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VS 16, 038 (P372893)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | VS 16, 038 |
|---|---|
| ID | P372893 |
| Museum no. | VAT 00854 |
| 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 {d}utu-ma-an-szum2 | To Šamaš-manšarum |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma mu-ka-ni-sza-at-ma | Mukanišat speaks thus: |
| 4 | {d}utu u3 {d}a-a li-ba-al-li-t,u2-ka | May Šamaš and Aya keep you alive! |
| 5 | szum-ma lu-pu-ta-tu-nu | If they do not pay, |
| 6 | {disz}ri-isz-{d}utu t,u2-ur-dam-ma | Rīš-Utu is to be returned, and |
| 7 | s,u2-ha-ra-am li-il-qi2 | He should take a ṣuḫaram-vessel. |
| 8 | s,u2-ha-rum i-na s,i2-ba-ti-ku-nu | ṣuḫāru-flour in your hand |
| 9 | i-qar-ti a-na a-ha-ti-ka | Iqartu to your side. |
| 10 | aq-bi-ma er-ba-nim | I said, and Erbanim |
| 11 | s,u2-ha-ra hi-t,a2-a | ṣuḫara (means) crime. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | ma-ma-an u2-ul i-ru-ba-am | nobody will enter. |
| 2 | sza-al-ma-nu mi-im-ma | All is well. |
| 3 | hi-t,u2-ni <u2>-ul i-ba-asz-szi | there is no crime. |
| 4 | szum-ma lu-pu-ta-tu-nu | If they do not pay, |
| 5 | s,u2-ha-rum sin-ha-zi-ir | ṣuḫārum means “sinhazir.’ |
| 6 | [it]-ti# ri-isz-{d}utu | together with Rīš-Sîn |
| 7 | [li-(il)-li]-kam | may he come. |
Sources & licences
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