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VS 16, 130 (P372984)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Pī-Kasî · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | VS 16, 130 |
|---|---|
| ID | P372984 |
| Museum no. | VAT 07576 |
| Collection | Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Letter |
| Find spot | Pī-Kasî (mod. Tell Abu Antiq) |
| Coordinates | 32.1311, 44.6393 |
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 ha-bil-ki-nu-um | to Ḫabil-Kinum |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma {d}suen-sza-mu-uh2-ma | thus Sîn-šamuḫ: |
| 4 | {d}utu li-ba-li-it,-ka | May Šamaš keep you alive! |
| 5 | {disz}gur-ru-ur-tam | Gurrurtam |
| 6 | s,u2-di-a-am-ma | a ṣudīma |
| 7 | t,u2-ur-da-asz-szi | Ṭurdašši |
| 8 | i-na pa-ni-sza | in her presence |
| 9 | _sze-numun_ sza i-na bi-tim# | the seed that in the house |
| 10 | i-ba-asz-szu-u2 | there is |
| 11 | li-il-qi2-a-am-ma | may he take, and |
| 12 | a-la-kam li-pu-usz | may he go. |
| 13 | _zu2-lum_ a-na x x [(x)] | dates for ... |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | u2-ul il-[qu2-u2-ma] | they did not take, and |
| 2 | u2-ul im-hu-ru# | did not receive |
| 3 | um-ma szu-nu-ma | thus they: |
| 4 | ma-ki-sum2 i-ta-ba-al | he will weigh out the payment. |
| 5 | _dumu_ ib-ni-{d}mar-tu | son of Ibni-Amurrum, |
| 6 | _zu2-lum_ u2-sza-ba-la-kum | dates he shall bring to you |
| 7 | sze-a-am sza i-ba-asz-szu | the barley that there is |
| 8 | u3 {u2}ba-li sza i-ba-asz-szu | and alu-plant that there is |
| 9 | le-qe2-e-ma | take, and |
| 10 | i-na pa-ni-ka 1(ban2) ki-il#? | at your disposal, 1 seah ... |
| 11 | _1(ban2) sze-numun_ a-na ha?-DA-ti# | 1 ban2 of seed for the ḫadati(?) |
| 12 | ez-bi-im | it is an ecstatic |
| 13 | {disz}a-hu-szi-na | Aḫušina |
| 14 | u2-na-i-id | he shall measure out. |
| left | ||
| 1 | um-ma a-na-ku-ma 1(asz) _gur_ sze-a-am le-qe2-szi-im# | Thus I: take 1 kor of barley. |
Sources & licences
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