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AbB 05, 213 (P511156)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | AbB 05, 213 |
|---|---|
| ID | P511156 |
| Museum no. | Ist Si 0086 |
| Collection | Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey |
| 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 Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618)
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) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | ⸢a-na⸣ im-gur-{d}SUEN | and Imgur-Sin |
| 2 | u₃ a-wi-il-{d}UTU | and Awīl-Šamaš |
| 3 | ša {d}MARDUK u₂-ba-al-la-ṭu₂-šu-nu-ti | of Amurru he shall raise up against them |
| 4 | qi₂-bi₂-ma | speak! |
| 5 | um-ma in-bi-IŠTAR-ma | Inbi-Ištar speaks thus: |
| 6 | {d}UTU u₃ {d}MARDUK da-ri-iš u₄-mi | Šamaš and Marduk forever |
| 7 | li-ba-al-li-ṭu₂(id-)ku-nu-ti | may they keep you alive! |
| 8 | [aš]-šum a-ha-ti sa₃-lu-hu-um DAM.GAR₃ | As for Aḫatu, Saluḫum, the merchant |
| 9 | ⸢ša⸣ DI.KU₅.MEŠ im-hu-ru-u₂-ma | the judges received, and |
| 10 | iš-tu ZIMBIR{ki} a-na ta-ri-šu | from Sippar for his life |
| 11 | iš-ta-ap-ra-am | has sent |
| b.e. | ||
| 12 | x pi₂-qa-at aš-šu SAG.IR₃ | [x], requisition of the head priest |
| 13 | [ma-har/ha-ar] DI.KU₅.MEŠ | Received by the judges |
| r | ||
| 14 | [i-ša-ak]-ka-an | he shall place |
| 15 | ⸢SAG.IR₃⸣ iš-tu MU.3(diš).KAM MU.3(diš).KAM | From three years, three years |
| 16 | i-na E₂ a-si-ri | in the house of prisoners of war |
| 17 | i-na re-eš ma-ak-ku-ri-im | at the head of the camp |
| 18 | na-di | |
| 19 | i-na wa-ar-ki-im | later on |
| 20 | šar-rum sa₃-lu-hu-um a-na E₂ {d}MARDUK | king of Saluḫum to the temple of Amurru |
| 21 | id-di-in-ma | gave, and |
| 22 | sa₃-lu-hu-um i-na E₂ {d}MARDUK | Saluḫum in the temple of Amurru |
| 23 | iz-ku-ur-ma SAG.IR₃ il-qi₂-a-am-ma | he smote, and he took the torch, and |
| 24 | it-ta(al-)al-[kam] | it has passed. |
| t.e. | ||
| 25 | šum-ma i-na ki-na-⸢tim⸣ | If in the true |
| 26 | ta-ra-am-ma-ni-⸢in-ni⸣ | you love me, |
| 27 | ⸢la⸣ tu-uš-ta-ha-x [x x] x | you have ...ed |
| 28 | [x] x ma e-ze-en-ni | ... my sheepfold |
| l.e. | ||
| 29 | a-wa-tum ga-am-ra | I want to speak a word |
| 30 | šum-ma i-na ṭup-pi₂-ša | If on a tablet |
| 31 | SAG.IR₃ ša-ṭi₄-er | SAG.IR (means) to write. |
| 32 | ki-im-ri-šu u₃ hi-bi-x | His seed and ... |
| 33 | li-pu-ul-ma u₂ [x x] | let him do, and ... |
Sources & licences
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- Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
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