Iddin-Sin complains to his mother about his clothes
About the work
Imported from the workbook's Full reassessment sheet, revised 7 October 2026 (record ID 110). The assessment below is the workbook's comparative judgment under its stated criteria; source links and limits are retained.
Workbook assessment: Insufficient evidence
Date or witness: Old Babylonian tablet, approximately 1900–1600 BCE (often described more narrowly as 18th century BCE)
Region: Larsa, Mesopotamia; now Louvre
Workbook date-sort bounds: 1900 BCE to 1600 BCE; these bounds are not automatically invention or disappearance dates.
Description
Iddin-Sin complains to Zinu that his garments compare poorly with those worn by other young men, including someone of supposedly lower social position.
Evidence of adoption or transmission
A private personal letter survives and is reused by modern readers.
What remains uncertain
No demonstrated ancient replication or public cultural uptake; relatable subject matter is not transmission evidence.
Workbook revision note: Reassessed using grassroots criteria