |
| 4' | a-na be-li2-ia x [...] | To my lord |
| 5' | u3 a-na-ku _ARAD_-ka u2-ul x [...] | And I, your servant, do not ... ... |
| 6' | isz#-ri-qa2-am ku-nu-uk lu2-{d}iszkur-ra# [...] | Išrīqam, seal of Lu-Adad |
| 7' | a-na-as,-s,a-ar | I will guard. |
| 8' | ki-ma be-li2 i-du-u2 mi-szar ma-tim | As my lord knows, the extent of the land |
| 9' | szar-rum isz-ku-un di-pa-ar _ku3-sig17_ | the king established a gold stele. |
| 10' | a-na ma#-tim isz-szi u3 ma-li ma-tim im-si | he brought to the land, and he filled the land. |
| 11' | a-na-ku a-na ma-tim sza-ni-a-ku | I for another country |
| 12' | u3 ki-ma i-na# la wa-sza-bi-ia ki-ma _sze_-um | and like in my absence, like barley |
| 13' | i-na _e2_ sin-i-din-nam _ARAD_-ka la i-ba-asz-szu-u2 | in the house of Sîn-iddinam, your servant, there is none |
| 14' | a-na szar-rum ta-aq-bu-u2 esz-me-e-ma | to the king you spoke, new |
| 15' | ma#-har {d}utu a-na be-li2-ia ka-ta [ak-ru-ub] | In the presence of Šamaš I prayed to my lord. |
| 16' | i-na-an-na 2(disz) tup-pa-tim# [...] | Now, two tablets |
| 17' | sza _1(gesz2) sze gur_ i-na _sze_ [...] | of 60 kor of barley, from the barley ... |
| 18' | a-na kar-{d}utu x [...] | to Kar-Šamaš |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | ka-ni-ka-at _7(gesz2) sze gur_ sza u2-x-[...] | Guaranteed against seizures of epilepsy for 7(six) kor of barley for ... |
| 2 | sza be-li2-ia ka#-ta a-wi-il-sin _sza13#-dub#-ba#_ | of my lord, Awīl-sin the chief accountant |
| 3 | u3 _x x-mesz_ na-szi-a-[ku] | and ...s I took. |
| 4 | u3 i-nu-ma be-li2 at-ta a-na _ab2 gu4 hi-a_ | and when you, my lord, to the cattle |
| 5 | u3 _u8 udu hi-a_ sza _dumu-munus lugal_ szu-bu-ri-im | and the sheep and goats belonging to the daughter of the king of Subartum |
| 6 | be-li2 il-li-kam-ma i-na zimbir{ki} usz-bu | My lord came and settled in Sippar. |
| 7 | {disz}a-wi-il-{d}suen _gal-ukken-na erin2 ka2 e2-gal_ | Awīl-Sîn the chief of the troops at the palace gate |
| 8 | a-na _szuku erin2 ug3-IL2_ sza qa2-ti-szu na-da-nim | to the ration of the troops and porters in his hand given. |
| 9 | iq#-bi-i-ma tup-pi2 _lugal#_ a-na be-li2-ia ka-ta | The king's tablet to my lord is confirmed. |
| 10 | sza i-na _sze_-im sza sin-i-din#-nam# [...] | that from the barley of Sin-iddinam ... |
| 11 | _szuku ug3-IL2_ x [...] | prebend of the porters ... |
| left | ||
| 1 | a-na lu2-{d}iszkur-ra u3 _kar_ zimbir#{ki#} al-li-kam-ma du-[...] | To Lu-Adad and Kar-Sippar I came and ... |
| 2 | be-li2 ki-ma ra-bu-ti-szu a-na _lugal_ li-iq-bi-ma ki-ma [...] | May my lord say to the king his great deeds as follows: |
Sources & licences
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