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VS 16, 024 (P372880)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | VS 16, 024 |
|---|---|
| ID | P372880 |
| Museum no. | VAT 01429 |
| 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' | [i]-li-ma-sza-ha#-an u3 dingir-ma-[x x (x)] | Ili-mašahan and Ilumma-... |
| 2' | s,u2-ha-ru-u2 sza su-ul-lam-mu u3 a-[x x (x)] | The ṣuḫarû-vessels of the purification ritual and ... |
| 3' | _dumu-mesz_ szi-ip-ri sza _lu2_ ha-la-ba[{ki}] | the messengers of the man of Halaba |
| 4' | sza i-na _e2 hi-a_ a-gu-um wa-asz-bu# | who in the house of a husband is living |
| 5' | isz-tu _e2 hi-a_ a-gu-um | from the house of the agûm-official |
| 6' | [a]-na# _iri#_ ak-ka-bi _ki-ta_ sza ki-si#-ki-i [(x)] | to the lower city of Akkab ... |
| 7' | [is]-ni-qu2-nim | have fallen upon me |
| 8' | [ki-a]-am iq-bu-ni-a-szi-im um-ma szu-nu-ma | thus said to us: "They |
| 9' | [i-na _e2 hi-a_] a-gu-um bu-ka-szum | in the house of the agû-priest, the guarantor |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [x (x)] a-na _{gesz}tukul hi-a_ it-ti _dumu-mesz_ szi-ip-ri sza# [_lu2_ ha]-la-ba{ki} | with the sons of the messenger of the man of Halaba |
| 2 | [a]-na# zi-kir szu-mi-szu le-qe2-e-em | Take it for the mention of his name. |
| 3 | [u3] it-ti zi-kir szu-mi sza _lu2_ ha-la-ba{ki} | and with the pronouncement of the name of the man of Halaba |
| 4 | [a-na] babila2#{ki} szu-bu-lu# [(x)] | to Babylon he brought |
| 5 | [x x (x) _dumu-mesz_] szi-ip-ri t,a-ra-dam u2-ki-in-ma | ... the sons of the work-assignment he established, and |
| 6 | [x x (x) (x)] x-sza-asz-li-pu | ... ...-šašlipu |
| 7 | [x x (x) (x)] x is,-s,a-bi-it-ma | ... seized ... and |
| 8 | [_dumu-mesz_ szi-ip-ri] sza# _lu2_ ha-la-ba{ki} u2-ul it,-[t,ar-du] | the messengers of the man of Halaba did not send. |
Sources & licences
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