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VS 16, 010 (P372867)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | VS 16, 010 |
|---|---|
| ID | P372867 |
| Museum no. | VAT 00800 |
| 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 a-wi-lim | to a man |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma ib-ni-{d}er3-ra-ma | Thus Ibni-Erra: |
| 4 | {d}utu u3 {d}marduk da-ri-isz _u4_-mi li-ba-li2-t,u2-ka | May Šamaš and Marduk keep you alive forever! |
| 5 | {disz}mi-il-ki-lu-i-la su-tu-u2 | Milki-lu-ila, the Sutean, |
| 6 | i-na ik-ki-il-li _lu2-kur2_ a-na mu-uh-hi | with a weapon the enemy against |
| 7 | _gu4 hi-a_ at,-t,ar-dam asz-szu mi-ni-im | I have sent oxen, because of what |
| 8 | ta-ak-la-szu i-na-an-na asz-ta-ap-ra-ak-ku | Now I am writing to you: |
| 9 | {disz}mi-il-ki-lu-i-la szu-a-tu | that Milki-lu-ila |
| 10 | u2-szi-ra-asz-szu | he brought to him. |
| 11 | _erin2-mesz_ i-na mu-uh-hi-ia | troops on my account |
| 12 | it-ta-si | has weighed out, |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | a-na da-ba-bi la-a tu-ba-la-an-ni | You will not bring me to a lawsuit. |
| 2 | {disz}i-na-e2-sag-il2-numun | Ina-Esagil-zer |
| 3 | sza a-na ma-ah-ri-szu asz-pu-ra-asz-szu | which before him I wrote to him |
| 4 | sza-al-ma li-iq-bi-a-ak-kum | I am well, may he say to you: |
| 5 | i-dam la-a tu-sza-ar-sza-ma | You will not let her go away and |
| 6 | la-a ta-sza-pa-ra-am | do not send me! |
Sources & licences
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