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YOS 13, 448 (P312152)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | YOS 13, 448 |
|---|---|
| ID | P312152 |
| Museum no. | YBC 12194 |
| 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 | be#-li2 {d}na-bi-um sza ib-nu-u2-ka | My lord, Nabû, who created you |
| 2 | asz-szu-mi-ia da-ri-isz u4-mi | As for me, forever |
| 3 | li-la-ab-bi-ir-ka | may he send to you. |
| 4 | ki-ma a-hi at#-ta# ti-du#-u2 | Like a brother you know. |
| 5 | tu x x [x x] x ud du ur ma | ... ... day ... |
| 6 | a-di [x x x x] u2-ul asz-pu-ra-ak-kum | until ... I did not send to you |
| 7 | i-na-an#-na# x x nu x x i-din#-{d}na-bi-um | Now ... Iddin-Nabium |
| 8 | {disz}x NI x (x) ma x x ka ra x (x) KA#/DI# | ... ... |
| 9 | a-na pa-a-di-im-ma | to the enemy |
| 10 | usz-te-ed-di-i-szu | he had made him live. |
| 11 | um#-ma a-na-ku-ma a-na a-wi-lim lu-usz-pu-ur# | Thus I: let me write to the man. |
| 12 | [ki]-ma# ze2-eh-pi2 ta-am-ma-ru# | You will see it like sulphur. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | {disz}i3-li2-ba-ni-i _ugula gidri_ sza x [x] | Ilī-banî, foreman of the scepter of ... |
| 2 | e-si-[ir] | esir |
| 3 | _1/3(disz) ma-na ku3-babbar_ il-ki-szu x [x x (x)] | 1/3 mina of silver, his ilku-service ... |
| 4 | sza a-na-ku ki-mu-szu _ensi2_ [x x (x)] u2 | which I, instead of him, the governor ... |
| 5 | le-qe2 | he shall take. |
| 6 | a-na mu-uh2-hi 1(u) 5(disz) [_gin2_ sza] ma#-ah-ri-ka | for 15 shekels of silver before you |
| 7 | ru-ud-di#-i-ma | he smote, and |
| 8 | sza# _1/3(disz) ma-na 5(disz) gin2# udu hi-a_ szi-ta-a-am | of 13 minas 5 shekels of wool, šitām |
| 9 | sza _1(u) gin2 ku3-babbar ku3-sig17_ a-mu-ur | of 10 shekels of silver and gold I saw |
| 10 | ki-ma ku-ul-lu-ma-ta _nig2-ba hi-a_ szu-pi2-isz-ma | like a kullumātu-container a portion of grain is poured out and |
| 11 | re-esz {d}be-le-ti-ia sza u2-la-ab-ba-ra-ka | at the beginning of my goddess, whom I shall release, |
| 12 | li-ki-il | may he bind. |
| 13 | a-na sza-pa-ri-ia a-hi at-ta la tu-usz-ta-a | You, my brother, did not sit down at my side. |
Sources & licences
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