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VS 16, 190 (P373045)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | VS 16, 190 |
|---|---|
| ID | P373045 |
| Museum no. | VAT 00169 |
| 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 be-[li2-ia] | to my lord |
| 2 | qi2-bi2#-[ma] | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma {d}marduk-[mu]-sza#-lim-[ma] | Marduk-mušallim speaks thus: |
| 4 | ki-ma be-li2 i-du-u2 i-na _iti NE-NE-[gar u4 n-kam_] | When my lord knew, in the month of Abu, the day n |
| 5 | isz-tu babila2{ki} u2-sze-sze-ra-am-ma# | he brought out from Babylon, and |
| 6 | a-na zimbir{ki}-ia-ah-ru-rum [(x) (x)] as2#-ni-[qa2-am] | to Sippar-Yaḫrum I appointed. |
| 7 | asz-szu-mi-ia a-[na-ku u3] {d}suen-a-ha-am-[i-din-nam] | As for me, I and Sîn-aham-iddinam |
| 8 | a-na pi2-ha-at zimbir{ki} uz-[zu-uz-zi-im] | to the gate of Sippar I raised |
| 9 | u2-ul nu-usz-ta#-[i (x)] | I do not know ... |
| 10 | re-esz _erin2_ nu-um-hu-um _ugula gidri#-mesz#_-[szu-nu] | overseer of their sceptres, |
| 11 | i-na _ka2 bad3_ u3 mu-uh2-hi-szi-na# | at the gate of the wall and their foundations |
| 12 | asz-szi-i-ma _1(u) erin2 ugula dingir_ mi# [x (x)] | As for me, 10 labor-troops, foreman: god ... |
| 13 | _9(disz) erin2 ugula_ ip-qu2-an-nu-ni-[tum] | 9 labor-troops, foreman: Ipqu-annunitum |
| 14 | u3 _1(u) 2(disz) erin2 ugula_ u-bar-[rum] | and 12 labor-troops, foreman Ubarrum |
| 15 | sza a-na _bad3_ zimbir{ki}-ia-ah-ru-rum a-na ma-as,-s,a-ar#-tim# | which to the wall of Sippar for guarding |
| 16 | i-il-lu-u2 a-na _ugula gidri-mesz_ szu-nu-ti | they shall carry. To those foreman of scepters |
| 17 | asz-szum _erin2-mesz_-szu-nu s,a-ma-di-im-ma a-na _bad3_ szu-li-i-im | because their troops were captured and to the wall of Šulium |
| 18 | at,-t,a2-ar-<da>-szu-nu-szi-im-ma _erin2-mesz_-szu-nu | I sent to them, and their troops |
| 19 | u2-ul is,-mi-du ki-ma s,a-ab-tu-ma | he did not see, like a captive |
| 20 | [u2]-ul# u2-na-ak-ki-ru um-ma szu-nu-ma | they will not alter it, saying: "They |
| 21 | [x x x (x)] sza# i-na-an-na re-szi-ni ta-asz-szu-ma | ... that now you have taken the top of us and |
| 22 | [...] x [(x)] x x | |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | x x [...] | |
| 2' | a-na _bad3#_ [...] | to the wall ... |
| 3' | ni-bi-[...] | Nibbi- |
| 4' | u2-ub#-[ba-...] | I will ... |
| 5' | be-li2 [...] | My lord |
| 6' | ni-bi-x [x x x x (x)] a-na ta-x [x (x)] x | We ... to ... |
| 7' | _erin2_ nu-um-hu-um szu-u2 li-is,-s,a-mi-du-ma | he is a numḫû-troop, may he guard, and |
| 8' | a-na _bad3_ li-lu-u2 | to the wall of lilû |
| 9' | be-li2 at-ta pa-ni-ka tu-sa-ah-hi-ir-ma | You, my lord, have turned your face towards me, and |
| 10' | i-na szi-bu-ti-ia tu-ud-di-il-la-an-ni | [In] my supplication you have made me sing, |
| 11' | i-na-an-na a-szar be-li2 iq-bu-ma a-na pi2-ha-at | Now, at the place where my lord said to me, |
| 12' | zimbir{ki}-ia-ah-ru-rum u2-ki-in-nu-ni | Sippar-yaḫrum established |
| 13' | i-na qa2-ti {d}marduk-la-ma-sa3-szu _szu-i_ i-na i-di-im [(x)] | by the hand of Marduk-lamassašu the barber on the road |
| 14' | a-na sa-ka#-pi2#-im u2-ul i-ba-asz-[szi] | there is no sakapim. |
| 15' | u3 i-[na x x (x)] x-im u2-sza-ad-ba# [x x] | and in ... he will bring ... |
| 16' | hu-x [x x x (x)] ba-bu szu-u2 i-ba [x x] | ... he is ... |
| 17' | ki-ma x [x x x (x) (x)] li-DI-ih _gesz hi-a_ [x x (x)] | Just as ... may he ... the trees ... |
| 18' | i-na i-di-[x x x (x)] mi-im-ma u2-ul [i-ba-asz-szi] | in ... there is nothing |
| 19' | asz-szum _1(u) sze gur_ sza be-li2 i-na zimbir{ki}-[ia-ah-ru-rum] | Concerning the 10 gur of barley that my lord in Sippar |
| 20' | u2-ki-in-nam uz-na-ia ki-ma {d}marduk# | he established, my ears like Marduk |
| 21' | a-na be-li2-ia ka-ta i-ba-asz-szi-[a] | to my lord there is a word |
| 22' | be-li2 li-iq-bi e-ma _1(u) sze gur#_ [(x)] | May my lord command that if 10 kor of barley |
| 23' | u2-ki-in-nu in-na-ad-di#-[nu?] | they established, they will give. |
| 24' | li-isz-sza-ap-ku x [x (x) (x)] | let him scream ... |
| 25' | ma-har x [...] | Before ... |
| 26' | lu sza# [...] | or of ... |
| 27' | a-na te-x [...] | to ... |
Sources & licences
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