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VS 16, 137 (P372991)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | VS 16, 137 |
|---|---|
| ID | P372991 |
| Museum no. | VAT 08289 |
| 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 wa-tar-{d}utu | to Watar-šamaš |
| 2 | sza {d}utu u2-ba-al-li-t,u3-szu | that Šamaš made him live, |
| 3 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 4 | um-ma i-bi-dingir-ma | Ibbi-ilum speaks thus: |
| 5 | {d}utu u3 {d}marduk asz-szu-mi-ia | Šamaš and Marduk, my gods, |
| 6 | da-ri-isz _u4_-mi li-ba-al-li-t,u3-[ka] | forever may they keep you alive! |
| 7 | {disz}{d}suen-mu-[sza-lim] | Sin-mušallim |
| 8 | ki-a-am iq-bi-a-am um-ma szu#-ma | Thus said he: |
| 9 | a-hi ur-ra-am-ma u2-ma | “My brother, in the future |
| 10 | i-na larsa{ki} u2-qa2-a-ka | in Larsa he will hold you. |
| 11 | ul-li-ti-isz a-na ka-ap-ri-im | Afterwards, to the tavern |
| 12 | it-ta-al-la-ak | has gone |
| 13 | ki-a-am iq-bi-a-am-ma | he said thus: |
| 14 | {disz}a-wi#-il-{d}utu | Awil-šamaš |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | a-na s,e#-ri#-i-ka at,-t,ar-dam | I have sent to you. |
| 2 | ki-ma la ni-in-na-am-ma-ru-ma | like we did not see, and |
| 3 | a-na-an-zi-qu2 u2-ul ti-de-e | You do not know how to raise (them) up. |
| 4 | ur-ra-am mah#-ri-i-ka | In the future, before you |
| 5 | a-na-a-ku a-di ni-in-nam-ma-<ru> | I, as long as we live, |
| 6 | i-na larsa#{ki} la tu-as,-s,i2 | in Larsa you will not go out |
| 7 | i ni-in-na-wi-ir-ma | “We have sworn it by the name of Ninĝir. |
| 8 | t,e4-e-em#-ka# lu# [i]-de-e | May he know your report! |
| 9 | u3 t,e4-e-mi lu-ud-di-ik#-kum# | and my report I shall give to you. |
| 10 | la-a a-na-an-zi-iq | shall not raise a claim. |
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