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VS 16, 123 (P372977)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | VS 16, 123 |
|---|---|
| ID | P372977 |
| Museum no. | VAT 08489 |
| 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 dingir-szu-illat{at}-su2 | to Ilu-šū-tillassu |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma na-bi-{d}dam-gal-nun-na-ma | Thus Nabi-damgalnuna: |
| 4 | {d}utu li-ba-al-li-it,-ka | May Šamaš keep you alive! |
| 5 | a-nu-um-ma | Herewith |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | tup-pi-i | Tablet |
| 2 | {disz}{d}iszkur-ta-a-a-ar | Adad-tayar, |
| 3 | ki-ma aq-bu-kum | as I said to you |
| 4 | usz-ta-bi-la-ak-kum | I have sent to you |
| 5 | ku-nu-uk-ki-szu sza-al-mu-tim | his sound seal |
| 6 | a-na {d}iszkur-ta-a-a-ar | to Adad-tayar |
| 7 | i-di-isz-szu | he gave him. |
Sources & licences
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