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VS 16, 059 (P372914)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | VS 16, 059 |
|---|---|
| ID | P372914 |
| Museum no. | VAT 01172 |
| 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)
From Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched)
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 i-bi-{d}en-lil2 | to Ibbi-Enlil |
| 2 | ra-bi si2-ik-ka3-tum | Its great one is a sikkatum |
| 3 | u3 _masz2-szu-gid2-gid2_ | and the diviner |
| 4 | sza i-na zimbir{ki}-ia-ah-ru-rum wa-asz-bu | who dwells in Sippar |
| 5 | qi2-bi2-ma# | speak! |
| 6 | um-ma am-mi-s,a-du-qa2-ma | thus Ammī-ṣaduqa: |
| 7 | [{disz}]ARAD2-ku-bi _ugula x x-ba-mesz_ | Abdi-Kūbe, foreman of ...-ba-mes |
| 8 | [ki-a]-am# u2-lam-mi-da-an-ni um-ma szu-ma | thus he told me: |
| 9 | [x x] _erin2 lu2-kur2_ a-na li-ib-bu ma-tim i-bi-ra-am | ... troops of the enemy to the interior of the land went up. |
| 10 | [x (x)]-isz _i3-gesz_ i-na zimbir{ki}-ia-ah-ru-rum | ... oil in Sippar-Yaḫrum |
| 11 | [...] | |
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