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VS 16, 122 (P372976)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | VS 16, 122 |
|---|---|
| ID | P372976 |
| Museum no. | VAT 08059 |
| 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 a]-wi#-lim# sza {d}marduk u2-ba-la-t,u2-szu | to the man of Marduk they shall revive him |
| 2 | [qi2]-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | [um-ma {d}]na-bi-um-ma-lik-ma | thus Nabium-malik: |
| 4 | [{d}utu] u3 {d}marduk da-ri-isz _u4_-mi | Šamaš and Marduk forever |
| 5 | li-ba-al-li-t,u2-ka | may they keep you alive. |
| 6 | asz-szum _ma2-i3-dub_ kisz{ki} | Concerning the port of Kiš |
| 7 | ki-ma ka-ni-ka-tim i-zi-bu-ma | stood as a pledge, and |
| 8 | be#-li2 isz-mu-u2 i-s,a-mi-du-<szi> | My lord heard and praised her |
| 9 | {disz}lu2-{d}en-ki-ka e-si-ir-ma | did Lu-Enki bind, and |
| 10 | lu#-u2 _ma2-i3-dub_ a-na pi2-i ka-ni-ki-szu | or a boatman to the mouth of his seal |
| 11 | sza be-li2 isz-mu-u2 | which my lord heard |
| 12 | x#-gi-ir-ma | ...-girma |
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