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VS 16, 145 (P373000)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | VS 16, 145 |
|---|---|
| ID | P373000 |
| Museum no. | VAT 08399 |
| 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 qi2-bi2-ma | Speak to my father: |
| 2 | um-ma s,a-bi-{d}utu-ma | Ṣabi-šamaš speaks thus: |
| 3 | {d}utu u3 {d}marduk da-ri-isz _u4_-mi | Šamaš and Marduk forever |
| 4 | li-ba-al-li-t,u3-u2-ka | may they keep you alive. |
| 5 | asz-szum ki-a-am ta-asz-pur-am | Concerning what you wrote me |
| 6 | um-ma at-ta-ma a-na larsa{ki} al-kam-ma | Thus you: come to Larsa! |
| 7 | a-wa-ti-ni i ni-ig-mu-ur | our words we saw. |
| 8 | a-na {iri}ra-ha-bu-um{ki} | to Raḫum |
| 9 | a-li szi-bi-ni qa2-du 2(disz) _sag-geme2_ 1(disz) _sag-ARAD2_ | where are they? Together with 2 slave women and 1 slave |
| 10 | al-kam-ma ni-ik-ka-as-si2-i-ni | Come, and we will bind him. |
| 11 | i ni-pu-usz-ma si-ta-tim | We performed the rites. |
| 12 | lu-pu-ul-ka | let me do for you. |
| 13 | asz-szum _zu2-lum_ sza na-ap-lu-us-dingir | Concerning the dates of Naplus-ilum |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [{disz}a]-pil#-ki-it-tum nu-uh-hu-ud | Apil-kītum received. |
| 2 | isz#-tu i-na {iri}ra-ha-bu{ki} | from the city Rahabu |
| 3 | a-ta-ap-lu-u2-ka | I have sent to you. |
| 4 | ni-il-la-ak-ma i-na lagasz{ki} | we shall go and in Lagaš |
| 5 | _zu2-lum_ {disz}a-pil-ki-it-tum | dates of Apil-kittu |
| 6 | i-ip-pa-al-ka | will look at you, |
| 7 | a-wa-tu#-ni u2-ul sza kab-ti | The words are not important. |
| 8 | u2-ul sza da#-a-a-ni | It is not of the judges. |
| 9 | sza bi-ri-ni-i-ma | that between us |
| 10 | {d}utu u3 {d}inanna zabala4{ki} | Šamaš and Inanna of Zabalam |
| 11 | li-ba-al-li-t,u3-u2-ka | may they keep you alive. |
Sources & licences
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