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AbB 12, 175 (P510698)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | AbB 12, 175 |
|---|---|
| ID | P510698 |
| Museum no. | BM 028843 |
| 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 be-li2-ia] | to my lord |
| 2 | qi2#-bi2#-[ma] | speak! |
| 3 | um#-ma {d}[...] | Thus (says) |
| 4 | {d}utu li-ba-al#-[li-it,]-ka# | May Šamaš keep you alive! |
| 5 | be#-li2 a-na s,e-ri#-ka# | My lord to you |
| 6 | al-li-ka-am#-[(ma)] | I will come and |
| 7 | {disz}sag-il2-x-ri-a-am x x x | Sagil-x-riam |
| 8 | _a-sza3_-li i-te-ek-ma-an-ni | the field has abandoned me, |
| 9 | u3 a-na sza-AB-ru-ut x x [(x)] x | and to ... |
| 10 | isz-ta-at,-ra#-an#-ni# | has written to me |
| 11 | szum-ma i-na ki-tim a-bi | If in the land of the father |
| 12 | u3 be-el na-pi-isz-ti-ia at-ta# | and you are my lord of life |
| 13 | i-na an-ni-tim et,-ra-an-ni-i-ma | “In this matter, you have seen me, and |
| 14 | lu wa-ra-ad-ka sza da-ri#-a-tim a-na#-ku# | May I be your shepherd forever. |
| 15 | ap-pu-tum | Apputum, |
Sources & licences
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