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VS 22, 90 (P373412)

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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Text / annotations

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Chemical Data

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Museum Collection(s)

Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany

Museum Number

VAT 19414

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Babylon (mod. Bābil)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Letter

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Text

tablet
obverse
beginning broken
1'. [...] x i-ba#-asz-szu#-u2
2'. [...] x BU sza _{gesz}ma2 gid2-da_ sza nibru{ki}
3'. isz#?-ri#?-iq#?-szu _abul_-am u2-sze-s,i-szu-ma
4'. {disz}bur-{d}iszkur _ra2-gaba_ a-hi
5'. i-na nibru{ki} is,-ba-as-su2-ma#
6'. {disz}{d}marduk-a-bi i-na qa2-tim# i-t,e4-er-szu-ma
7'. a-na szar-ra-qa2-ni-szu-ma ip-qi2-is-su2
reverse
1. {disz}na?-bi-i3-li2-szu _dumu_ {d}suen-i-ri-im-szu
2. _sag-ARAD2_ sza i3-li2-e-ri-ba-am _dumu_ a-ha-ti-ia
3. isz-ri-iq _abul_-am u2-sze-s,i-ma
4. i-na nibru{ki} i-na bi-ti-szu in-na-me-er#
5. [ki]-a#-am iq-bi-a-am
6. [x x] ARAD2 x x x ki#-ma# [...]
rest broken

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

Collections

Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Letter
Language(s): Akkadian

Related publications

primary: VS 22, 90

[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), 060-061

[Kraus1983AoF10] Kraus, Fritz R., and Horst Klengel. 1983. “Spat-Altbabylonische Briefe Aus Babylon (VS 22: 83-92).” Altorientalische Forschungen 10: 49–63.
history: ADOG 25, A1, 48

[Pedersén2005ADOG25] Pedersén, Olof. 2005. Archive Und Bibliotheken in Babylon : Die Tontafeln Der Grabung Robert Koldeweys 1899-1917. Vol. 25. Abhandlungen Der Deutschen Orient-Gesellschaft.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: VAT 19414
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Babylon (mod. Bābil)
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Findspot Comments:
A1, 48

Chronology

Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2025-07-06 at 09:58:22	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-07-02 at 09:19:41	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-07-02 at 08:13:52	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-09-23 at 16:03:07	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2018-06-17 at 10:14:36	Jagersma, Bram	Transliteration	Jagersma, Bram	CDLI	Approved
2007-09-19 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	CDLI	CDLI	Approved

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Cite this Artifacts

“VS 22, 90 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 6, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P373412.

VS 22, 90 artifact entry (No. P373412). (2025, July 6). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P373412 (Original work published 2007)

VS 22, 90 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P373412 (Accessed: January 31, 2026).

@misc{2025VS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-31]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {jul 6},
	title = {VS 22, 90 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P373412},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P373412},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2025/7/6/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P373412
LB  - CDLI:P373412
M1  - 2026/1/31/
TI  - VS 22, 90 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P373412
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“VS 22, 90 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 6, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P373412.

VS 22, 90 artifact entry (No. P373412). (2025, July 6). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P373412 (Original work published 2007)

VS 22, 90 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P373412 (Accessed: January 31, 2026).

@misc{2025VS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-31]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {jul 6},
	title = {VS 22, 90 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P373412},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P373412},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2025/7/6/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P373412
LB  - CDLI:P373412
M1  - 2026/1/31/
TI  - VS 22, 90 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P373412
ER  -