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YOS 13, 117 (P295143)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | YOS 13, 117 |
|---|---|
| ID | P295143 |
| Museum no. | MLC 00339 |
| Collection | J. Pierpont Morgan Library Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA |
| 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)
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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 | {d}utu li-ba-al-li-it,-ka | May Šamaš keep you alive! |
| 2 | lu sza-al-ma-ta | may it be well. |
| 3 | asz-szum# _ku3#-babbar_ sza ma-har {d}amar-utu-mu-sza-lim le-qe2-e | Concerning the silver before Marduk-mušallim take. |
| 4 | sza ta#-asz-pu-ra-am | of which you wrote |
| 5 | {disz}{d}amar-utu-mu#-sza#-lim ki-a-am iq-bi-a-am | Marduk-mušallim said thus: |
| 6 | um-ma szu-u2-ma a-na ri-sza-tum _enku_ | Thus he: for the rišātu-offering the fisherman |
| 7 | asz-ta-pa-ar | I have sent. |
| 8 | i-na babila2{ki} _ku3-babbar_ it-ta-ad-nu | in Babylon silver has been given. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | an-ni-tam iq-bi-a-am | this he said to me. |
| 2 | a-na _i7_ su-bir4{ki} a-la-ak-ka | to the Subir canal I shall go. |
| 3 | iq-bu-nim | said to me, |
| 4 | sza _3(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar udu#_ s,a#-al-ma-ti | of 3 shekels of silver, the black sheep |
| 5 | ki-ma pa#-ni#-ka sza-ma-am-ma | like your face the heavens |
| 6 | le#-qe2-a | take. |
| 7 | i-dam la tu-sza-ar-sza-am-ma | do not let it be forgotten, and |
| 8 | la ta-sza-ap-pa-ra | do not send me! |
Sources & licences
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