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YOS 13, 447 (P311363)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | YOS 13, 447 |
|---|---|
| ID | P311363 |
| Museum no. | YBC 11093 |
| 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 | _ugula gidri_-ni a-na at-hu-ti-im | the foreman of the scepter to Atḫutum |
| 2 | i-sa-ah-hu-ra-an-ni-a-szi-im | shall return to us, |
| 3 | i-na pa-ni szu-szu-ri-ia u2-na-ah-hi-id-ka | In the face of my supplication he blesses you |
| 4 | um-ma a-na-ku-ma | thus I: |
| 5 | 1(barig) _sze_ it-ti um-mi-a-ni le-qi2-a-am-ma | 1 barig of barley with our master take, and |
| 6 | a-na _dam ugula gidri_ i-di-in | to the wife of the overseer of the scepter he gave. |
| 7 | i-na-an-na ze2-eh-pi2 usz-ta-bi-la-ak-kum# | Now, I have sent you a message. |
| 8 | 1(barig) _sze_ it-ti _dam-gar3_ le-qi2-a-am-ma | 1 barig of barley with the merchant take, and |
| 9 | i-di-in-szi | he gave her |
| 10 | u3 t,e4-ma-am ga-am-ra-am | and a full report |
| 11 | szu-up-ra-am-ma | send me, and |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | li-ib-bi <<KA>> li-nu-uh | May the heart of the king be soothed |
| 2 | a-na sza asz-pu-ra-kum ni-di a-hi | As to what I wrote to you, the helper |
| 3 | la ta-ra-asz-szi | do not abandon her! |
| 4 | asz-szum ki-a-am ta-aq-bi-a-am um-ma at-ta-ma# | Concerning what you said, thus: "You |
| 5 | a-na a-hi-ia a-an-na-am ap-pa#-[al] | Now then I am looking for my brother. |
| 6 | um-ma szu-ma up-na-szu sa-ma-am lu ma-la#-a | Thus (says) Šūma-Suen, the sama priest: be it as many as there are. |
| 7 | u2-ul a-ha-asz-sze-eh-szu | I shall not approach him. |
| 8 | i-in-ku-nu u2-ul ma-ah-ra-ku | They have entered, but I am not received. |
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