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AbB 13, 084 (P510802)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Amnanum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | AbB 13, 084 |
|---|---|
| ID | P510802 |
| Museum no. | BM 079931 |
| 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 | a-na dumu-munus-er-s,e-tim | to the daughter-in-law |
| 2 | qi2#-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | [um]-ma# hu-up-pa-ia-ma | thus Huppaya: |
| 4 | [{d}utu] u3 {d}marduk li-ba-al-li-t,u2-ki | May Šamaš and Marduk keep you alive! |
| 5 | [{disz}i3]-li2-e-ri-ba-am s,u2-ha-ra-am | Ilī-eribam, the ṣuharam |
| 6 | [ma]-ah#-ri-ki _iti szu-numun-a u4 5(disz)-kam_ | in your presence. The month of Dumuzi, the day 5 |
| 7 | a-na puzur4-{d}nin-tu a-hi _a-zu_ | to Puzur-Nintu, brother of the physician |
| 8 | a-na ig-ri-im ad-di-isz-szu | I gave him to labor. |
| 9 | al-ki-ma a-na _e2_ a-gi-ri-szu | I went and to the house of his father |
| 10 | s,u2-ha-ra-am tu-re-e-em-ma | “Return to me, and |
| 11 | a-na ma-ah-ri-ia a-na kar-{d}na-bi-um | before me, to Kar-Nabium |
| 12 | t,u2-ur-di-isz-szu-ma | Ṭurdišu, and |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | li-il-li-kam | may he come. |
| 2 | isz#-tu wa-ra-ah-szu um-ta-al-lu | After he had finished his work, |
| 3 | _u4 1(disz)-kam_ a-na _e2_ a-gi-ri-szu | 1st day to the house of his father-in-law |
| 4 | la# i-il-la-ak at-ti u3 be-el-ta-ni | You and our lady |
| 5 | x il-da-am pi2-ti-a-ma | ... opens my mouth |
| 6 | _n sila3 i3-gesz_ i-na ma-as2-ha-ar-tim | n sila of oil in the granary |
| 7 | li#-isz-pu-ka-am-ma li-il-qe2-a-am | may he write to you, and take me. |
| 8 | u3 _1(barig) sze_ sza ra-ma-ni-ki id-ni-szum | and 1 barig of barley that he gave to him |
| 9 | szum-ma _sze_-am la ti-szi#-i | If you do not have barley, |
| 10 | qu2-up-pa-tam ia-at-tam pi2-[ti]-a-ma | “I have opened my mouth to speak, and |
| 11 | x _sze_-a-[am] x-di#?-isz-szum# | ... barley for ...dishshum |
| 12 | x x [...] | |
| 13 | sza pa x [...] | Who ... ... |
| 14 | szi-ka-ra#?-am x [...] | A šikaram offering(?) |
Sources & licences
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