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VS 16, 029 (P372884)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | VS 16, 029 |
|---|---|
| ID | P372884 |
| Museum no. | VAT 01283 |
| 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' | u3 am-mi-s,a-du-qa2-i-lu-[ni ...] | and Ammī-ṣaduqa-iluni ... |
| 2' | {disz}am-mi-s,a-du-qa2-i-lu-ni a-wi-[lum] | Ammī-ṣaduqa-iluni, the man |
| 3' | ki-a-am iq-bi um-ma szu-u2-ma# | Thus said he: |
| 4' | aq-ta-bi u3 a-an-na i-tap-lu-ni-in-ni | I said, and now they have sent me. |
| 5' | szu-pu-ur-ma sza iq-bi-a-am | send, and what he said |
| 6' | i-sza-am am-mi-s,a-du-qa2-i-lu-ni | Išam-ṣaduqa-iluni |
| 7' | li-sza-bi-lam | may he send me. |
| 8' | tup-pi2 a-na be-li2-ia ka-ta | The tablet to my lord is confirmed. |
| 9' | [usz]-ta-bi-lam | I sent to him. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | ka-ni-ka i-sza-am am-mi-s,a-du-qa2-i-lu-ni | “He will ask you, Ammī-ṣaduqa-iluni, |
| 2 | li-sza-bi-lam | may he send me. |
| 3 | ka-ni-ka be-li2 at-ta | You, my lord, are our ally. |
| 4 | szu-ut,-ra-am-ma szu-bi-lam | Write it down and send it here. |
| 5 | tup-pi2 be-li2-ia ka-ta | The tablet of my lord is in your mouth. |
| 6 | u3 ka-ni-ku szu-u2 a-na ib-ni-{d}marduk | and he is the guarantor to Ibni-Marduk |
| 7 | [_lu2] gala-mah_ {d}inanna be-li2 | the chief lamentation priest of Inanna my lord |
| 8 | li#-sza-bi-lam | may he send. |
| 9 | tup-pu a-na am-mi-<s,a>-du-qa2-i-lu-ni | A tablet to Ammī-ṣaduqa-iluni. |
| 10 | li-il-li-ik#-[ma] | may he go, and |
Sources & licences
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