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VS 16, 105 (P372959)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | VS 16, 105 |
|---|---|
| ID | P372959 |
| Museum no. | VAT 07797 |
| 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 tu-tu-ni-szu | for his own use |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma t,a3-ab-pa-la-szu-[ma] | thus Ṭabpalašu: |
| 4 | ki-ma {disz}{d}alamusz-i-din-nam x | like Alamuš-iddinam |
| 5 | isz-tu pa-na sza _ugula szu-i_ | from the presence of the foreman of the barbers |
| 6 | u2-ul ti-de-e-ma-a at-ta | you did not know, you |
| 8 | i-na _u4_-mi-im an-ni-im | on this day |
| 9 | a-na s,e-ri-ia szu-ri-a-asz-szu | to my country, his country |
| 10 | asz-szum ki-a-am | Because thus |
| 11 | iq-bu-kum | said to you: |
| 12 | um-ma szu-ma | Thus (says) he: |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | a-na s,e-er _ugula szu-i_ | to the foreman of the barbers |
| 2 | at-ta-la-ak | I went. |
| 3 | at-ta a-na s,i-bi-tim | You, to the young man |
| 4 | ta-at-[ta]-ad#-di-szu | you have given him |
| 5 | szum-ma i-na ki-it#-[tim] | If in the true |
| 6 | ta-ra-am-ma-an#-[ni] | you love me |
| 7 | {disz}{d}alamusz-i-din#-[nam] | Alamuš-iddinam |
| 8 | a-na s,e-ri-[ia] | to my country |
| 9 | szu-ri-[a-asz-szu] | to Šuri-asḫi |
| 10 | ne2-ha-[asz-szu-ma] | we smote him and |
| 11 | a-na s,e-[ri-ia] | to my country |
| 12 | t,u2-ur-[dam] | Ṭurdam |
Sources & licences
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