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VS 16, 082 (P372937)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | VS 16, 082 |
|---|---|
| ID | P372937 |
| Museum no. | VAT 07555 |
| 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 be-li2-ia | To my lord |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma ba-zi-ia ARAD-ka-ma | Thus Baziya, your servant: |
| 4 | s,u2#-ha-ru-u2 | ṣuharû-plant |
| 5 | sza {disz}su-mu-ha-am-mu | of Sumu-hammu, |
| 6 | 1(disz) _lu2_ li-sza-nam _lu2_ i-da-ma-ra-az | 1 man, Lišanam, the man will kill. |
| 7 | bi-ri-it za-mi-ri-i{ki} | between Zammirī |
| 8 | u3 ku-ur-da-nim | and Kurdanum |
| 9 | il#-qu2-nim-[ma] | took, and |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | a-na ma-har [be]-li2#-ia | before my lord |
| 2 | usz-ta-ri-a-szu | he caused him to die |
| 3 | be-li2 wa-ar-ka-su | my lord, before him |
| 4 | li-ip-ru-us2 | may he establish. |
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