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VS 22, 88 (P373410)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Babylon · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | VS 22, 88 |
|---|---|
| ID | P373410 |
| Museum no. | VAT 13104 + VAT 13154 |
| 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 a-bi#-[ia] | to my father |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-[ma] | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma ARAD2-{d}bu-ne#-[ne-ma] | thus Warad-Bunene: |
| 4 | {d}utu u3 {d}marduk asz-szu-mi-ia a-[bi ...] | Šamaš and Marduk my father |
| 5 | lu sza-al-ma-ta lu ba-al#-[t,a-ta] | Be it pure or pure, |
| 6 | _dingir_ na-s,i-ir a-bi-ia re-esz da#-[mi-iq-ti] | O god, guardian of my father, foremost of good fortune, |
| 7 | li-ki-il# | may he bind. |
| 8 | a-na szu-lum a-bi-ia asz-pu-ra-am# | for the well-being of my father I sent. |
| 9 | szu-lum a-bi-ia ka-ta ma-har {d}utu u3 {d}[marduk] | The well-being of my father is yours before Šamaš and Marduk |
| 10 | lu da-ri | may it be forever! |
| 11 | asz-szum _ku3-babbar_ sza ma-har sza-al-lu-rum | Concerning the silver before Šallum |
| 12 | sza a-bi ka-ta u2-na-ah-i-du-ka | (Sum) The one of the father who bore you (Akk) That which the father bore you |
| 13 | ha-am-szi-szu asz-pu-ur-szu-um-ma | I wrote to him, and |
| 14 | _ku3-babbar_ u2-ul# u2-sza-bi-lam | he did not pay the silver. |
| 15 | isz-[tu? ki?]-a-am _ku3-babbar_ um#-mi-a-ni | After the silver of our mother |
| 16 | IG x [...] | ... ... |
| 17 | _u4_-ma-at _ku3-babbar_ x [...] | The day of the silver ... |
| 18 | i-na-an-na ki-a-am [isz-pu-ra-am] | Now then he wrote me as follows: |
| 19 | sza-ap-ti ku?-ru#-[u2 esz-me-ma] | I heard the šaptu-song of the kurû-priest. |
| 20 | _ku3-babbar_ u2-sza-ab-ba#?-[...] | he will pay back the silver |
| 21 | an-ni-tam isz-pu-ra-am | this he wrote to me. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | u2-ul sze-am u2-ul _ku3-babbar_ e-li-ia | did not barley or silver against me |
| 2 | ma-am-ma i-szu-ma | nobody has |
| 3 | asz-szu#-mi#-ia [x x x] x ru#-ba [...] | Concerning me ... ... |
| 4 | i-na li-ib-bi#-im# x x x x [...] | In the heart ... ... |
| 5 | s,a-bi-it i-na-an-na tup-pi2#? | Now, the tablet |
| 6 | a-na a-bi-ia ka-ta usz-ta-bi#-[lam] | To my father I have sent a message. |
| 7 | u3 tup-pi2 a-na sza-al-lu-rum usz-ta#-[bi-lam] | and I have sent a tablet to Šallum. |
| 8 | a-bi at-ta e-si-ir-szu-ma | You, my father, smote him, and |
| 9 | _1/3(disz) ma-na ku3-babbar_ szu-ud-di-in-szu-ma | 1/3 mina of silver he gave him, and |
| 10 | {disz}ARAD2-esz3-esz3 _nagar_ szu-bi-lam | Abdi-ereš, the carpenter, brought it. |
| 11 | _ku3-babbar_ i-na ku-nu-uk-ki-ka lu ka-ni-ik | May the silver be sealed with your seal. |
Sources & licences
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