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VS 16, 138 (P372992)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | VS 16, 138 |
|---|---|
| ID | P372992 |
| Museum no. | VAT 07862 |
| Collection | Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Letter |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched)
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 i-ku-un-pi2-{d}suen | to Ikūn-pî-Si’an |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma {d}marduk-na-s,i-ir-ma | Thus Marduk-nāṣir: |
| 4 | {d}utu li-ba-al-li-it,-ka | May Šamaš keep you alive! |
| 5 | {disz}szu-{d}nin-zadim _sanga_ e2-a | Gimil-Ninzadim, the temple administrator |
| 6 | mal-gum2{ki} | of Malgum, |
| 7 | asz-szum hi-bi-il-ti-szu# | because of his debts |
| 8 | u2-lam-mi-da-an-ni# | he made me bow down. |
| 9 | a-nu-um-ma a-na s,e-ri-ka# | Now, to your country |
| 10 | at,-t,ar-da-asz-szu | I sent to him. |
| 11 | szum-ma at-ta | If you |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | di-nam ki-ma s,i-im-da-tim | Judge a case like a ṣimmatu. |
| 2 | szu-hi-is-su2 | his limbs |
| 3 | szum-ma at-ta | If you |
| 4 | di-nam la tu-sza-ah-ha-as-su2 | You shall not litigate against him. |
| 5 | a-na _dumu-mesz_ a-li-szu qi2-bi | to the sons of his city speak: |
| 6 | a-na _e2_ e2-a li-ru-bu-ma | to the house of the house enter, and |
| 7 | i-na _e2_ e2-a | in the house of the house |
| 8 | di-nam ki-ma s,i-im-da-tim | Judge a case like a ṣimmatu. |
| 9 | li-sza-hi-zu-szu | they shall remove him. |
Sources & licences
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