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YOS 13, 449 (P289809)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | YOS 13, 449 |
|---|---|
| ID | P289809 |
| Museum no. | YBC 05073 |
| Collection | Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Letter |
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-ni | to ... |
| 2 | qi2-[bi2]-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-[ma ...]-ma | Thus ...: |
| 4 | {d}utu u3 [{d}amar-utu li-ba-al]-li#-t,u2-ku-nu-ti | May Šamaš and Marduk keep you alive! |
| 5 | lu [sza-al-ma]-ku#-nu | May you be well! |
| 6 | sza BI [x x x x x] i-pa-hu-ru-nim-ma | of that ... they will release me, and |
| 7 | a-[la-kam u2-ul] e-le-i | I did not go. |
| 8 | a-na x (x) [...] a tim | To ... ... |
| 9 | su-un-nu-qi2-im# [ni]-di a-hi-im | Sūn-nûm means “weapon. |
| 10 | la ta-ra-asz-szi-a | do not abandon her! |
| 11 | i-na 1(barig) 1(ban2) _sze_ le-qe2-e-em | from 1 barig 1 ban2 of barley take |
| 12 | u2-ba-ar-ru-ni-ku-nu-ti-ma | they shall return to you, and |
| 13 | pa-ni-ku-nu u2-ul u2-ub-ba-al | I will not bring before you. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | _dam-gar3_ i-na mu-uh2-hi-ia | the merchant on my account |
| 2 | ki!-ta!-a-s,u2-ra-a-ma | Kittaṣurama |
| 3 | re-esz nam-ku-ri szu-ur-szi-a-ma | “Seize the head of the namkūru-priestess and |
| 4 | a-na _e2-i3-dub_ szu-up-ka-ma | to the storehouse send, and |
| 5 | pi2-i-hi-a a-di a-la-kam-ma | my ... until I go and |
| 6 | _dam-gar3_-ri a-ap-pa-lu | merchants, applālu |
| 7 | {disz}ARAD-ku-bi s,i-im-da-nim-ma | Warad-Kūbi, the ṣimdanu |
| 8 | t,u2-ur-da-nim | Ṭurdanum |
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