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VS 16, 006 (P372863)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | VS 16, 006 |
|---|---|
| ID | P372863 |
| Museum no. | VAT 00767 |
| Collection | Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany |
| 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 | a-na be-li2-[ia] | to my lord |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma ni-id-na-[at-{d}suen ARAD]-ka-ma | Thus Nidnat-Sîn, your servant: |
| 4 | asz-szum _a-sza3_-ka sza ih-[ha-asz-sza-hu] | because of your field that has been plundered |
| 5 | sza ta-asz-pu-ra-am um#-[ma at-ta-a]-ma | As to what you wrote me, saying: "You |
| 6 | ki-ma _a-sza3_-um szu-u2 ih#-[ha]-sza#-hu | like that field they shall divide. |
| 7 | {disz}{d}marduk-mu-sza-lim isz#-[pu]-ra#-am# | Marduk-mušallim wrote me |
| 8 | a-na _lu2-mesz dumu-mesz_ a-bu-li aq-bi-i-ma# | I spoke to the men, the sons of the elders, and |
| 9 | um-ma szu-nu-ma | thus they: |
| 10 | _a-sza3_-um szu-u2 a-na ri-tim es-ha-an-ni-a-szi-im | that field for the extispicy of Eshanniašum |
| 11 | ur-ra-am a-na babila2{ki} | in the future to Babylon |
| 12 | ni-la-ak | we will go. |
| 13 | i-na babila2{ki} ni-pa-al#-szu | in Babylon we prayed to him |
| 14 | ki#-ma tup-pa-ka a-mu-ru | I will see like your tablet. |
| 15 | aq-bi-i-ma ni-pu-tam# | I said, and a nīpûtu |
| reverse | ||
| 16 | u2-ul ip-pu-u2 | they shall not make. |
| 17 | u2-ta-asz-sze-ru | they shall return. |
| 18 | u3 1(disz) _gin2 ku3-babbar_ | and 1 shekel of silver |
| 19 | mi-im-ma u2-ul szu-ud-du-un | nothing is to be done. |
| 20 | [i-na] babila2#{ki} | in Babylon |
| 21 | _lu2#-mesz_ a-na qa2-ti be-li2-ia | men in the hand of my lord |
| 22 | a-sza-ka-an | I will place. |
| 23 | szum-ma la i-dam id-bu-bu | If he does not agree, he shall speak. |
| 24 | sze-er-tam be-li2 | The second, my lord |
| 25 | li-mi-su-nu-ti | let them die! |
Sources & licences
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