Unread Atlas
VS 22, 90 (P373412)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Babylon · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
Open in the reader & map →See it among all tablets
| Designation | VS 22, 90 |
|---|---|
| ID | P373412 |
| Museum no. | VAT 19414 |
| 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)
From Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched)
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 i-ba#-asz-szu#-u2 | ... there is |
| 2' | [...] x BU sza _{gesz}ma2 gid2-da_ sza nibru{ki} | ... of the long boat of Nippur |
| 3' | isz#?-ri#?-iq#?-szu _abul_-am u2-sze-s,i-szu-ma | the city wall he erected for him and |
| 4' | {disz}bur-{d}iszkur _ra2-gaba_ a-hi | Bur-Addu, the courier, his brother |
| 5' | i-na nibru{ki} is,-ba-as-su2-ma# | in Nippur seized him, and |
| 6' | {disz}{d}marduk-a-bi i-na qa2-tim# i-t,e4-er-szu-ma | Marduk-abī wrote him in the hand, and |
| 7' | a-na szar-ra-qa2-ni-szu-ma ip-qi2-is-su2 | to his kingship he appointed him. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | {disz}na?-bi-i3-li2-szu _dumu_ {d}suen-i-ri-im-szu | Nabi-ilīšu, son of Sîn-irim̄ḫu |
| 2 | _sag-ARAD2_ sza i3-li2-e-ri-ba-am _dumu_ a-ha-ti-ia | slave of Ilī-eribam, son of Ahatiya |
| 3 | isz-ri-iq _abul_-am u2-sze-s,i-ma | the city wall he had brought out, and |
| 4 | i-na nibru{ki} i-na bi-ti-szu in-na-me-er# | in Nippur, in his house he made it surpassing. |
| 5 | [ki]-a#-am iq-bi-a-am | thus said |
| 6 | [x x] ARAD2 x x x ki#-ma# [...] | ... servant ... like ... |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
Cite the original edition and translator. Page generated by Unread Atlas from the public corpus export of 2026-10-18.