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VS 16, 007 (P372864)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | VS 16, 007 |
|---|---|
| ID | P372864 |
| Museum no. | VAT 00772 |
| 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 ki-in-pi4-{d}marduk | to Kin-pî-Marduk |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma geme2-{d}iszkur e-mi-iq-ta-ka-ma | Thus (says) Geme-Adad, your servant: |
| 4 | a-wa-tum sza i-na babila2{ki} | the word which in Babylon |
| 5 | x x x a-hi-szu a-ba?-am | his brother, who? |
| 6 | [x x] x x gi-im-ra-am | ... all |
| 7 | 2(disz) _gin2 ku3-babbar_ asz-szu-mi-ia | 2 shekels of silver for my account |
| 8 | gu-um-<ra>-szu-ma a-na-ku | <I> am his friend. |
| 9 | gi-im-ra sza-tu a-pa-al | All that I saw |
| 10 | a-na ku-ba-tim | to Kubatum |
| 11 | qi2-bi2-ma um-ma geme2-{d}iszkur-ra-ma | thus Geme-Iškur: |
| 12 | a-nu-um-ma a-na ki-in-pi4-{d}marduk | Now to Kin-pî-Marduk |
| 13 | i-zi-su ni-di a-hi | “He stood, the herdsman of the army’s corpse, |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | la ta-ra-szi-szu | do not abandon him! |
| 2 | a-na {d}iszkur-na-s,ir qi2-bi2-ma | Speak to Adad-nāṣir: |
| 3 | um-ma {d}nanna-in-dah-ma | thus Nanna-indaḫ: |
| 4 | u2-ul a-asz-pu-ra-ku-u2 | I did not send to you. |
| 5 | um-ma a-na-ku-u2-ma | thus I: |
| 6 | a-di 5(disz) _gin2 ku3-babbar_ | together with 5 shekels of silver |
| 7 | a-li-ik ni-di a-hi | I marched to the side of the river. |
| 8 | la ta-ra-szi | do not abandon! |
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