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VS 22, 89 (P373411)

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 13155

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
  beginning broken
1'. [x x x] x x x [...]
2'. [x x x]-ak-ka-an x [...]
3'. [x x x] ZI BU sze?-e? x [...]
4'. [u3?] _{gesz}ma2 gid2-da hi-a_ a-na# mu# [...]
5'. ta-ab-lam ni-di a-hi la ta-ra-asz-[szi]
6'. _um-mi-a_ i-na mu-uh2-hi-ka la iz-za-a-az
7'. u3 na-ap-li-is-ma isz-tu _{gesz}ma2-gur8 hi-a_
8'. la re-di-a-ka ki-ma ta-asz-pu-ra
9'. sze-am sza _1(u) ma-na ku3-babbar_ i-di-in
10'. i-na _iri_ ba-s,i2{ki} la te-ze-em-ma
11'. a-na is,-s,u2-ur sza-me-e
12'. la ta-za-ar-ru
reverse
1. le-u2 u3 la le-u2 il-li-kam
2. at-ta a-di i-na-an-na a-na mi-nim
3. ra-ma-an-ka la tu-de-ek-ki-ma
4. an-ni-tam a-na pa-ni ra-ma-ni-ka ta-asz-ku-un
5. ta-at-ta-ap-la-as2 mu-u2 _i7_
6. i-te-ez-bu gi-me-er u2-de-e-ka#?
7. a-na mi-nim ta-ad-di-in-szum#?
8. [ma]-ah#-ri-i sza tu-sza-[...]
9. [x x x] x x x [...]
  rest broken
left
1. [...] _ma#?-na ku3-babbar-ta_ i-il-la-ku

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Consult word list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: VS 22, 89

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

  • history: AoF 10 (pp. 49-63), 059-060

    [Kraus1983AoF10] Kraus, Fritz R., and Horst Klengel. 1983. “Spat-Altbabylonische Briefe Aus Babylon (VS 22: 83-92).” Altorientalische Forschungen 10: 49–63.

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  • Museum No.: VAT 13155
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  • Provenience: Babylon (mod. Bābil)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-09-23 at 16:03:07 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2018-06-17 at 10:22:50 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, 89 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P373411.
VS 22, 89 artifact entry (No. P373411). (2024, September 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P373411 (Original work published 2007)
VS 22, 89 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P373411 (Accessed: April 22, 2025).
@misc{2024VS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-04-22]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 23},
	title = {VS 22, 89 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P373411},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P373411},
}


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