Unread Atlas
VS 16, 015 (P372871)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
Open in the reader & map →See it among all tablets
| Designation | VS 16, 015 |
|---|---|
| ID | P372871 |
| Museum no. | VAT 00837 |
| 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)
From Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched)
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-bi-ia qi2-bi2-ma | Speak to my father: |
| 2 | um-ma {d}suen-a-ha!(HI)-am-i-din-nam-ma | thus Sîn-aham-iddinam: |
| 3 | {d}utu u3 {d}marduk li-ba-al-li-t,u2-ka | May Šamaš and Marduk keep you alive! |
| 4 | a-na _iri{ki}_ la-ar-sa{ki} al-li-ik-ma | to the city of Larsa I went and |
| 5 | 5(disz) _gin2 ku3-babbar_ al-qi2-a-am-ma | 5 shekels of silver I took, and |
| 6 | u2-ul asz-szi-i-ma 1(disz) _gin2 ku3-babbar_ | I did not take, and 1 shekel of silver |
| 7 | a-na a-li-ik il-ki-ia | to go with my ilku-duty |
| 8 | u2-ul ad-di-in | I did not give. |
| 9 | ki-ma a-bi i-du-u2 | like their father knows, |
| 10 | _ku3-babbar#_ szu-a-ti i-na mu-ti-a-ba-al | that silver from Muti-abal |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [uh]-ta#-al#-li-iq | he destroyed. |
| 2 | it-ti [um]-mi-a-ni-im | with the king |
| 3 | 1(u) _gur zu2#-lum_ u3 1(barig) _i3-gesz_ | 10 gur dates and 1 barig oil |
| 4 | la-qi2-a-ku# a-bi li-sza-s,a-ni-ma | I have taken. May my father protect me, and |
| 5 | um-mi-a-nam# u3 a-li-ik il-[ki-ia] | my mother and the one who goes to my ilku service |
| 6 | lu-pu-ul | let me do. |
| 7 | ma-ru-um sza a-na a-bi | the dowry which to the father |
| 8 | la u2-ga-la-lu | he shall not be deprived |
| 9 | u2-ul i-ba-asz-szi | there is none. |
| 10 | a-bi a-ah-szu e-li-ia | (Sum) My father, his brother, over me (Akk) The father of his brother over me |
| left | ||
| 1 | la i-na-ad-di | he shall not give. |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
Cite the original edition and translator. Page generated by Unread Atlas from the public corpus export of 2026-10-18.