AbB 14, 221 (P493810)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Girsu · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | AbB 14, 221 |
|---|---|
| ID | P493810 |
| Museum no. | AO 21944 |
| Collection | Louvre Museum, Paris, France |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Letter |
| Find spot | Girsu (mod. Tello) |
| Coordinates | 31.5591, 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.
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1 | a-na gu-un-gu-nim | to Gungunum |
| 2 | um-ma i-pa-um-ma | Thus Ipāma: |
| 3 | szum-ma a-bi | If the father |
| 4 | u3 be-li2 at-ta | and you, my lord |
| 5 | isz-tu _8(disz) mu-me_ | after 8 years |
| 6 | sza _dumu-munus_ i3-li2-isz-ma-ni-a | of the daughter of Ilī-išmannî |
| 7 | _5(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar_ | 5 shekels of silver |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | ki {disz}ku-ba-sza | with Kubaša |
| 2 | i-ba-asz2-szi2-ma | there is, and |
| 3 | a-na a-wi-lim | to a man |
| 4 | u2-la ip-pa-al-la-as | he will not pay back. |
| 5 | si2-ni-iq-szu-ma | he shall be his equal. |
| 6 | _ku3-babbar_-am u3 _masz2-bi_ | the silver and its interest |
| 7 | szu-ud-di3-isz-szum | Šudīšam |
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