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VS 16, 104 (P372958)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | VS 16, 104 |
|---|---|
| ID | P372958 |
| Museum no. | VAT 07796 |
| 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# _ugula gidri_ sza {d}marduk u3? x x BU-ru# | to the foreman of the scepter of Marduk and ... |
| 2 | u2-ba-al-la-t,u2-szu | shall redeem him. |
| 3 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 4 | um-ma i3-li2-ma-dingir-ma | thus Ilīma-ilum: |
| 5 | {d}utu u3 {d}marduk asz-szu-mi-ia da-ri-isz _u4_-mi | May Šamaš and Marduk forever be my friends. |
| 6 | li-ba-al-li-t,u2-ka | may they keep you alive. |
| 7 | [isz]-tu# pa-na-ma ma-ri ni-isz i-li-ia at-ta | Since you are my god's son, |
| 8 | [u3] i-na-an-na {d}marduk iq-bi-ma | and now Marduk has said: |
| 9 | qa2-qa2-di a-na su2-ni-ka | “My head to your body!’ |
| 10 | at-ba-lam | Atbalam, |
| 11 | {d}marduk gi-mil-ma a-ah-ka | Marduk, give me a firm positive answer! |
| 12 | e-li-ia la ta-na-ad-di | Do not turn away from me! |
| 13 | asz-szum _a-sza3_-li-ia | concerning my field |
| 14 | [sza] ha-ab-lu4 | of Hablu |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | du#-ub-bu-bi u2-ul pa-de-ku# | Its utterance is unceasing. |
| 2 | re-esz a-wa-ti-ia | at the beginning of my words |
| 3 | ki-i-il | |
| 4 | asz-szum {d}marduk-na-s,ir | Concerning Marduk-nāṣir |
| 5 | u3 a-hi-szu | and his brothers |
| 6 | sza ta-asz-pur-am | As to what you wrote |
| 7 | _nu-banda3 u3 ugula nam-1(u)-mesz_ | the overseer and foreman of personnel |
| 8 | i-su-ni-im-ma | he erected, and |
| 9 | i-na mu-uh-hi-szu-nu as2-si | I sat upon them. |
| 10 | um-ma szu-nu-ma | thus they: |
| 11 | u2-ul ni-ta-ar-ma | we did not return, and |
| 12 | u2-ul i-sza-as2-si-szu-nu-szi | shall not raise a claim against them. |
Sources & licences
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