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VS 16, 032 (P372887)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | VS 16, 032 |
|---|---|
| ID | P372887 |
| Museum no. | VAT 00793 |
| 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 sza {d}marduk | to the man of Marduk |
| 2 | u2-ba-al-la-t,u2-szu | shall redeem him. |
| 3 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 4 | um-ma asz-ta-mar-{d}iszkur-ma | Thus Aštamar-Addu: |
| 5 | {d}utu u3 {d}marduk da-ri-isz _u4_-mi | Šamaš and Marduk forever |
| 6 | li-ba-al-li-t,u2-ka | may they keep you alive. |
| 7 | a-wi-lu-u2 _nu-{gesz}kiri6-mesz dumu-mesz_ zimbir{ki} | Awilû, the gardeners, the citizens of Sippar |
| 8 | asz-szum s,e-eh-he-ru-ti-szu-nu | Concerning their flock |
| 9 | sza ih-li-qu2-ma is,-s,a-ab-tu | who had fled and seized |
| 10 | iq-bu-nim-ma | said to me, and |
| 11 | asz-szum ki-a-am tup-pi2 u2-sza-bi-la-kum | Because I have sent you a tablet in this manner, |
| 12 | a-wi-le-e szu-nu-ti | Those men |
| 13 | at,-t,ar-da-kum | I have sent to you. |
| 14 | si-ig-mi-szu-nu | their horns |
| 15 | mu-hu-ur-ma | received, and |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | ma-ha-ar {d}utu | before Šamaš |
| 2 | li-ik-ru-bu-ni-kum | may they bless you. |
| 3 | s,u2-ha-re-e-szu-nu | their nails |
| 4 | wu-usz-sze-er-szu-nu-szi-im | to make them bow down, |
| 5 | pu-ut,-t,e4-er-szu-nu-ti | Release them! |
| 6 | babila2{ki} la i-ka-asz-sza-du | Babylon cannot be conquered. |
| 7 | asz-szu-mi-ia an-ni-tam e-pu-su2-nu-szi | They did this because of me. |
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