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VS 16, 093 (P372948)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | VS 16, 093 |
|---|---|
| ID | P372948 |
| Museum no. | VAT 07579 |
| 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 {d}suen-be-el-ap-lim | to Sîn-bēl-aplim |
| 2 | {disz}a-ta-szu u3 ni-id-nu-sza | Atāšu and her gift |
| 3 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 4 | um-ma a-ta-ar#-[x-x-(x)]-ma | Thus I have ...: |
| 5 | {d}utu# [u3] {d}marduk li-ba-al-li-t,u2-ku-nu-ti | May Šamaš and Marduk keep you alive! |
| 6 | mi-na-am-mi ta-ta-na-asz2-ka-ka | What have you given to you? |
| 7 | a-wa-tum sza _e2-gal_ e-li-ku-nu | the word of the palace up to you |
| 8 | u2-ul t,a-ba am-mi#-[nim i]-na mu-uh-hi-ia | Why is it not good to me? |
| 9 | u2-pu-u2 i-za#-[nu-nu]-ma# | they will provide, and |
| 10 | um-ma _e2-gal_-ma [x x x (x) (x)] | Thus the palace ... |
| 11 | u2-wa-e-er-ku#-[nu-ti x (x)] x | he will return to you ... |
| 12 | _erin2-mesz_ [x (x)]-u2 i-na-an-[na x x (x)] x | the ... troops now ... |
| 13 | ki-a-am sza# u2-na-ah-hi-du-[ku-nu-ti] | as he had promised to you |
| 14 | tup-pa-tim isz-tu _u4 2(u)-[kam_] | Tablets from the 20th day |
| 15 | u2-sza-bi-lam-ma u2-ul ub-lu#-[ni-ku]-nu-szi-im | he sent to you, but they did not bring to you. |
| 16 | a-la-ak na-ah-ra-ri al-li-kam-ma | I will go to the enemy. I will come and |
| 17 | a-wa-tum im-hu-ra-ni-ma | a word received from me, and |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | u3 asz-pu-ra-ku-nu-szi-im-ma da-ah-ta-am | And I wrote to you a bitter letter: |
| 2 | u2-ul ta-sza-la | you shall not take away. |
| 3 | i-da-at szu-ta-i-im | “It is the name of a man’s |
| 4 | ta-na-asz-szi-a | you will carry. |
| 5 | sza a-na-ku u2-mi-sza i-na mu-uh-hi-ia | that I, at that time, on my account |
| 6 | sza-mu-u2 i-za-nu-nu | they will pay back. |
| 7 | tup-pi2 i-na a-ma-ri-im | a tablet in the morning |
| 8 | a-la-ak na-ah-ra-ri-im# [a-la]-kam# ep-sza-ni | I will go to the enemy, I will do what I do. |
| 9 | _{gesz}ma2_ sza dumu-er-s,e-tim ia-szi-im | the boat of the citizens of me |
| 10 | ag#-ra-ni-im ku-li-za a-mu-ur2-ma | (Sum) I am the one who sees your face(?) (Akk) I see your face |
| 11 | _gu4# hi-a_ pi2-qi2-is-su | oxen and sheep, his allocation |
| 12 | u3 szi-bi ri-szi-szu-um | and the life of Rīšum |
| 13 | a-na pa-ni _gu4 hi-a_ i-ta-ap-lu-si | in front of the oxen they have slain |
| 14 | u3 na-s,a-ri a-na pa-ni-ia | and guarding in my presence |
| 15 | 1(disz) _gu4_ a-mu-ur2-ma ba-asz-lam# | 1 ox I saw, and slaughtered. |
| 16 | sza t,a-bu it-ti-szu [x x] x | which is good with him |
| 17 | a-na a-hi-ia qi2-bi2-ma | Speak to my brother: |
| 18 | _1(bur3) GAN2 a-sza3_ li-mu-ra-am | 1 bur3 of field may they see. |
| 19 | 5(disz) tup-pa-tim szu-ur-pa-am | 5 šurpām tablets, |
| left col 1 | ||
| 1 | i-na li-bi {gesz}x [x (x)] x-ni-im | in the ... wood |
| 2 | szum-ma la ni-t,i-[il-ku]-nu | If we did not send you, |
| left col 2 | ||
| 1 | la ta-le-<<a>>-qi2-a-ni | do not take me away! |
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