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VS 16, 161 (P373016)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | VS 16, 161 |
|---|---|
| ID | P373016 |
| Museum no. | VAT 00862 |
| 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)
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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 ...] | to ... |
| 2 | [sza {d}marduk u2-ba]-al#-la-t,u2-szi | of Marduk he will keep her alive |
| 3 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 4 | um-ma szu-mu-li-ib-szi-ma | Šumu-libši speaks thus: |
| 5 | {d}utu u3 {d}marduk# asz-szu-mi-ia | May Šamaš and Marduk listen to my prayers. |
| 6 | da-ri-isz _u4_-mi li-ba-al-li-t,u2-ki# | forever may they keep you alive! |
| 7 | a-nu-um-ma a-hu-um | Now, my brother |
| 8 | i-te-er-ba-am-ma | entered, and |
| 9 | isz#-tu _<iti> sze-sag11-ku5 u4 1(disz)-kam_ | From the month of Addarum, 1st day |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | a-na _iri_ kisz{ki} | to the city of Kish |
| 2 | is3-ni-qa2-am | he took away. |
| 3 | ki-ma tup-pi2 te-esz15-te-me2-e | You will hear it like a tablet. |
| 4 | a-na babila2{ki} | to Babylon |
| 5 | a-la-kam ep-szi-im-ma | I will go and do the work. |
| 6 | x x x ZU-HA-im | ...; |
| 7 | {disz}[x x x (x)]-{d}en-lil2 | -Enlil |
| 8 | x [x x x (x) (x)] x da-ba-bi-im | ... words |
| 9 | [...] | |
| 10 | [...] | |
| 11 | [...] | |
| left | ||
| 1 | [a]-wa#-ti-ni i ne-mu-ur | Our words are heard. |
| 2 | [u3] ARAD2-{d}nin-szubur a-na _u4 2(disz)-kam_ i-sa-ni-<qa2>-ki | and Warad-Ninšubur for 2 days he shall replace you. |
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