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VS 16, 042 (P372897)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | VS 16, 042 |
|---|---|
| ID | P372897 |
| Museum no. | VAT 06509 |
| 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' | [szi-ip-ra]-am# a-na e-pe2-szi-ia# [x x] | work for my work ... |
| 2' | [x x x] x-tu x [x x x x] | ... ... |
| 3' | [x x x t,a]-ra#-dam u3 [x x x x] | ... is to be repaid and ... |
| 4' | u2-ul ak-la i-na-an-na ni-[di a-hi-ka] | I did not eat. Now, the nidi of your brother |
| 5' | esz-me-e-ma ma-di-isz az#-[zi-iq] | I heard and very much listened. |
| 6' | isz-tu a-na szi-ip-ri-im sa-[an-qa2-ta] | from the work of the sanqatu |
| 7' | _iti 2(disz)-kam_ ki-a-am 2(u) _erin2-mesz_ [x x x x] | 2nd month, thus 20 troops ... |
| 8' | sza _iti 2(disz)-kam 1(gesz2) 1(u) erin2-mesz_ e-zu-ub [_lu2 hun-ga2-mesz_] | of the 2nd month, 70 labor-troops went out; hirelings |
| 9' | sza ta-gu-ru# | of tagūru |
| 10' | an-nu-u2 ki-a-am | this, thus |
| 11' | _erin2-mesz_ u3 _lu2 hun-ga2-mesz_ mi-nam | troops and hirelings, what |
| 12' | i-pu-szu | he built. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | ur-ra-am i-na a-la-ki-ia | In the future, when I go, |
| 2 | u2-ul# [...] | I did not ... |
Sources & licences
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