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VS 16, 043 (P372898)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | VS 16, 043 |
|---|---|
| ID | P372898 |
| Museum no. | VAT 06071 |
| 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-hu#-ni# [qi2-bi2-ma] | Speak to Ahuni: |
| 2 | um-ma {d}za-ba4-ba4-x-[x x (x) (x)] | Thus Zababa- |
| 3 | {d}utu u3 {d}marduk li-ba-al-li-t,u2#-[ka] | May Šamaš and Marduk keep you alive! |
| 4 | _siki hi-a_ sza 1(disz) _gin2 ku3-babbar_ u2-sza-bi-la#-[kum] | I sent you the wool of one shekel of silver. |
| 5 | i-na 1(disz) _gin2 ku3-babbar_ sza-a-tu sza 2/3(disz) _gin2 1(u) 5(disz) <sze> ku3-[babbar_] | from 1 shekel of silver that is 2/3 shekel 15 grains of silver |
| 6 | _numun ga-rasz{sar}_ tu-sza-bi-lam | you sent me the seeds of the sedge.” |
| 7 | sza _igi-6(disz)-gal2 ku3-babbar_ szi-im-tam | of one-sixth of a shekel of silver, the price |
| 8 | tu-sza-bi-lam 1/2(disz) _gin2 1(u) 5(disz) sze ku3-babbar_ | you sent. 1/2 shekel 15 grains of silver |
| 9 | la-qi2-a-ku a-nu-um-ma tup-pa-am | I have taken it. Now the tablet |
| 10 | a-na a-bi#-ka usz-ta-bi-lam | I have sent to your father. |
| 11 | [x x x x (x) (x)] x x na i-szu-u2 | ... he has |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | [...] | |
| 2' | la i-sze9-em-me-e 1(u) _gin2 ku3-babbar_ | 10 shekels of silver |
| 3' | asz-szum a-bi#-ka x [(x)] KU? szu-bi-lam | Concerning your father, send me ... |
| 4' | ub-ba# [x x x x (x) (x)]-lam | inside ...... |
| 5' | x [x x x x (x) (x)]-isz | ......; |
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