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VS 16, 116 (P372970)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | VS 16, 116 |
|---|---|
| ID | P372970 |
| Museum no. | VAT 07884 |
| 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 sza-pi2-ri-ia | to my messenger |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma sze-li-bu-um-ma | Šēlibum (speaks) thus: |
| 4 | {d}utu u3 {d}marduk asz-szu-mi-ia | Šamaš and Marduk, my gods, |
| 5 | sza-pi2-ri li-ba-al-<li>-t,u2-<<ka>> | May my lips be pacified |
| 6 | a-na-ku ma-har sza-pi2-ri-ia x x | I before my messenger |
| 7 | i-na la-a wa-asz-bu-ti-ia | without my permission |
| 8 | {disz}szu-i3-li2-szu _ugula mar-tu_ a-na# _e2_ | Shu-ilišu, foreman of Amurru, to the house |
| 9 | u2-nu-su usz-te-ri-ib# | he made his utensils enter |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [...] | |
| 2 | [...] | |
| 3 | [...] | |
| 4 | [...] | |
| 5 | [um-ma a]-na-ku-ma pi2-isz#-[tam] | Thus I: the truth |
| 6 | [ta-asz-ku]-un um-ma szu-[ma (x)] | "He is ... |
| 7 | [x (x)] x-GA-AB-ni-a-ti# | ...-abni-ati |
| 8 | x [x x] x-ma u2-nu-ti | ... the items |
| 9 | u2-sze#-s,i#-[ma a]-wi#-lum im-ta-ag-ra-ni-a-ti# | he brought out, and a man has caused to die |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
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