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VS 16, 008 (P372865)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | VS 16, 008 |
|---|---|
| ID | P372865 |
| Museum no. | VAT 00784 |
| 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 szum-ma-{d}utu | to Šumma-šamaše |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma i-bi-{d}nin-szubur | Thus Ibbi-Ninšubur |
| 4 | {d}utu u3 il-ka | Šamaš and your god |
| 5 | li-ba-al-li-t,u2-ka | may they keep you alive. |
| 6 | asz-szum t,e4-mi-im sza i-din-{d}nin-szubur | Concerning the report of Iddin-Ninšubur |
| 7 | a-di a-la-ka-am | as far as the city |
| 8 | mi-im-ma la te-ge-ri | anything unsuitable |
| 9 | na-asz-pa-ki a-ia-szi-im | I am sending your message to you. |
| 10 | u2-ul ip-qi2-da-am | he did not appoint |
| 11 | i-na s,e-ri-im | in the steppe |
| 12 | ma-ga-al u2-sze-li | he raised up a net. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | _ku3-babbar_-am sza na-asz-pa-ki | the silver of the našpāku-tax |
| 2 | u2-sza-asz-qa2-al-szu | he shall raise him. |
| 3 | a-na pa-ni-ia | to my presence |
| 4 | s,i-bi-t,e4-mi-im | ṣibiṭum |
| 5 | lu ti-szu e-em {d}utu | may it be his life, when Šamaš |
| 6 | i-qa2-bi-ne2-szi-im | shall say to her, |
| 7 | ni-la-ak | we will go. |
| 8 | szi-ma-am a-sza-ma-am-ma | “I will ask and |
| 9 | a-ta-la-ka-am | I shall go |
| 10 | a-na ni-ka-si2 | to Nikasi |
| 11 | sza a-hi-ka la te-gi# | Do not return your brother! |
| 12 | lu szu-um-mu-TU | may it be yours!” |
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