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YOS 13, 121 (P429720)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | YOS 13, 121 |
|---|---|
| ID | P429720 |
| Museum no. | MLC 00303 |
| 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 | _1/2(disz) ma-na dam_ i3-li2-im-gur-an-ni | 1/2 mina, wife of Ilī-imguranni |
| 2 | _6(disz) 1/2(disz) gin2 i7_ si2-la-kum | 6 1/2 shekels of sila-kum-water |
| 3 | _1/2(disz) ma-na 6(disz) <1/2(disz)> gin2 ku3-babbar_ | 1/2 mina 6 1/2 shekels of silver |
| 4 | ba-al-li _ib2-tak4 ku3-babbar_ | he took as a loan the silver |
| 5 | _1/3(disz) ma-na 3(disz) 1/2(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar_ | 1/3 mina 3 1/2 shekels of silver |
| 6 | a-na _5(disz) lu2-mesz_ ZA-ZU-um-ma | for 5 men of ZA-ZU-umma |
| 7 | a-na-ku u2-ma-ah-hi-ir-ma | I received, and |
| 8 | _5(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar_ | 5 shekels of silver |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | sza-qa3-lam u2-ki-in | he set up a ša-qalam. |
| 2 | mi-nu-um a-wa-<<ma>>-tum-ma | What is the word |
| 3 | ni-pu-ti a-na ni-pi2-im i-na#-ad-di-nu | They will give the reed bundles to the nipim. |
| 4 | it-ti ib-ni-{d}amar-utu# de-ki-i | with Ibni-Amarūtu, the judge |
| 5 | da-ba-<ba>-am dam-qa2-[am] du#-bu-ub-ma | Speak a good word |
| 6 | ni-pu-ti la ka#-[li]-at | “The incantation is not complete— |
| 7 | a-na sza szu-mu-um#-[li]-ib#-szi asz-pu-ra-am | I wrote to Šumum-libši |
| 8 | ni-di a-hi la ta-ra-asz-szi | Do not abandon my brother! |
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