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AbB 12, 174 (P510697)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | AbB 12, 174 |
|---|---|
| ID | P510697 |
| Museum no. | BM 028720 |
| 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 li-pi2#-it#-esz18-dar | to Lipit-Ištar |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma KI? NI? x-[(x)]-sze#-mi-ma | Thus ...: |
| 4 | {disz}i-din-[...] | Iddin- |
| 5 | i-li-kam#-[ma] | came, and |
| 6 | um-ma szu-u2-ma | Thus he: |
| 7 | {disz}e-ma-a-a | Emaya, |
| 8 | i-ti-ia | with me |
| 9 | li-il-li-ik | may he go. |
| 10 | _sze-ba#_ a-wi-li-im | the barley of the man |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | li-il-li-ka!(TA)-am-ma | may he come, and |
| 2 | li-ta-al-kam | let him go. |
| 3 | a-mi-ni | his name |
| 4 | a-wi-lam ta-ak-la | a man who trusts |
| 5 | a-wi-lam wu-szi-ra-am | a man a woman |
| 6 | szu-um-ma mi-im-ma | If anything |
| 7 | sza-a-ti | that |
| 8 | u3 be-el a-wa-ti-szu | and the owner of his words |
| 9 | szu-ri-a-am | a gift |
| 10 | a-na-ku | I, |
| 11 | i-na qa2-ti-ia | in my hand |
| 12 | lu-sza-re-kum# | I will send to you. |
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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