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VS 22, 85 (P373407)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Babylon · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | VS 22, 85 |
|---|---|
| ID | P373407 |
| Museum no. | VAT 13157 |
| 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' | x [...] | |
| 2' | ki-ma x [...] | Like ... |
| 3' | _abul_ babila2#[{ki} ...] | the city wall of Babylon |
| 4' | da-mi-iq-tam x [...] | (Sum) The good one ... (Akk) Good one .... |
| 5' | e-ma-a-sza tu-na-ah#-[...] | (Sum) The one who ... her breast(?) (Akk) Her breast(?), you ... its breast |
| 6' | sze-am sza _1(disz) 2/3(disz) ma-na ku3-babbar_ ID x [...] | barley of 1 2/3 minas of silver from the river ... |
| 7' | x ma?-la te ZI? du usz-ta x [...] | ... as much as ... |
| 8' | sze-am szu-a-tu _szuku_ x x x x UR a-hi-ti | That barley is a šuku-gift. |
| 9' | ma-la te-zi-bu sza na-da-ni ad-di-in-ma | I gave as much as was left of the gift, and |
| 10' | i-na li-ib-bi-ia i-ba-asz-szi | there is in my heart. |
| 11' | i-na _kaskal_-sza ma-ah-ri-ti _erin2_ ha-at-ti-i | on her earlier campaign the Hittite troops |
| 12' | a-na _ku3-babbar_ ta-ap-qi2-da-asz-szu-nu-ti-ma | for silver you have entrusted them, and |
| 13' | _u4_-mi-sza-am i-na _ka2 e2-gal_ u2-ma-al-lu#-u2-ni-in-ni | Every day at the gate of the palace they will fill me. |
| 14' | i-na-an-na asz-ti ARAD2-ku-bi sza _ugula masz2-szu-gid2-gid2_ | Now, the house of Warad-Kūbe, belonging to the foreman of the extispicy priest |
| 15' | a-na _2(disz) ma-na ku3-babbar_ sza ta-ap-qi2-da-asz-szu# | for 2 minas of silver that you gave him |
| 16' | _szu-i lugal_ i-na _e2 szu-tum_ | the king's hand in that house |
| 17' | i-ha-ma-ni | he shall weigh out. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | i-pa-du-ni-in-ni-ma | he appointed me, and |
| 2 | 3(disz) _u4_-mi kab-tum sza i-na _ka2_-ku-nu | 3 days of heavy rain which at your gate |
| 3 | ta-az-zi-zu | you stand. |
| 4 | u2-ul iz-zi-zu-nim | they did not stand. |
| 5 | _ugula dam-gar3_ iz-zi-za-am-ma | the foreman of merchants stood, and |
| 6 | u2-sza-s,i2-a-an-ni | he caused me to go out, |
| 7 | _1(u) gin2 ku3-sig17_ sza ir-ti-ka | 10 shekels of gold belonging to your servant |
| 8 | u3 _1(disz) 1/2(disz) ma-na ku3-babbar_ ma-ah-ri-szu | and 1 1/2 minas of silver before him |
| 9 | id-di-in-ma i-ta-pa-al-szu | he gave, and he asked him: |
| 10 | a-na ra-ma-ni-ka la te-eg-gu | Do not abandon your love! |
| 11 | szu-na-tu-ia da-an-na [x] | my limbs strong |
| 12 | ki-ma sza la-bi-ir-ti ID x [...] | Like that of old the river ... |
| 14 | ar-hi-isz a-na# x [...] | quickly to ... |
| 15 | i-na sza-li# [...] | In the middle of |
| 16 | x x [...] | |
| left | ||
| 1 | [...]-ia a-na _munus_ a-hi-ti it-ta-na-ab-ba-la-nim | ... my ... to another woman has carried away. |
| 2 | [...] x us,-s,i2-ir-ma ia-a-ti la tu-sa-ma | ... he will be guarded and you will not abandon me. |
| 3 | [...] x ki-a-ki li-isz-sza-ki-in | ... may he place ... there. |
Sources & licences
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