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VS 16, 202 (P373058)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | VS 16, 202 |
|---|---|
| ID | P373058 |
| Museum no. | VAT 01218 |
| 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' | x x [x x (x) mi-im]-ma la i-[ba]-asz-szi# | ... nothing |
| 2' | u3 a-wi-il#-[{d}]iszkur# mi-x x | and Awīl-Adad |
| 3' | u3 _2(disz) ma-na ku3-babbar_ a-na dumu-asz-szur{ki} id-di-in | and 2 minas of silver to the citizens of Assur he gave. |
| 4' | u3 isz-tu _kaskal_ is-ni-qu2-nim | and from the road they passed, |
| 5' | {disz}an-pi4-{d}a-a as,-ba-at-ma | I captured Anpi-Aya, and |
| 6' | ki-a-am iq-bi-a-am um-ma szu-ma | he said thus: |
| 7' | tap-pu-ia qa2-du _ku3-babbar_ i-na zimbir{ki} szu!(KU)-nu | my companions, together with the silver, are in Sippar. |
| 8' | it-ti-ia li-il#-li-ku-ma | they should go with me and |
| 9' | _ku3-babbar_ lu-pu-ul | I shall pay the silver. |
| 10' | an-ni-tam iq-bi-a-am-ma | this he said to me, and |
| 11' | [{disz}]{d}iszkur-ma-an-szum2 _ARAD2_-ka | Adad-manšum, your servant |
| 12' | [a-na s,e-ri-szu] at,-ru-ud | I went out to his country. |
| 13' | [x x x x (x)] u2-sza-bi-la-ak-ku | ... I shall send to you |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [x x (x)] x x-ma _ku3-babbar_ [u2-ul] u2-sza-bi-lam#-ma# | ... and he will not pay back the silver. |
| 2 | a-na babila2{ki} it#-ta#-al-kam | to Babylon has gone |
| 3 | it-ti-ia u2-ul in#-na-me-er | he will not become hostile to me. |
| 4 | tup-pi2 a-wi-lim a-bi _erin2_ asz-szu a-hi-a-ti [(x)] | A tablet of a man, his father, troops with his brothers |
| 5 | a-na zimbir{ki} it-tu-[ur] | to Sippar returned |
| 6 | ki-ma ra-bu-ti-ka qi2-[bi] | Say to your great divinity: |
| 7 | {disz}an-pi4-{d}a-a szu-a-ti szu#-bi-lam-ma | Send to me that Anpi-Aya |
| 8 | a-na {d}iszkur-ma-an-szum2 x [x (x)]-szu | to Adad-manšum |
| 9 | li-ip-qi2-du-[szu]-ma | may they appoint him, and |
| 10 | a-na babila2{ki} x [x x (x)] | to Babylon |
| 11 | {disz}{d}marduk-[mu-ba]-li2-it, x x [(x)] | Marduk-muballiṭ |
| 12 | _ku3-babbar igi-sa2_ [x x (x)] at-ta# [x x (x)] | You are the one who sees silver ... |
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