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VS 16, 191 (P373046)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | VS 16, 191 |
|---|---|
| ID | P373046 |
| Museum no. | VAT 00578 |
| 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 a-wi-[lim] | to a man |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-[ma] | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma ri-isz-{d}marduk#-[ma] | Rīš-Marduk speaks thus: |
| 4 | {d}utu u3 {d}marduk da#-[ri-isz _u4_]-mi# | Šamaš and Marduk forever |
| 5 | li-ba-al-li#-[t,u2]-ka | may they keep you alive! |
| 6 | lu sza-al-ma-ta lu [ba-al]-t,a2#-ta | be it pure or pure, |
| 7 | _dingir_ na-s,i-ir-ka# re-esz-ka# a-na [da]-mi-iq-tim | The god who guards you, your head, for good fortune. |
| 8 | li-ki-il | may he bind. |
| 9 | a-na szu-ul-mi-ka asz-pu-ra-am | I have written to you for your well-being. |
| 10 | szu-lum-ka ma-har {d}utu {d}marduk u3 be-li2-ia am-[mi]-di#-ta#-na | May your health be before Šamaš, Marduk and my lord. |
| 11 | lu da-ri# | may it be forever! |
| 12 | {disz}i-bi-zu _dumu#_ ib#-ni-{d}urasz x [(x)] | Ibbi-zu, son of Ibni-Uraš |
| 13 | a-na _{gesz}apin szu-kin_ sza# i-na bad3-am-mi-di-ta-na | to the plow that is in Dur-Ammi-ditana |
| 14 | _a2 gu4-apin szu-kin_ [x] x i-zi-bu le-qe2-e | The labor of the plow-oxen is set. They stand ..., take. |
| 15 | it-ti x [(x)] {disz}qi2-isz-{d}marduk s,u2-ha-ri-ia | with Qīš-Marduk, my messenger |
| 16 | at,-[t,ar-da]-asz-szu | I sent to him. |
| 17 | ki-ma a-na _kar_ zimbir{ki}-ia-ah-ru-rum | like to the port of Sippar-Yaḫrum |
| 18 | a-na ma-ah-ri-ka is-sa3-an-qu2-nim | they have plundered me in your presence. |
| 19 | ki-ma ra-bu-ti-ka qi2-bi-ma | Say to your great divinity: |
| 20 | i-na mu-uh2-hi u2-de-e-ma | on top of the utensils |
| 21 | qa2-tu la u2-tam-ma-ad-ma | he shall not touch the hand, and |
| 22 | ar-hi-isz li-id-di-dam-ma | may he quickly bring me, and |
| 23 | li-is-ni-qa2-am | may he cut off. |
Sources & licences
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