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VS 16, 112 (P372966)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Kish · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | VS 16, 112 |
|---|---|
| ID | P372966 |
| Museum no. | VAT 07867 |
| Collection | Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Letter |
| Find spot | Kish (mod. Tell Uhaimir) |
| Coordinates | 32.5520, 44.5853 |
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 sza-pi2-ri#-[ia] | to my messenger |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-[ma] | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma dumu-er-s,e#-[tim-ma] | Thus Dumu-ershetim: |
| 4 | {d}utu u3 {d}marduk [asz-szu-mi]-ia# | Šamaš and Marduk my fathers |
| 5 | sza-pi2-ri li#-[ba-al-li]-t,u2# | May my lips be pacified |
| 6 | asz-szum _e2_ dam-qi2#-{d}za-ba4-ba4 | Concerning the house of Damqi-Zababa |
| 7 | sza sza-pi2-ri isz-pu-ra-am | of the šapiru he sent |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | bi-tum sza {disz}ib-ni-er3-ra | the house of Ibni-Erra, |
| 2 | bi-it a-hi-szu | the house of his brother |
| 3 | mi-im-ma u2-ul i-ba-asz-szi | there is nothing. |
| 4 | bi-it {disz}i3-li2-u3-{d}utu | the house of Ilī-u-šamaš, |
| 5 | a-hi-szu na-di-i | his brother is the guarantor. |
| 6 | [bu]-ru-ba-lu-u2 | Burubalû |
Sources & licences
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