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VS 16, 072 (P372927)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | VS 16, 072 |
|---|---|
| ID | P372927 |
| Museum no. | VAT 06104 |
| 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 ru-ba-tum | to the rabatum |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma a-pil2-i3-li2-szu | Thus Apil-ilišu: |
| 4 | a-hu-ki-ma | Ahu-kīma |
| 5 | {d}utu u3 {d}inanna li-ba-al-li-t,u2-ki | May Šamaš and Inanna keep you alive! |
| 6 | asz-szum {disz}qi2-bi-szum-ma-ti-ka-al | Concerning Qibīšumma-tikal, |
| 7 | asz-pu-ra-ki-im-ma | I sent to you |
| 8 | ki-a-am ta-pu-li-szu | thus you have imposed upon him |
| 9 | um-ma at-ti-a-ma | Thus you: |
| 10 | {disz}{d}inanna-ga-mil | Inanna-gamil |
| 11 | hu-bu-na-am | ḫubunam |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | u2-ul i-di-isz-szi-im | he did not give her. |
| 2 | tup-pa-szu li-qi2-a-am-ma | let him take his tablet, and |
| 3 | lu-di-na-kum | let me give to you. |
| 4 | tup-pi2 usz-te-bi-lam | I have sent a tablet. |
| 5 | _{kusz}e-sir2_ hu-bu-nam | a ḫubūbum-strap |
| 6 | u3 1(disz) bu-s,i2-na | and 1 buṣina |
| 7 | szu-bi-lim# | Šubilim |
| 8 | me-he-er tup-pi2-ia | in accordance with my tablet |
| 9 | szu-bi-lim | send! |
| 10 | i-na tup-pi2-im | on a tablet |
| 11 | sza tu-sza-ba-lim | that you sent to me |
| 12 | mi-im-ma sza tu-sza-ba-lim | all that you wish |
| left | ||
| 1 | szu-ut,-ri-im | he wrote |
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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