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VS 16, 120 (P372974)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | VS 16, 120 |
|---|---|
| ID | P372974 |
| Museum no. | VAT 07755 |
| 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 a-wi-il-i3-li2 | To Awil-ilī |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma i3-li2-i-din-nam-ma | Ilī-iddinam speaks thus: |
| 4 | {d}utu li-ba-al-li-it,!(DU)-ka | May Šamaš keep you alive! |
| 5 | wa-s,i2 ge-ri-im | |
| 6 | ki-ma ti-du-u2 | like a tidû |
| 7 | 1(barig) _zu2-lum_ a-na bi-ti-ia-a | 1 barig dates for Bitiya |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | szu-bi-lam | send me! |
| 2 | u2-ul ta-na-di-im-ma | you shall not make known, and |
| 3 | a-na _lu2_-ka? la ta-sza-la-an-ni | Do not send me to your man! |
| 4 | u3 i-na bi-ti sza-pi-ri na-ri-im | and in the house of the šapīru-official of the herald, |
| 5 | _2(asz) gur zu2-lum_ a-ha-ra-s,a-kum | 2 gur dates for Aḫaraṣākum |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | {d}[nin-urta] | Ninurta |
| 2 | _dumu_ {d}[en-lil2-(la2)] | son of Enlil |
| 3 | dim-gal an-na | the mighty one of heaven, |
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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