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VS 22, 89 (P373411)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Babylon · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | VS 22, 89 |
|---|---|
| ID | P373411 |
| Museum no. | VAT 13155 |
| 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 x x] x x x [...] | |
| 2' | [x x x]-ak-ka-an x [...] | ... ... you ... |
| 3' | [x x x] ZI BU sze?-e? x [...] | ... barley ... |
| 4' | [u3?] _{gesz}ma2 gid2-da hi-a_ a-na# mu# [...] | and a long boat for a year |
| 5' | ta-ab-lam ni-di a-hi la ta-ra-asz-[szi] | You will bring the nīdi and the aid, but you will not bring it to an end. |
| 6' | _um-mi-a_ i-na mu-uh2-hi-ka la iz-za-a-az | my mother on your account shall not stand. |
| 7' | u3 na-ap-li-is-ma isz-tu _{gesz}ma2-gur8 hi-a_ | and a reed bundle, and from the barge |
| 8' | la re-di-a-ka ki-ma ta-asz-pu-ra | When you wrote me, |
| 9' | sze-am sza _1(u) ma-na ku3-babbar_ i-di-in | barley of 10 minas of silver he gave. |
| 10' | i-na _iri_ ba-s,i2{ki} la te-ze-em-ma | in the city of Baṣi do not listen, and |
| 11' | a-na is,-s,u2-ur sza-me-e | to the heavens, |
| 12' | la ta-za-ar-ru | do not slander, |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | le-u2 u3 la le-u2 il-li-kam | “Let him go, let him not go!’ |
| 2 | at-ta a-di i-na-an-na a-na mi-nim | You, until now, what |
| 3 | ra-ma-an-ka la tu-de-ek-ki-ma | Do not abandon your love, and |
| 4 | an-ni-tam a-na pa-ni ra-ma-ni-ka ta-asz-ku-un | You have placed this in the presence of your love. |
| 5 | ta-at-ta-ap-la-as2 mu-u2 _i7_ | you will wipe clean. The name of the canal |
| 6 | i-te-ez-bu gi-me-er u2-de-e-ka#? | (Sum) The one who rages(?) at the reed screen(?) of your ... (Akk) You are the one who is raged at(?) the “foetus of the ude tree(?) |
| 7 | a-na mi-nim ta-ad-di-in-szum#? | Why did you give him? |
| 8 | [ma]-ah#-ri-i sza tu-sza-[...] | The older one, whom you ... |
| 9 | [x x x] x x x [...] | |
| left | ||
| 1 | [...] _ma#?-na ku3-babbar-ta_ i-il-la-ku | ... minas of silver they shall weigh out. |
Sources & licences
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