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AbB 13, 072 (P510790)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Amnanum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | AbB 13, 072 |
|---|---|
| ID | P510790 |
| Museum no. | BM 079858 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Letter |
| Find spot | Sippar-Amnanum (mod. Tell ed-Der) |
| Coordinates | 33.0991, 44.2991 |
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 | {disz}{d}suen-i-din-nam# i-na babila2{ki} | Sîn-iddinam in Babylon |
| 2 | _1(disz) 1/2(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar_ a-na _sze_-e sza-mi-im | 1 1/2 shekels of silver for the šamum barley |
| 3 | a-na _ka2#_ ka-re-e id-di-in-ma | to the gate of the granary gave, and |
| 4 | a-di-ni _sze_-am u2-ul i-le-eq-qe2 | until now he shall not take the barley. |
| 5 | i-na-an-na _szuku_ i-na zimbir{ki} | Now the ration in Sippar |
| 6 | u2-ul i-szu-ma ud-da-ab-bi-ba-an-ni | he does not have, but keeps me awake. |
| 7 | _1(asz) sze gur {gesz}ban2_ {d}marduk i-na _e2_-ti | 1 gur of barley (measured) by the seah of Marduk in the house |
| 8 | a-wi-lum i-na-pa-le-szu _masz2-szu-gid2-gid2_ | (If) a man spits out: an extispicy. |
| 9 | ma#-ah-ri-ka li-id-di-in-szu | He should give him before you. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | u3 _e2_-ta i-na ku-nu-uk-ki-szu | and the house in his sealed document |
| 2 | li-ik-nu-uk | may he seal. |
| 3 | asz-szum _{gesz}ma2-gur8!(TE)_ sza aq-bu-kum | Concerning the barge about which I spoke to you |
| 4 | a-na ib-na-tum _ma2-lah5_ | to Ibnatum the boatman |
| 5 | qi2-bi-ma ar-hi-isz | speak quickly! |
| 6 | li-isz-qa2-al-pi2-a-am-ma | may he kiss me, and |
| 7 | a-na zimbir{ki} lu-usz-qa2-a | to Sippar I shall bring. |
Sources & licences
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