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VS 16, 125 (P372979)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | VS 16, 125 |
|---|---|
| ID | P372979 |
| Museum no. | VAT 06647 |
| 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-il-{d}iszkur# | To Awil-Addu |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma s,il2-li2-{d}nin-urta-ma | Thus Ṣillī-Ninurta: |
| 4 | {d}utu u3 {d}marduk asz-szu-mi-ia | Šamaš and Marduk, my gods, |
| 5 | li-ba-al-li-t,u2-ka | may they keep you alive. |
| 6 | [asz]-szum# sze-im sza _sag-geme2#-mesz lukur_ {d}utu | Concerning the barley of the slave women of the nadītu of Šamaš |
| 7 | [sza] ta-asz-pu-ra-am | of which you wrote |
| 8 | [ki]-ma a-na a-wa-tim an-ni-tim | as to this matter |
| 9 | [a-hi] la na-du-u2 u3 i-na li-bi-ia-a | “As for the one who does not know a brother, and in my heart |
| 10 | [a-na]-ak-ku-du at-ta ti#-[di] | I will kill you, you know. |
| 11 | [x x (x)] ri#?-ba-ZI su-x [x (x)] | ... Riba-ZI |
| 12 | [x x x (x) (x)]-at e-pu-usz | ... I did |
| 13 | [x x x (x) (x)]-tim# i-na babila2{ki} | ... in Babylon |
| 14 | [x x (x) (x)] ap-t,u3-ra-am | ... I opened |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [x x (x) (x)] al-li-kam | ... I will come |
| 2 | [_ma2_ i-na] _kar iri{ki}_ | a boat at the port of the city |
| 3 | sza# wa#-asz-ba#-ku u2-ul# i-ba-asz-szi | There is nothing that I wish for. |
| 4 | um-ma a-na-ku#-[u2-ma] | thus I: |
| 5 | lu-ut,-t,u3-ul pi2-qa2-at# | Let me release the responsibility. |
| 6 | _ma2_ i-ma-qu2-tam-ma | the boat shall sink, and |
| 7 | sze-am an-ni-a-am u2-sza-ar-ka-ab | this barley he shall redeem. |
| 8 | _ma2#_ u2-ul im-qu2-ta-am | the boat did not fall |
| 9 | _ma2_ qa2-du-um ra-ka-bi-sza | the boat together with its cargo |
| 10 | i-na _kar_ zimbir{ki} ag-ra-am-ma | at the quay of Sippar I went, and |
| 11 | i-di-sza a-na-ku lu-ud-di-in | I shall give it as a gift. |
| 12 | sze-am lu-sza-ar-ki-ba-am-ma | let me send barley to you, and |
| 13 | [it-ti] sze-im a-na-ku lu-li-kam-ma | with the barley, let me come and |
| 14 | [x x (x)]-tim lu-ne2-e-eh# | let me praise ...! |
| 15 | sze#-am lu-ud-di-in | I shall give barley. |
| 16 | asz-szum {disz}ia-ku-ma-ak-[x] | Concerning Iakumak- |
| left | ||
| 1 | sza# ta-asz-pu#-ra-am# | which you wrote me |
| 2 | [it]-ti-szu# [...] | with him ... |
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