VS 22, 83 (P373405)

Letter tablet excavated in Babylon (mod. Bābil), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany

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Museum Collection(s)

Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany

Museum Number

VAT 13169

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Babylon (mod. Bābil)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Letter

Language(s)

Akkadian

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tablet
obverse
1. [a]-na# be-li2-[ia]
2. qi2-bi2-ma#
3. um-ma {munus}uq-ni-tum-ma
4. {d}utu {d}marduk {d}inanna u3 {d}na-na-a sza ib-[nu-u2-ka]
5. asz-szu-mi-ia da-ri-isz _u4_-mi
6. be-li2 ka-ta li-la-ab-bi-ru
7. [i]-na# szu-ul-mi u3 ba-la-t,i li-it-ta-ar-ru-ka
8. ki-i a-wa-tum-ma it-ti a-hi-ti-ka
9. ze2-e-ep-ka la il-li-kam
10. szu-bu-ul-ta-ka ki-ma na-ga-al-li#-i
11. a-na me-e ta-as-su2-uk
12. a-na sza-al-lu-rum al-li-ik-ma
13. pa-nam u2-ul u2-sza-ar-szi-a-am#
14. um-ma szu-ma i-na _i3-gesz#_ it-ti-ia
15. u2-ul tap-pa u3 asz-szum sze-e a-sza-al-szu-ma
16. um-ma a-na-ku-ma sze-um ki ma-s,i i-na tup-pi2-ia
17. lu-usz-pu-ur-szum pa-nam u2-ul id-di-nam
18. _1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 zid2-da_ szu-zu-bu id-di-nam
19. um-ma szu-ma _1(ban2) zid2-da_ ka-asz-szu-u2
20. _1(ban2) sze_ x x x x u2-szu a-na-ad-di-na-ak# x
21. DISZ isz? sza li#-[...] x [...]
22. u3 x [...]
23. a-na x [...]
24. x [...]
reverse
1. _dumu_ x [...]
2. a-na-ku u2-ul [...]
3. u3 mi-in-di-dingir x [...]
4. um-ma szu-ma _2(barig) 4(ban2) sze_ szu-pu-x [...]
5. a-na mu-uh2-hi _1(barig) 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3_ a-ba-ah-szi-ni
6. u3 sze-e sza szu-s,i2-im# ma-am-ma
7. _1(disz) sila3 sze_ u2-ul id-di-nam
8. _ugula dam-gar3_ mi-in-di-dingir u3 szu-mu-um-li-ib-szi
9. u2-us,-s,a-ru-ma i-le-eq-qu2-u2
10. ia-a-ti ki-ma _i7_ ha-bu-u2
11. la-mu-ni-in-ni a-he-e it-ta-na-al-la#-ku-nim-ma
12. i-na mu-uh2-hi-ia u2-sza-ar-ha-ru
13. 1(disz) {dug}al-lu#-ha-ru sza _i3-nun-na_
14. um-ma szu-ma _3(ban2) i3-nun-na_ um-ma a-na-ku-ma
15. mu-ud-da-nim u2-ul im-du-dam
16. u3 _1(ban2) 6(disz) sila3 i3-gesz_ se-er-du-um
17. um#-ma a-na-ku-ma mu-ud-da-nim
18. u2-ul im-du-du-nim hu-nu-u2
19. u3 an-nu-u2 ki!-ma ka-an-ku-ma sza-[at,-ru]
20. ar-ki-ka-ma ARAD2-ku-bi sza _ugula masz2-[szu-gid2-gid2_]
21. sza ma ni u2-ki-in-nam 3(disz) [...]
22. x x x x sza ul x ia x [...]
23. [x x x] x BI ia na x x [...]
24. [x x] x ID ma u2-pa-AD x [...]
25. [x] na#?-pi2-isz-tum a x x x [...] la x [...]
left
1. i-na ba-ru#-[tim] sza#-li-im-tim la-ma me-e at-la-kam

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Consult word list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: VS 22, 83

    [Klengel1983VS22] Klengel, Horst. 1983. Altbabylonische Texte Aus Babylon. Vorderasiatische Schriftdenkmäler Der Staatlichen Museen Zu Berlin 22. Berlin: Akademie-Verlag.

  • history: Kraus, Fritz R., AoF 10 (1983) 049-052,

    [sec99312] N.d.

  • history: Wilcke, Claus, Figurative language (1987) 100-101,

    [sec99313] N.d.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: VAT 13169
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  • Provenience: Babylon (mod. Bābil)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-03-09 at 12:32:19 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Gacia, Veronika; Sallaberger, Walther Vegetable Oils and Animal Fats in Early Urban Societies of Syro-Mesopotamia Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2018-06-18 at 01:54:47 Jagersma, Bram Atf Jagersma, Bram CDLI approved View
2018-06-14 at 03:00:17 Jagersma, Bram Atf Jagersma, Bram CDLI approved View
2007-09-19 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“VS 22, 83 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 9, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P373405.
VS 22, 83 artifact entry (No. P373405). (2023, March 9). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P373405 (Original work published 2007)
VS 22, 83 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P373405 (Accessed: April 18, 2024).
@misc{2023VS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-04-18]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {mar 9},
	title = {VS 22, 83 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P373405},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P373405},
}


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