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VS 16, 147 (P373002)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | VS 16, 147 |
|---|---|
| ID | P373002 |
| Museum no. | VAT 07882 |
| 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] be-li2-ia | to my lord |
| 2 | [qi2]-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um#-ma ba#-ak-ka-tum-ma | Thus Bakkatum: |
| 4 | asz-szum# [{d}]marduk#-mu-sza-lim _dumu_ PI-IK-ti | Concerning Marduk-mušallim, son of PIKti |
| 5 | sza {tug2}[x] x x x x x x x | of ...-garments |
| 6 | u3 {tug2}na-ah-la-ap-tam# | and a nahliptam garment |
| 7 | i-zi-bu | Izibu, |
| 8 | a-na a-wi-lim si-ni-iq-ma | Speak to the man, and |
| 9 | tup-pi2 a-wi-lim | A tablet of a man |
| 10 | u3 na-asz-par2 li-it,-ru-du-ma | and the letter may they send, and |
| 11 | li-si-ru-szu-ma sze-am | may they bind him, and barley |
| 12 | i-di-ia li-id-di-nu-nim | may they give me. |
| 13 | 8(disz) _muszen hi-a_ s,il2-li2-a-bi-t,a3-ab | 8 ducks, contributions of Ṣillī-abi-ṭab, |
| 14 | a-na ma-har be-li-ia | before my lord |
| 15 | usz-ta-bi-lam | he sent to me. |
| 16 | a-na ig-mil-{d}iszkur | to Igmil-Addu |
| 17 | a-li-ik-ma | went, and |
| 18 | _sze#_ u2-ul i-[din] | he shall not give the barley. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | _szuku#_-ti li#-[id-di]-nu-nim | they should give me rations. |
| 2 | ni-di a-hi la ta-ra-asz-szi | Do not abandon my brother! |
| 3 | a-na sze-me be-li2-ia | to my lord |
Sources & licences
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