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AbB 14, 221 (P493810)

Letter, Old Babylonian, Girsu · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE

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DesignationAbB 14, 221
IDP493810
Museum no.AO 21944
CollectionLouvre Museum, Paris, France
LanguageAkkadian
PeriodOld Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
GenreLetter
Find spotGirsu (mod. Tello)
Coordinates31.5591, 46.1776

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.

LineATFMachine English (draft)
obverse
1a-na gu-un-gu-nimto Gungunum
2um-ma i-pa-um-maThus Ipāma:
3szum-ma a-biIf the father
4u3 be-li2 at-taand you, my lord
5isz-tu _8(disz) mu-me_after 8 years
6sza _dumu-munus_ i3-li2-isz-ma-ni-aof the daughter of Ilī-išmannî
7_5(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar_5 shekels of silver
reverse
1ki {disz}ku-ba-szawith Kubaša
2i-ba-asz2-szi2-mathere is, and
3a-na a-wi-limto a man
4u2-la ip-pa-al-la-ashe will not pay back.
5si2-ni-iq-szu-mahe shall be his equal.
6_ku3-babbar_-am u3 _masz2-bi_the silver and its interest
7szu-ud-di3-isz-szumŠudīšam

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