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YOS 13, 172 (P296097)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | YOS 13, 172 |
|---|---|
| ID | P296097 |
| Museum no. | MLC 01341 |
| 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 |
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}na-na#-[a be]-el-ti asz-szu-mi-ia | Nanaya, my lady, concerning me |
| 2 | li#-ba#-al#-li-it,-ka | May they keep you alive! |
| 3 | ki-ma aq-bu-kum# sze-umi-na _e2_ ma-a-ad-ma | When I spoke to you, the barley of the house was plentiful. |
| 4 | pi2-hu u2-ul im-lu-u2 | “It is not a flood, it is not full of famine, |
| 5 | u3 _e2-gi4-a e2_ a-ha-at-ka a-di-ni u2-ul i x x x | and the maid of the house of your father-in-law until now did not ... |
| 6 | {disz}li-bur-na-di-in-szu a-na ma-ah-ri-ka at,-t,ar-dam# | I have sent Libur-nadinšu to you. |
| 7 | 2(disz) pi2-hu i-nu-ma a-na _ku3-babbar_ ta-sza-am-mu | 2 (pieces of) pīḫu-wood when for silver you will weigh out. |
| 8 | szum-ma ta-ra-am-ma-an-ni szu-bi-lam | If you love me, send me! |
| 9 | asz-szum _{uruda}szen_ | Concerning the copper |
| 10 | asz-szum _{gi}pisan dub_ | Concerning the basket of tablets |
| 11 | asz-szum _{gi}pisan nu-us2-hu_ | Because the basket was not loosened |
| 12 | asz-szum _{gesz#}ban2_ si ra x | Concerning the bow |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
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