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VS 16, 149 (P373004)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | VS 16, 149 |
|---|---|
| ID | P373004 |
| Museum no. | VAT 06613 |
| 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-wi-lim sza {d}marduk u2-ba-al-la-t,u2-szu | to the man of Marduk they shall release him |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma ri-isz-{d}marduk-ma | Rīš-Marduk speaks thus: |
| 4 | {d}utu li-ba-al-li-it,-ka | May Šamaš keep you alive! |
| 5 | {disz}ARAD2-ku-bi _szu-i_ sza a-na a-hi-it pir-hi-{d}mar-tu _dumu_ {d}suen#-ib#-ni | Abdi-Kūbe, the barber, who was with Pirhi-Amurrum, son of Sîn-ibni |
| 6 | sa-na-qi2-im at,-ru-du ki-a-am isz-pu-ra-am um#-[ma szu-ma] | I have gathered the sānaqî-offerings. He wrote me thus: |
| 7 | ki-ma pir-hi-{d}mar-tu a-na ma-har be-li2-ia il-li#-[ku-ma] | When Pirhi-Amurrum came before my lord |
| 8 | ar-ki-szu-ma {d}suen-na-di-in-szu-mi ik-szu-x [x (x)] | after him Sîn-nādinšu ... |
| 9 | [x x (x)] x x {d}suen-ib-ni a-na _e2_ x [x (x) (x)] | Sîn-ibni to the house |
| 10 | [x x x (x)] x u3 IZ-ni i-na i-x [x (x)] | ... and our fire in ... |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | [x x x x (x)]-ri-ia [...] | ... my ... ... |
| 2' | [x x x (x)] a-na sza-pa-ri-im [...] | ... to the šaparum |
| 3' | [e]-li {d}suen-ib-ni _sze_ u3 x[...] | above Sîn-ibni the barley and |
| 4' | te-er-te-ed-di u3 _e2_-su2 ta#-[...] | you will return, and his house ... |
| 5' | hu-qi2-sza tu-na-as-sa3-ah mu-us,-s,i2#-[...] | You remove her limbs (and) ... her hair. |
| 6' | sze-am u3 mi-im-ma sza {d}suen-ib-[ni ...] | barley and everything that Sîn-ibni |
| 7' | a-na pir-hi-{d}mar-tu ma-ri-szu [...] | to Pirḫi-Amurru his son |
| 8' | a-na _a-sza3_ szu-s,u-ut {d}suen-ib-ni la ta-sa-an-[ni-iq-ma] | Do not approach the field of Suen-ibni, |
| 9' | sza e-li {d}suen-ib-ni ti-szu-u2 ka-ni-ik-szu szu-bi-lam-ma# | that is above Sîn-ibni, send me his sealed document so that |
| 10' | a-na-ku lu-pu-ul-ka | I will do for you. |
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