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VS 16, 168 (P373023)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | VS 16, 168 |
|---|---|
| ID | P373023 |
| Museum no. | VAT 07553 |
| 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 | to my father |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma {d}marduk-ni-szu-ma | thus Marduk-nišu: |
| 4 | {d}utu u3 {d}marduk asz-szu-mi-ia a-bi | Šamaš and Marduk, my father, |
| 5 | li-ba-al-li-t,u2 | may they live. |
| 6 | asz-szum t,e4-e-em _a-sza3_ | Concerning the report of the field |
| 7 | sza _us2-sa-du bad3_ | which is next to the wall |
| 8 | isz-ti-szu u3 szi-ni-szu# | with him and his brothers |
| 9 | {disz}i3-li2-ra-AH-e _dumu_ sa-bu-um# | Ilīra-ē, son of Sabum |
| 10 | a-na ba-qa2-ri-im-ma | to Baqarum |
| 11 | tap-pu-szu usz-ta-du-[szu] | his companions have entrusted him |
| 12 | i-na-an-na a-na ba-qa2-ri-[im] | Now, to baqaru |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | _igi#_-szu sza-ak-nu# | are placed before him. |
| 2 | a-ra-ah _1(u) gin2 ku3-[babbar_] | a ration of 10 shekels of silver |
| 3 | su-pi2-ih-ma a-x-[am] | he has sinned, and ... |
| 4 | ri-szi-i-ma# | to her, and |
| 5 | _a-sza3_ i-na qa2-ti# | the field in the hand |
| 6 | la AS,-s,i2# | not to go out |
Sources & licences
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