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VS 16, 014 (P372996)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | VS 16, 014 |
|---|---|
| ID | P372996 |
| Museum no. | VAT 00677 |
| 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)
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' | {d}utu u3 {d}marduk [asz-szu-mi-ia da-ri-isz _u4_-mi] | May Šamaš and Marduk forever be my friends. |
| 2' | li-ba-al#-[li-t,u2-ka] | may they keep you alive! |
| 3' | lu sza-al-ma-ta# [lu ba]-al-t,a2-ta | Be it good, be it faulty, |
| 4' | _dingir_ na-s,i-ir-ka re-esz-ka a-na da-mi-iq-tim | May the god who protects you, your head, be at peace. |
| 5' | li-ki-il | may he bind. |
| 6' | a-na szu-ul-mi-ka asz-pu-ra-am | I have written to you for your well-being. |
| 7' | szu-lum-ka ma-har {d}utu u3 {d}marduk | Your health before Šamaš and Marduk |
| 8' | u3 be-li2-ia am-mi-s,a#-du#-[qa2] | and my lord I have slain |
| 9' | [lu] da-[ri] | May it be forever! |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | [szu]-bi-[lam] | send to me! |
| 2' | szum#-ma _ku6 hi-a_ la i-ba-asz-szu#-[u2] | If there are no fish, |
| 3' | a-na a-wi-lim {d}marduk-mu-ba-li2-it, _szu-ku6#_ [szu-pu-ur-ma] | to a man Marduk-muballiṭ the fisherman write, and |
| 4' | at-ta u3 a-wi-lum {d}marduk-mu-ba-li2-it, _szu-ku6_ | You and the man, Marduk-muballiṭ, the fisherman |
| 5' | 1(disz) _ma2-gur8_ qa2-du ri-ik-bi-sza | 1 barge together with its cargo, |
| 6' | a-na 1(u) _u4_-mi | for 10 days |
| 7' | t,u2-ur-da-nim-ma | Ṭurdanuma |
| 8' | i-na _sza3_ ma-tim a-szar a-t,ar-ra-du-szu-nu-ti | in the land where I had gathered them |
| 9' | _ku6 hi-a_ li-ba-ru-nim | fish may they pluck up. |
| 10' | _ma2-gur8_ szu-a-ti a-na 1(u) u4-mi# | that barge for 10 days |
| 11' | [x] x x lu-usz-ri-[iq] | ... let me make perfect |
| left | ||
| 1 | [a-na] bad3#-am-mi-di-ta-na{ki} t,u2-ur#-[da-nim] | to Dammī-Ditana Ṭurdanum |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
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