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VS 16, 184 (P373039)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | VS 16, 184 |
|---|---|
| ID | P373039 |
| Museum no. | VAT 08221 |
| 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 li-pi2-it-esz18-dar | to Lipit-Ištar |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma lu2-ga-tum-ma | Thus Lu-gatum: |
| 4 | esz18-dar u3 {d}za-ba4-ba4 li-ba-al-li-t,u2-ka | Ištar and Zababa may they keep you alive. |
| 5 | _kusz_ asz-qu2-da u3 [x x (x)] | a leather bag of ashquda-flour and ...; |
| 6 | sza qa2-ti-[ka] | of your hand |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | a-na e-ri-ib-{d}suen | to Erīb-Sîn |
| 2 | i-di-in | gave. |
| 3 | {disz}{d}za-ba4-ba4-i-din-nam | Zababa-iddinam |
| 4 | i-il-kam i-li-ik | He went, he went. |
| 5 | li-ib-<ba>-ka la i-ma-ra-as, | Your heart will not be pacified. |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | {d}nin-za-an | For Ninzana |
| 2 | {d}za-ba4-ba4 | Zababa |
Sources & licences
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