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VS 22, 83 (P373405)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Babylon · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | VS 22, 83 |
|---|---|
| ID | P373405 |
| Museum no. | VAT 13169 |
| Collection | Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Letter |
| Find spot | Babylon (mod. Bābil) |
| Coordinates | 32.5350, 44.4258 |
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 {munus}uq-ni-tum-ma | Thus Uqnitum: |
| 4 | {d}utu {d}marduk {d}inanna u3 {d}na-na-a sza ib-[nu-u2-ka] | Šamaš, Marduk, Inanna and Nanaya, who created you |
| 5 | asz-szu-mi-ia da-ri-isz _u4_-mi | As for me, forever |
| 6 | be-li2 ka-ta li-la-ab-bi-ru | My lord, may they cross over from your mouth. |
| 7 | [i]-na# szu-ul-mi u3 ba-la-t,i li-it-ta-ar-ru-ka | May they keep you in well-being and life! |
| 8 | ki-i a-wa-tum-ma it-ti a-hi-ti-ka | When a word with your brother |
| 9 | ze2-e-ep-ka la il-li-kam | Your sweet one did not come, |
| 10 | szu-bu-ul-ta-ka ki-ma na-ga-al-li#-i | Your šubultu is like a nagallû-demon. |
| 11 | a-na me-e ta-as-su2-uk | to water you have poured, |
| 12 | a-na sza-al-lu-rum al-li-ik-ma | I went to the šallum-office and |
| 13 | pa-nam u2-ul u2-sza-ar-szi-a-am# | he shall not make it known to her. |
| 14 | um-ma szu-ma i-na _i3-gesz#_ it-ti-ia | Thus says he: with oil with me |
| 15 | u2-ul tap-pa u3 asz-szum sze-e a-sza-al-szu-ma | I will ask him about the barley and |
| 16 | um-ma a-na-ku-ma sze-um ki ma-s,i i-na tup-pi2-ia | Thus (says) I: “How much barley did I have on my tablet? |
| 17 | lu-usz-pu-ur-szum pa-nam u2-ul id-di-nam | I shall write to him, but he has not given me a name. |
| 18 | _1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 zid2-da_ szu-zu-bu id-di-nam | 1 ban2 5 sila3 flour he gave. |
| 19 | um-ma szu-ma _1(ban2) zid2-da_ ka-asz-szu-u2 | Thus (says) he: 1 ban2 of fine flour is yours. |
| 20 | _1(ban2) sze_ x x x x u2-szu a-na-ad-di-na-ak# x | 1 ban2 of barley ... I shall give to him ... |
| 21 | DISZ isz? sza li#-[...] x [...] | If ... of ... ... |
| 22 | u3 x [...] | and ... |
| 23 | a-na x [...] | to ... |
| 24 | x [...] | |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | _dumu_ x [...] | son of ... |
| 2 | a-na-ku u2-ul [...] | I am not |
| 3 | u3 mi-in-di-dingir x [...] | and Iddin-ilum |
| 4 | um-ma szu-ma _2(barig) 4(ban2) sze_ szu-pu-x [...] | Thus he: 2 barig 4 ban2 of barley ... |
| 5 | a-na mu-uh2-hi _1(barig) 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3_ a-ba-ah-szi-ni | on top of 1 barig 1 ban2 5 sila3 Abahšini |
| 6 | u3 sze-e sza szu-s,i2-im# ma-am-ma | and the barley of the harvest, nobody |
| 7 | _1(disz) sila3 sze_ u2-ul id-di-nam | 1 sila3 of barley he did not give |
| 8 | _ugula dam-gar3_ mi-in-di-dingir u3 szu-mu-um-li-ib-szi | foreman of merchants: Iddin-ili and Šumum-libši |
| 9 | u2-us,-s,a-ru-ma i-le-eq-qu2-u2 | they shall guard, and they shall take. |
| 10 | ia-a-ti ki-ma _i7_ ha-bu-u2 | my own like the Habû canal |
| 11 | la-mu-ni-in-ni a-he-e it-ta-na-al-la#-ku-nim-ma | “Let me go to the other side, and |
| 12 | i-na mu-uh2-hi-ia u2-sza-ar-ha-ru | they shall remove from my account. |
| 13 | 1(disz) {dug}al-lu#-ha-ru sza _i3-nun-na_ | 1 jar of butter oil |
| 14 | um-ma szu-ma _3(ban2) i3-nun-na_ um-ma a-na-ku-ma | Thus (says) Šū: 3 ban2 of butter, thus I: |
| 15 | mu-ud-da-nim u2-ul im-du-dam | The spouse did not marry. |
| 16 | u3 _1(ban2) 6(disz) sila3 i3-gesz_ se-er-du-um | and 1 ban2 6 sila3 of sērdum oil |
| 17 | um#-ma a-na-ku-ma mu-ud-da-nim | Thus I, the spouse |
| 18 | u2-ul im-du-du-nim hu-nu-u2 | They did not go out, they were smitten. |
| 19 | u3 an-nu-u2 ki!-ma ka-an-ku-ma sza-[at,-ru] | And this is written as a sealed document. |
| 20 | ar-ki-ka-ma ARAD2-ku-bi sza _ugula masz2-[szu-gid2-gid2_] | After you, Warad-Kūbe, belonging to the foreman of the diviner. |
| 21 | sza ma ni u2-ki-in-nam 3(disz) [...] | who firmly established his own name, 3 |
| 22 | x x x x sza ul x ia x [...] | ... not ... |
| 23 | [x x x] x BI ia na x x [...] | ... ... |
| 24 | [x x] x ID ma u2-pa-AD x [...] | ... the river ... |
| 25 | [x] na#?-pi2-isz-tum a x x x [...] la x [...] | ... life(?) |
| left | ||
| 1 | i-na ba-ru#-[tim] sza#-li-im-tim la-ma me-e at-la-kam | In the distant past, in the distant future, I was not able to drink water. |
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