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VS 16, 063 (P372918)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | VS 16, 063 |
|---|---|
| ID | P372918 |
| Museum no. | VAT 00675 |
| 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 be-el-ta-ni qi2-bi2-ma | Speak to Bēltani: |
| 2 | um-ma su-mu-li-s,i2-<<ma>> | Sumūl-iṣi speaks thus: |
| 3 | a-hu-ki-ma be-el-ki u3 be-le-et#-ki# | Your brother, your lord, and your lady |
| 4 | li-ba-li-t,u2-ki | may they keep you alive! |
| 5 | mi-nu-um sza-pa-ru-um an-nu-um | What is this šaparum? |
| 6 | sza ta-asz-pu-ri-im | of which you wrote |
| 7 | um-ma at-ti-ma u2-lu-ma | Thus (says) Ullu: |
| 8 | a-na um-mi-ka du-mi-iq | Good health to your mother! |
| 9 | u2-lu-ma# a-na a-ha-ti-ka | or to your brother |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | UD x [x x x x x (x)] | The xth, ...... |
| 2' | ki-sza-ma x x [x x (x)] | together ...... |
| 3' | i-di-nam ag-mu-ur# | I will give. |
| 4' | u2-lu ki-sza-ma [it]-ti# | or together with |
| 5' | _dam-gar3 ku3-babbar_ ki#-ma _ku3-babbar_ | the merchant of silver like silver |
| 6' | a-di ma-di ta-al#-qi2#-ma | as long as you live, and |
| 7' | ag-mu-ur-ki-ma | I smote you |
| 8' | ra-bu ha-t,a3-tim sza a-na-t,a3-lu | (Sum) The great one, the evildoer, the one who smite(?) (Akk) The big one of the evil that smote |
| 9' | a-na s,a-bi-im# sa-ha-ri-im | to the troops of Saḫarum |
| 10' | ki-ma la pa-al-ha-ku | like one who does not fear |
| 11' | ta-ma-ri i-nu-ma | you will see. When |
| 12' | ki-ma ra-bi a-mu-ri-im | like a great flood, |
| left col 1 | ||
| 1 | isz-te-en szu-ma-am | together with my name |
| 2 | a-ra-asz-szu-u2 | they shall recite. |
| left col 2 | ||
| 1 | a-al-x [x x (x) (x)] | I ... |
| 2 | a-na x [x x x (x) (x)] | to ... |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
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