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AbB 12, 187 (P510709)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | AbB 12, 187 |
|---|---|
| ID | P510709 |
| Museum no. | BM 067298 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Letter |
| Find spot | Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah) |
| Coordinates | 33.0605, 44.2552 |
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# a-bi-ia | to my father |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma x [x] akszak{ki} x x | saying: “... Akšak |
| 4 | x x x (x) sza-la-mi-ka | [......] your life |
| 5 | a-bi# at#-ta lu sza-al-ma-ta | May your father be well. |
| 6 | x x x x x x | |
| 7 | x x ti x x x x | [......] |
| 8 | {disz}ar-x x x x x x | Ar- |
| 9 | x x x x x | |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | x x x x x | |
| 2 | {disz}ARAD-ku-bi | Urad-Kūbe |
| 3 | usz-ta-bi-lam | he sent to me. |
| 4 | _3(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar sze_-am | 3 shekels of silver is the barley |
| 5 | sza 1(disz) [x] UD x | of 1 ... day |
| 6 | a-na-di-in | I will give. |
| 7 | u3 x x x x | and [......] |
| 8 | x x x | |
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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