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VS 16, 050 (P372905)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | VS 16, 050 |
|---|---|
| ID | P372905 |
| Museum no. | VAT 06060 |
| 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 be-el-ti-ia [qi2-bi2-ma] | Speak to my lady |
| 2 | um-ma ma-ri-ia-[tum-ma] | Thus Mariyatum: |
| 3 | {d}utu u3 {d}marduk asz-szu-mi-ia | Šamaš and Marduk, my gods, |
| 4 | da-ri-isz _u4_-mi li-ba-al-li#-[t,u2]-ki# | may they keep you alive forever! |
| 5 | i-nu-u2-ma a-na-ku al-[li]-kam ta-al-[li]-kam-ma | When I went, you went, and |
| 6 | ma-am-ma-an wa-ar-ka-tam | nobody after |
| 7 | u2-ul i-pa-ra-as2 | he shall not release. |
| 8 | i-na-an-na i-na _u4 8(disz)-kam#_ | Now, on the 8th day |
| 9 | _gu4 hi-a_ a-na te-er-[x (x)] | oxen for ... |
| 10 | i-te-er-[bu] | entered |
| 11 | _sza3-gal_ i-s,a-ab-[ba-tu] | the heart will be seized. |
| 12 | a-szar ta-at,-ru#-[di (x)] | wherever you go ... |
| 13 | bi-it ZI-x [x x (x)] | the house of ... |
| 14 | i-na 3(disz) _lu2 [sza3-gu4_ (x)] | from 3 oxen drivers |
| 15 | x [x x (x)] | |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | 1(disz) _lu2 sza3-gu4_ [x x x (x)] | 1 oxen-driver ... |
| 2 | 1(disz) _lu2 sza3-gu4_ [x x x (x)] | 1 oxen-driver ... |
| 3 | it-ta-al-kam a-[x x x (x)] | has come ... |
| 4 | 1(disz) _lu2 hun-ga2_ sza t,e4#-mi-ia a-na#-di#-[nu-szum?] | 1 hireling of my report I gave to him |
| 5 | u3 sza _szuku_ i-t,e4-nu u2-ul i-szu-u2 | and that of the šuku-offering he did not have, |
| 6 | _ninda_ szi-mi-im ni-ka-al | we shall eat the bread according to the prescription. |
| 7 | 3(asz) _sze gur_ al-du-um | 3 kor of barley (for) Allum |
| 8 | sza i-di-nu-ni i-na sza-pa#-ri#-[ki?] | which he gave, in your letter |
| 9 | a-na _u4 2(disz)-kam lu2 hun-ga2_-ki a-ga-ar-ma | on the 2nd day of the hirelings I shall return, and |
| 10 | [x (x) i]-na#-szi-a-am u2-nu-tam u2-[x (x) (x)] | ... he will take, the equipment ... |
| 11 | [tup-pi2] an-ni-a-am i-na a-[ma-ri-im] | this tablet in the morning |
| 12 | [1(disz) _lu2 sza3]-gu4_ ik-ta-sza-ad#-[ki] | 1 oxen driver from Iktašad, |
| 13 | [x x (x)] {kusz}qi2-na-za-tim a-x [x x (x) (x)] | ... sandals |
| 14 | asz-ta-ka#-[an x (x) (x)] | I have placed ... |
| left col 1 | ||
| 1 | [x (x)] x-na | ...-na |
| 2 | [x x (x)] x | |
| left col 2 | ||
| 1 | 1(gesz2) 3(u) qa2-ta-tim sza zi-i szu-bi-[lim] | 60 qatātum-vessels of zî-offerings |
| 2 | asz-tap-ra-ki-im mu-sze-pi2-szum a-na a-[pa]-lim i-sza-pa-[ra]-ak#-ki# | I have sent to you, the one who fashioned it for you. He will send it to you. |
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