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VS 22, 91 (P373413)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Babylon · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | VS 22, 91 |
|---|---|
| ID | P373413 |
| Museum no. | VAT 13127 |
| 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 ku-ru-u2-ma | thus Kurû: |
| 4 | _1(u) 2(disz) udu-nita2_ a-sza-am _ka-bar u8# udu# hi-a_ | 12 rams, straw, ewes, sheep and goats |
| 5 | sza a-qar-{d}na-bi-um a-na be-li2-ia | of Aqar-Nabium to my lord |
| 6 | u2-sza-ab-ba-lam | he shall make whole |
| 7 | _sza3-ba 2(disz) udu_ ak-ka-du-u2 | therefrom: 2 Akkadian sheep. |
| 8 | _4(disz) udu_ x x x u2 u3 _6(disz) udu_ ku-uk-ka-al-lum | 4 sheep of ... and 6 sheep of Kukkallum |
| 9 | _sza3-ba 1(disz) u8_ ZU-UB-tu u3 _2(disz) u8_ ku-uk-ka-a [1(disz)? ...] | therefrom: 1 ewe of the ZU-UB-tu and 2 kukkāyu-ewes, 1(?) ... |
| 10 | a-ri-a-tu | |
| 11 | _1(u) 2(disz) u8 udu hi-a_ it-ti a-qar-{d}na-bi-um | 12 sheep and goats with Aqar-Nabium |
| 12 | _sza3-ba 1(disz) udu ku-uk-ka-al x x [x] AZ-ZA | therefrom: 1 kukkal sheep ... |
| 13 | li-qe2-e-ma _1(u) 1(disz) udu_ [x] | take, and 11 sheep ... |
| 14 | a-na _e2_ i-na mu-szi szu-bi x | to the house in the night ... |
| 15 | ma-am-ma-an la i-la-am-ma-ad# | Nobody will ever take it away |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | ba-ru-tam a-na e-le babila2{ki} | to the upper city of Babylon |
| 2 | ni-ir-ta-AB-BI-IZ-ma | Nirta-ABBI-IZma |
| 3 | u2-ul sza-al-ma | is not there, and |
| 4 | ar-ki _u4_-mi _dingir_ i-na ba-ru-ti | After the day of the god in eternity |
| 5 | sza-li-im-tim it-ti a-qar-{d}na-bi-um | the second time with Aqar-Nabium |
| 6 | a-na babila2{ki} a-al-li-a-am | to Babylon he went |
Sources & licences
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