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AbB 12, 180 (P510703)

Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE

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Designation	AbB 12, 180
ID	P510703
Museum no.	BM 038101
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-sze-mi	to Sîn-šeme
2	qi2-bi2-ma	speak!
3	um-ma lu2-{d}ha-ia3-ma	thus Lu-Ḫaya:
4	_e2_ {d}ba-ba6	the temple of Baba
5	_e2_ {d}nin-gir2-su	the temple of Ningirsu
6	a-ka-ra-ab-ku-um	I will bring to you.
7	be2-ri-a-ku-u2-ma	I am afraid, and
8	asz-pu-ra-ku-um	I sent to you.
9	qa2-ti za-ka-at	Hand of Zakkat
10	bu-li-t,a-ni	to heal
reverse
1	_1(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar_	1 shekel of silver
2	id-nam-ma lu-ku-ul	he gave, and let me eat.
3	u3 la a-ta-ba-al	and I did not ask
4	du-um-qa2-am	to be good
5	e-pi2-isz-ka	your work
6	_5(disz) ku6_ szu-bi-lam	5 fish of Šubilam
7	a-na {d}ba-ba6	To Baba
8	szum-ma i-ba-szu-u2	If there is,

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