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VS 16, 129 (P372983)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Kish · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | VS 16, 129 |
|---|---|
| ID | P372983 |
| Museum no. | VAT 07875 |
| 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 {d}suen-ma-gir | to Sîn-magir |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma e-tel-pi4-{d}marduk-ma | thus Etel-pî-Marduk: |
| 4 | {d}utu u3 {d}marduk li-ba-al-li-t,u2-ka | May Šamaš and Marduk keep you alive! |
| 5 | {disz}[{d}]suen#-mu-sza-lim _dumu_ {d}na-bi-um-ma-an-szum2 | Sîn-mušallim, son of Nabium-manšum |
| 6 | ki-a-am iq-bi-a-am um-ma szu-u2-ma | he said thus: |
| 7 | ka-ni-ka#-tim sza sze-e u3 _ku3-babbar_ sza i-na _i7_ me-{d}en-lil2 | the guarantee of barley and silver that in the Me-Enlil canal |
| 8 | e-zi-ba-am | Ezibam |
| 9 | a-na-ku# u2-[ul] a-na#-ad#-di-in | I will not give. |
| 10 | szu-pu-ur-ma ka-ni-ka-tim li-te-er-ru-nim | Send (word) and let them return to me. |
| 11 | ki-a-am iq-bi-a-am-ma asz-pur-ra-ak-kum | Thus he said to me, and I wrote to you: |
| 12 | szum-ma ka-ni-ka-tum ma-ah-ri-ka | If the pledges before you |
| 13 | i-ba-asz-szi-a | there is |
| 14 | szu-up-ra-am-ma ka-ni-ka-tim lu-te-e-er | Send me, so that I may return your trust. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | {disz}du-um-mu-uq-{d}na-bi-um-ra-bi a-na ma-ah-ri-ia | Dummuq-Nabium-rabi before me |
| 2 | t,u2#-ur-da-asz-szu-u2-ma | Ṭurdašū |
| 3 | _gu4-apin {gesz}apin_ u3 hi-sze-eh-ti e-re-szi-im | plow oxen, ḫišēḫtu-plants, cedar |
| 4 | lu-pu-ul-szu-ma a-na e-re-szi-im | let me do, and to the cedar |
| 5 | qa2-su2 li#-isz#-ku-un | May he place his hand on it. |
| 6 | mi-id-[de] ki-a-am# ta#-qa2#-ab-bi | What did you say thus? |
| 7 | um-ma at-ta-a-ma du-um-mu-uq-{d}na-bi-um-ra-bi | Thus says Dummuq-Nabium-rabi: |
| 8 | la-a i-la-ak ki-a-am ta-qa2-ab-bi | He will not go. Thus you say: |
| 9 | szum-ma 1(disz) _gu4_ le-ha-am szum-ma 1(disz) _ab2_ t,a-ab-tam | If 1 ox is stolen, if 1 cow is good, |
| 10 | lu#?-sza?-ri-a?-kum sza a-na ra-ma-ni-szu | I will send to you, who for himself |
| 11 | x [x x (x) li?]-it-ra-am | ... may he return |
| 12 | {disz}{d}suen#-[mu-sza-lim ma-ah]-ri#-ka wa-szi-ib | Sîn-mušallim, before you, sat |
| 13 | _ma2-i3-dub_ i-na s,il2-li-ku#-nu la-a i-hal-li-qu2 | The boatman from your charge shall not flee. |
| 14 | a-na ma-har {d}na-bi-um-na-s,i-ir li-sza-ar-ki-bu | in the presence of Nabium-nāṣir may they bind. |
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