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VS 16, 140 (P372994)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | VS 16, 140 |
|---|---|
| ID | P372994 |
| Museum no. | VAT 08488 |
| 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 a-bi-ia | to my father |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma be-le-tum-ma | Thus Beletum: |
| 4 | {d}nergal asz-szum-ia a-na da-ri-a-tim# | Nergal because of me forever |
| 5 | li-ba-al-li-it,-ka | may he keep you alive! |
| 6 | isz-tu _u4_-mi-im sza a-na {d}nergal | from the day that to Nergal |
| 7 | a-na ba-la-t,i-ka ta-as-ru-qa2-an-ni | You have sent me for your life. |
| 8 | _u4_-ma-ak-kal2 szi-ri u2-ul i-t,i-ib | the day of the moon's disappearance he did not measure out. |
| 9 | a-wi-lum sza tup-pa-szu u2-sza-bi-la-kum | The man who sent his tablet to you |
| 10 | su-u2-tum bi-is-su u3 u2-ne2-ti-szu# | Sutum, his wife and his children |
| 11 | a-na _ku3-babbar_ i-pa-asz-sza-ar | for silver he shall redeem |
| 12 | _x-u2-im-mesz_ sza ku-ru-um-ma-ti | the ...s of the kurummātu |
| 13 | i-na-an-di-nam | he shall give |
| 14 | ha#-as-sa3-hi-i | Hassaḫi |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | u2-sza-ap-pa-a-am | he shall send. |
| 2 | sza-a-ti ma-an-nu-um | that one, who |
| 3 | li-sza-ap-pi-a-am | may he tear out |
| 4 | a-nu-um-ma i-din-{d}nin-sikil-la | Now Iddin-Ninsikila |
| 5 | tup-pi2 usz-ta-bi-la-kum | I have sent you my tablet. |
| 6 | re-qu2-us-su2 la i-il-la-kam | His servant shall not come. |
| 7 | re#-qu2-us-su2 i-il-la-kam-ma | his servant will come and |
| 8 | [bi]-ti i-s,a-ab-ba-at-ma | that house he will seize and |
| 9 | a-na ba-bi-im u2-sze-es,-s,i2-an-ni-ma | he brought me to the assembly, and |
| 10 | i-lam mu-te-er-ra-am | the god who restores |
| 11 | u2-ul a-ra-asz-szi | I will not take away. |
| 12 | uri2{ki} u3 larsa{ki} | Ur and Larsa |
| 13 | [i]-sze#-em-mu-u2-ma | will hear, and |
| 14 | i-t,a-ap-pa-lu-ka | they will keep you alive. |
Sources & licences
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