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VS 16, 040 (P372895)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | VS 16, 040 |
|---|---|
| ID | P372895 |
| Museum no. | VAT 06529 |
| Collection | Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Letter |
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 u2-ba-la-t,u2-szu | to the man whom Marduk shall restore |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma {d}suen-i-din-nam-[ma] | thus Sîn-iddinam: |
| 4 | {d}utu u3 {d}marduk da-ri-[isz _u4_-mi] | Šamaš and Marduk forever |
| 5 | li-ba-al-li-t,u2#-[ka] | may they keep you alive! |
| 6 | [asz-szum] t,e4-em sze-im [sza ta-asz-pu-ra-am] | Concerning the news of the barley about which you wrote me |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | u3 [...] | and ... |
| 2' | sza x [...] | of ... |
| 3' | ki-ma ta-asz-pur-[am] | as you wrote me |
| 4' | a-na la du-ub-bu-bi-szu | to not speak to him |
| 5' | [a]-sza-ap-pa-ar | I shall send. |
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