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VS 16, 136 (P372990)

Letter, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE

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Designation	VS 16, 136
ID	P372990
Museum no.	VAT 01073
Collection	Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany
Language	Akkadian
Period	Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
Genre	Letter
Find spot	Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)
Coordinates	33.0605, 44.2552

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}nanna-tum	to Nanna-tum
2	qi2-bi2-ma	speak!
3	um-ma zimbir{ki}-lu-mur	thus Sippar-lumur:
4	a-hu-ka-ma	your brother
5	{d}utu# li#-ba-al-li-it,-ka	May Šamaš keep you alive!
6	a-[nu-um]-ma {disz}[x]-hu-lu-um	Now, X-ḫulum
7	1(disz) _sag-ARAD2 lu2-x_	1 slave of Lu-x,
8	usz-ta-bi-la-ku	I sent to you.
reverse
1	i-zi-iz-ma	stood, and
2	_ku3-babbar_ szu-te-s,i2-ma	he shall pay back the silver.
3	_ku3-babbar_ mu-hu-ur	the silver he received
4	i-na ge-er-ri	on the road
5	ma-ah-ri-im	received.
6	_ku3-babbar_ ma-ri szi-ip-ri	the silver, the wages of work
7	{disz}ip-qu2-{d}sza-la	Ipqu-Šala
8	szu-bi-lam	send me!
9	{disz}{d}suen-re-me-ni	Sîn-remeni,
left
1	la-asz-szu-ma	there is none.
2	u2-ul at,-ru-da-ku-szu	I did not send him.

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