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VS 16, 070 (P372925)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | VS 16, 070 |
|---|---|
| ID | P372925 |
| Museum no. | VAT 06000 |
| Collection | Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Letter |
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 a-wi-lim | to a man |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma i-din-{d}marduk-ma | thus Iddin-Marduk: |
| 4 | {d}utu u3 {d}marduk li-ba-al-li-t,u2-ka | May Šamaš and Marduk keep you alive! |
| 5 | lu sza-al-ma-ta | may it be well. |
| 6 | szu-lum-ka ma-har {d}utu u3 {d}marduk | Your health before Šamaš and Marduk |
| 7 | lu da-ri | may it be forever! |
| 8 | asz-szum gi-mil-lum _aszgab_ | Concerning Gimillum, the leatherworker |
| 9 | a-di sza-la-szi-szu asz-pu-ra-ak-kum-ma | I wrote to you as far as the second time and |
| 10 | u2-ul iq-bu-ni-ik-kum | did not say to you, |
| reverse | ||
| 11 | i-nu-ma e-bi-ra-ak-kum | when he had brought you |
| 12 | ki-a-am ta-aq-bi-a-am um-ma at-ta-ma | Thus you spoke to me: |
| 13 | a-na s,i-bu-ti-ia a-sza-pa-ra-ak-kum-ma | I will send you to my extispicy and |
| 14 | u2-ul te-pu-usz | you did not do. |
| 15 | asz-szum gi-mil-lum _aszgab_ szu-a-ti | Concerning that gimillum-soapwort |
| 16 | it-ti i-lu-ni _dumu aga-us2_ <usz>-ta-ti-ma | with Iluni, the son of the soldier, <speaks kindly> |
| 17 | um-ma szu-u2-ma me2-sze-na-am i-pu-usz | Thus he: Mešenam did. |
| 18 | 1(disz) _ma-na ku3-babbar_ il-ki-szu it-ti _ugula mar-tu_-szu | 1 mina of silver, his ilku-service, with the foreman of Amurru, |
| 19 | i-na _ab-ba_-szu u3 _dumu-mesz_ szum-ma-dingir | from his father and the sons of Šumma-ilum |
| 20 | sza e-li-szu i-szu-u2 | who are above him |
| 21 | a-na-ku-ma e-em-de-e-ku | I am the one who knows. |
| 22 | me2-sze-na-am i-pu-usz | he built Mešenam. |
| envelope | ||
| 1 | a-na a-wi-lim | to a man |
Sources & licences
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