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VS 16, 021 (P372877)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | VS 16, 021 |
|---|---|
| ID | P372877 |
| Museum no. | VAT 00577 |
| 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 dumu-esz18-dar | to Dumu-Ištar |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma {d}utu-ma-gir14-ma | Thus Šamaš-māgir: |
| 4 | {d}utu u3 {d}marduk li-ba-al-li-[t,u2]-ka# | May Šamaš and Marduk keep you alive! |
| 5 | asz-szum bi-tim a-na sza-mi-im u3 [x x (x)] | Concerning the house for heaven and ... |
| 6 | sza a-na-ku u3 at-ta i-na zimbir#[{ki}] ni-id-bu-bu | that I and you in Sippar we spoke |
| 7 | u3 e2-a-i-din-nam asz-pu-ra-kum | and Ea-iddinam I sent to you. |
| 8 | a-la-ki a-na ma-ah-ri-ka i-ba-asz-szi | There is going to you. |
| 9 | a-nu-um-ma na-bi-i3-li2-szu s,u2-ha-ri | Herewith, Nabi-ilīšu, the ṣuḫaru |
| 10 | at,-t,ar-da-kum | I have sent to you. |
| 11 | wa-ar-ki tup-pi2-ia an-ni-im | After this tablet |
| 12 | a-na _u4 1(u)-kam_ ma-ah-ri-ka | on the 10th day before you |
| 13 | a-na-ku | I, |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | a-na pa-ni-ia a-wa-tim szi-na-<tim> | Before me, two words |
| 2 | szu-ub-szi ki-ma i-na a-la-ki-ia s,i-bu-ti | “Stand, like in my exalted journey,’ |
| 3 | isz-ti-a-at tu-sze-pi2-sza-an-ni | After you have performed sorcery against me |
| 4 | u3 a-na-<ku> s,i-bu-ut-ka isz-ti-a-at e-pe2-sza-kum | And as for you, your love is with me, I will do it for you. |
| 5 | s,u2-ha-ri sza tup-pi2 ub-la#-kum | He will bring you the ṣuharu of the tablet. |
| 6 | bi-it na-ap-t,a2-ri sza ki-ma t,a-bu | The house of the napṭārī priestess, which is like good, |
| 7 | u3 nu-up-pu-szu ku-li-im-szu-ma | and his rations he shall weigh out and |
| 8 | li-is,-s,u2-ur | may he guard. |
Sources & licences
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