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VS 16, 078 (P372933)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | VS 16, 078 |
|---|---|
| ID | P372933 |
| Museum no. | VAT 07544 |
| Collection | Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Letter |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1 | a-na a-pil2-{d}utu | to Apil-šamaš |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma ARAD-{d}utu u3 ka-am-ni-ia-ma | Thus (says) Warad-Šamaš and my country: |
| 4 | {d}utu u3 {d}marduk li-ba-al-li-t,u2-ka | May Šamaš and Marduk keep you alive! |
| 5 | asz-szum a-hi-ka tup-pa tu-sza-bi-lam | Concerning your brother, you sent me a tablet. |
| 6 | an-na-nu-um ki-a-am ni-isz-pu-ra-ak-kum | This is why we wrote to you. |
| 7 | um-ma ni-nu-ma <a-na> sza ka-at-ta-a-am | Thus (says) Nīnu: <To> that of the kate[th] |
| 8 | ub-ba-la-ak-kum _{gesz}kiri6_ ta-na-di-in | You will give the orchard to you. |
| 9 | a-na be-la-nu-um _{gesz}kiri6_ ta-ad-di-im-ma | to Bēlānum the orchard you gave, and |
| 10 | u2-ra-ak-ki-ib | he shall cut off. |
| 11 | i-na-an-na am-mi-nim | Now, why |
| 12 | tu-sze-li-szu | you made him rise up. |
| 13 | mi#-im-ma a-na sza-pi2-ri-ku-nu | all that to your messenger |
| 14 | tu#-sza-ba-la-nim | you will send to me |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | ha-di-isz szu-bi-lam | send to me quickly! |
| 2 | _1(disz) gin2 ku3-<babbar>_ i-na qa2-ti AD-ri | 1 shekel of silver from the hand of the father |
| 3 | i-na e-li-ka _1(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar_ | against you 1 shekel of silver |
| 4 | szu-di-nam li-qi2-a-am | Give me! May he give me! |
Sources & licences
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