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VS 16, 127 (P372981)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Kish · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | VS 16, 127 |
|---|---|
| ID | P372981 |
| Museum no. | VAT 07646 |
| Collection | Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Letter |
| Find spot | Kish (mod. Tell Uhaimir) |
| Coordinates | 32.5520, 44.5853 |
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 _ugula mar-tu_ sza {d}marduk# | to the foreman of Amurru of Marduk |
| 2 | u2-ba-la-t,u2-szu | they shall release him |
| 3 | qi2#-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 4 | um#-ma li-pi2-it-esz18-dar-ma | Lipit-Ištar speaks thus: |
| 5 | {d}utu u3 {d}marduk da-ri-isz _u4_-mi | Šamaš and Marduk forever |
| 6 | li-ba-al-li-t,u2-ka# | may they keep you alive. |
| 7 | asz-szum sza ki-a-am ta-asz-pu-ra-am | Concerning what you wrote me thus: |
| 8 | um#-ma at-ta-a-ma | Thus you: |
| 9 | _lu2-azlag2 lu2_ zi-ib-ba-tum{ki#} | the fuller, the man of Zibbatum |
| 10 | a-bi _aga-us2_ | his father was a soldier |
| 11 | a-na bi-ti-szu la ta-sza-si# | Do not go to his house! |
| 12 | ki-a-am ta-asz-pu-ra-am | thus you wrote me: |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | 3(disz) _lu2_ zi-ib-ba-tum{ki} | 3 men of Zibbatum, |
| 2 | sza wa-asz-bu | who dwells |
| 3 | ka-lu-szu-nu-ma-a _lu2_ zi-ib#-[ba-tum]{ki} | all of them, the man of Zibbatum |
| 4 | a-na _e2_ ia-ri-im-ma | to the house of Yarimma |
| 5 | a-sza-as2-si | I ask |
| 6 | a-na sza ta-asz-tap-ra-am | to what you wrote |
| 7 | a-na _lu2_ zi-ib-ba-tum{ki} | to the man of Zibbatum |
| 8 | ma-am-ma-an u2-ul i-sza-si | nobody will raise a claim. |
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