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AbB 13, 089 (P510807)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Amnanum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | AbB 13, 089 |
|---|---|
| ID | P510807 |
| Museum no. | BM 079979 + BM 080020 |
| 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# a-bi-ia | to my father |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma ip-qu2-an-nu-ni-tum-ma | Thus Ipqu-annunitum: |
| 4 | _{d}utu_ u3 _{d}marduk_ da-ri-isz _u4_-mi | Šamaš and Marduk forever. |
| 5 | a-bi ka-ta li-ba-al-li-t,u2 | (Sum) My father, may he live in your mouth (Akk) May my father be alive from your mouth |
| 6 | a-bi lu sza-lim lu ba-li2-it, | May my father be well, may he live! |
| 7 | _dingir_ na-s,i-ir a-bi-ia re-esz da-mi-iq-tim | the god who guards my father, the foremost of good fortune, |
| 8 | sza a-bi-ia li-ki-il | of my father may he bind. |
| 9 | a-na szu-lum a-bi-ia asz-pu-ra-am | for the well-being of my father I wrote. |
| 10 | szu-lum a-bi-ia ma-har _{d}utu_ u3 _{d}marduk_ | the well-being of my father before Šamaš and Marduk |
| 11 | lu da-ri | may it be forever! |
| 12 | ki-ma a-bi i-du-u2 | like their father knows, |
| 13 | [{disz}{d}]tu#-tu#-na-s,i-ir _sza3 kar zimbir{ki}_ | Tutu-nāṣir, in Kar-Sippar |
| 14 | i-na pa-ni be#-el hu-bu#-ul-li-szu | in the presence of the owner of his stolen property |
| 15 | a-na _e2-duru5#_-bi2#-sa3{ki#} il#-li#-[ik-ma] | to the village of Bīsa went and |
| 16 | _u4_-mi _mu 1(disz)-kam_ it-[ti x (x) (x)] | the day of the 1st year with ... |
| 17 | il-li-ik ki-ma mi-sza-ru isz-sza#-[ak-nu] | he went, like a lion he set up. |
| 18 | a-na _zimbir{ki}_ a-li-<<ID>>-szu it-tu#-ra#-am# | to Sippar, his city, returned |
| 19 | {disz}i-din-_{d}suen ensi2_ | Iddin-Sîn, governor |
| 20 | a-na _sze_-am u3 _ku3-babbar_ e-li-szu | for barley and silver against him |
| 21 | la i-szu-u2 | have none, |
| 22 | a-na _e2_ na-ap-t,a-ri-szu | to the house of his seals |
| 23 | isz-pu-ur-ma | sent, and |
| 24 | _{tug2#}bar-si hi-a_ sza wa-sza-ab-tim | a band of red wool |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [sza] _e2_ na-ap-t,a-ri-szu | of the house of his personal possessions |
| 2 | [x]-te-BI-e | ...-te-BÎ |
| 3 | [i]-na#-an-na a-sza-ab-tum szi-i | Now, that abode |
| 4 | a-na# _zimbir{ki}_ il-li-ka-am-ma | to Sippar came, and |
| 5 | {disz}{d}tu-tu-na-s,i-ir szu-a-ti | Tutunaṣir |
| 6 | u2-ka-al | he shall hold. |
| 7 | {disz}{d}tu-tu-na-s,i-ir szu-u2 [(x) (x)] | Tutu-nāṣir is |
| 8 | ma-ah-ri-ia u2-ul x [x (x)] | before me did not ... |
| 9 | u2-ul# at,-ru-da-ak#-[kum] | I did not send to you. |
| 10 | a-na# a-bi-ia asz-tap-ra-am# | I sent to my father. |
| 11 | a-bi ki-ma ra-bu-ti-szu | his father like his great |
| 12 | sza-ap-ti i-din-{d}suen szu-a-ti | the lips of Iddin-Sîn |
| 13 | li-isz-me-e-ma | hear, and |
| 14 | {mi2}ni-[pu]-tam sza ip-pu-u2 | Niputam, who opened |
| 15 | a-bi li-wa-sze-er | his father may he tear out. |
| 16 | _sze_-am u3 _ku3-babbar_ ma-la e-li-szu i-szu-u2 | the barley and silver as much as he has |
| 17 | a-bi ze-eh-ep-szu li-sza-bi-la-am-ma | May his angry father send me, and |
| 18 | a-na-ku lu-pu-ul | I will do. |
| 19 | a-bi a-wa-tam i-dam la u2-sza-ar-sza-ma | (Sum) My word is a curse that cannot be undone (Akk) The word of the curse cannot be dispelled |
| 20 | la i-sza-ap-pa-ra-am | he shall not write |
| 21 | asz-szum di-ib-ba-at _sag-ARAD_ | Concerning the words of a slave |
| 22 | sza a-bi isz-pu-ra-am | which my father wrote me |
| 23 | ki-ma a-wi-lum is-sa3-an-qa2-am | like a man has plundered, |
| 24 | a-bi li-isz-pu-ra-am-ma | my father should write me, and |
| 25 | [a]-na# ma-har a-bi#-ia# lu-ul-li-ka-am | Let me come to my father. |
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