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VS 16, 048 (P372903)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | VS 16, 048 |
|---|---|
| ID | P372903 |
| Museum no. | VAT 00814 |
| 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-da-ia#-[tim] | to Adayatum |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma e2-ki-ma#-[dingir-sze-mi-ma] | thus Ekima-dingir-šeme: |
| 4 | {d}utu u3 {d}marduk li-ba-[al-li-t,u2]-ka | May Šamaš and Marduk keep you alive! |
| 5 | _sag-geme2_ i-na bi-ti-ia _aga-us2_ | the slave woman in my house, the soldier |
| 6 | ik-la-a-ma i-na bi-tim ih-li-iq-ma | he slept, and in the house he fell, and |
| 7 | sza-pi2-ir _aga-us2-mesz_ be-el _sag-geme2_ | the guarantor of soldiers, the owner of the slave woman |
| 8 | im-hu-ur-ma | received, and |
| 9 | 1(u) _gin2 ku3-babbar_ i-mi-du-ni-in-ni | 10 shekels of silver they gave me |
| 10 | {disz}i3-li2-a-wi-lim | Ili-awīlim, |
| 11 | at,-t,ar-da-kum | I have sent to you. |
| 12 | 5(disz) _gin2 ku3-babbar_ an-ni-ki-a-am | 5 shekels of this silver |
| 13 | a-mu-ur-ma asz-ta-qa2-al | I saw and I sat down. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | 5(disz) _gin2 ku3-babbar_ | 5 shekels of silver |
| 2 | szu-bi-lam | send me! |
| 3 | lu-pu-ul-ma | let me do, and |
| 4 | la u2-da-ab-ba-bu-ni-in-ni | shall not seize me, |
| 5 | szu-up-ra-am-ma | send me, and |
| 6 | szum-ma _i3-gesz_ szum-<ma> _sze-gesz-i3_ | If oil or sesame |
| 7 | sza 5(disz) _gin2 ku3-babbar_ szu-a-ti | of that 5 shekels of silver |
| 8 | lu-ud-di-in | I shall give. |
Sources & licences
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