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VS 16, 199 (P373054)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | VS 16, 199 |
|---|---|
| ID | P373054 |
| Museum no. | VAT 04129 |
| 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-pil-{d}mar-tu | to Apil-Amurru |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma ma-ta-tum-ma | Thus the land |
| 4 | an-na-nu-um ki-a-am u2-na-hi-id-ka | “Anum, thus I have slain you. |
| 5 | um-ma a-na-ku-u2-ma | thus I: |
| 6 | _1(iku) 1/2(iku) GAN2 a-sza3_ a-na e-re-szi pa-al-gi | 1 1/2 iku of field for cultivating pālgi |
| 7 | ki-ma te-t,e4-hu-u2 | like a teṭehû |
| 8 | 1(disz) _{gesz}apin_ sza s,i-li2-er3-ra | 1 plow of Ṣillī-Erra |
| 9 | {disz}hi-su2-u2 li-il-qi2-a | Ḫisû may take. |
| 10 | 1(disz) _{gesz}apin_ sza ku-ru-um | 1 plow of krum, |
| 11 | _dumu_ {d}utu-a-bu-szu li-il-qi2-a | son of Šamaš-abūzu may he take. |
| 12 | 1(disz) _{gesz}apin_ sza {d}suen-sze-me-i | 1 plow of Sîn-šemē |
| 13 | {disz}a-hi-ke-nu-um li-il-qi2-a-am | Aḫi-kēnum may take |
| 14 | _u4_-um un-ne-du-uk-ki | When you have been smitten |
| 15 | ta-am-ma-ru | you see. |
| 16 | 1(disz) _{gesz}apin-ta-am3_ ir-be2-tam | 1 plow is the constant, |
| 17 | qa2-du-um ta-ka#-la-tim | together with the takalātum |
| 18 | u3 _sza3-gu4-mesz_ li-il-qu2-nim | and the oxen take. |
| 19 | li-qi2-a-am-ma | may he take, and |
| 20 | hu-um-t,a-SZA | Humṭa-Ša |
| 21 | _a-sza3_-lam it-ta-ar-s,a-am | he has taken the field |
| 22 | a-na _a-sza3_ sza# i-ba-lu | to the field that he shall cultivate |
| 23 | i-sza-lu-u2-ka | they will pay to you. |
| 24 | u3 {d}suen-sze-me-i | and Sîn-šeme |
| 25 | [ni]-ka-si2-szu li-il-qi2-a-am-ma | let him take it, and |
| 26 | [szu]-up#-ra-asz-szu#-u2 | send to him! |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | u3 asz-szum a-na s,e-er {disz}{d}[x (x)] x x | and concerning the work of ... |
| 2 | a-la-kam aq-bu-u2 [(x)] | I will go, I said |
| 3 | asz-pu-ra-ak-kum | I sent to you. |
| 4 | um-ma a-na-ku-u2-ma | thus I: |
| 5 | la ta-la-ak | do not go! |
| 6 | _sze-gesz-i3 u3 zu2-lum_ | sesame and dates |
| 7 | _{gesz}apin-mesz sza3-gu4-mesz_ | plows and oxen |
| 8 | u3 ni-ka-as-si2 sza [{d}]suen#-sze-me-i | and the pledge of Sîn-šemē |
| 9 | li-qi2-a-am-ma | may he take, and |
| 10 | hu-um-t,a-am | ḫumṭām |
| 11 | u3 _gu4-gal_ a-ta-am-ma-ra-am-ma | and the chief ox I saw, and |
| 12 | li-qi2-a-am | may he take. |
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