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VS 16, 068 (P372923)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | VS 16, 068 |
|---|---|
| ID | P372923 |
| Museum no. | VAT 00886 |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| bottom | ||
| 1 | la# ta#-ra-asz-szi-i-ma# | do not abandon her, and |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | a-ah-hi e-li bi-ti-ki | (Sum) I am the one who is above your house (Akk) Above your house |
| 2 | la ta-na-ad-di-i | [Do not] delay! |
| 3 | szum-ma {disz}{d}suen-i-din-nam | If Sîn-iddinam |
| 4 | _dumu_ {d}suen-na-s,i-ir | son of Sin-nāṣir, |
| 5 | i-sza-as2-si-a-ki | shall call you, |
| 6 | ne-hi-i-szu | his friend |
| 7 | um-ma at-ti-i-ma | Thus you: |
| 8 | {disz}i-din-er3-ra i-la-kam-ma | Iddin-Erra will come and |
| 9 | li-ib-ba-ka u2-t,a3-ab | may your heart be glad. |
| 10 | s,i-ib-tam i-di-ni-szu | a ṣibtu gift to him |
| 11 | asz-szum bi-ti-im | concerning the house |
| 12 | sza# ka-ap-ri-im | of the chariot |
| 13 | [sza ta-asz-pu]-ri-i | of which you wrote |
| left | ||
| 1 | ki#-ma# e-li-ki t,a3-bu# [(x) (x) (x)] | Just as you are good over you ... |
| 2 | e-pi2-szi a-li-ka-am szu-lu-um#-ki# | The work of the city, your šulum |
| 3 | u3 szu-lu-um bi-ti-ki szu#-[up-ri-im] | and send me your complete house! |
Sources & licences
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