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VS 19, 71 (P281848)
Middle Assyrian, Assur · c. 1400 BCE–1000 BCE
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| Designation | VS 19, 71 |
|---|---|
| ID | P281848 |
| Museum no. | VAT 16375 |
| Collection | Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Middle Assyrian · c. 1400 BCE–1000 BCE |
| Find spot | Assur (mod. Qalat Sherqat) |
| Coordinates | 35.4557, 43.2611 |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618)
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) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | a-na {m}bal-<ti>-li-bur EN-ni | To Balti-libūr our lord. |
| 2 | ṭup-pi₂ {m}{mu}SIG₅-{d}a-šur | Tablet of Mudammiq-Assur. |
| 3 | ⸢u₃⸣ {m}i-gar-še-me-ed ARAD-MEŠ-ka | Igaršemed, your servants |
| 4 | nu-ul-ta-ka-in a-na di-na-an | We do obeisance. Give it to me! |
| 5 | EN-ni ni-ta-lak | our lord, we went. |
| 6 | a-na EN-ni {giš}GIGIR-šu ANŠE.KUR.RA-MEŠ-šu | To our lord his chariot and his horses |
| 7 | u₃ pa-he-te ša EN-ni lu šul-mu | May the province of our lord be well. |
| 8 | an-na-ka a-na ERIN₂-MEŠ kaš-ši-e | Here to the Kassite troops |
| 9 | ša i+na {iri}kal-hi us-bu-ni šul-mu | who dwells in Kalḫu, well |
| 10 | {m}{d}UTU-KAR it-tal-ka i+na U₄ 4KAM₂ | Šamaš-ēṭir came. On the 4th day |
| 11 | KURUM₆{ta} it-ti-din 1 šu-ši 6 ANŠE 3 BAN₂ 7.5 SILA₃ ŠE | 6 homers 3 seahs 7.5 qû is the ration. |
| 12 | 14 ERIN₂-MEŠ ša EN-ia ša 1 ITI U₄-MEŠ | 14 people of my lord for 1 month of days |
| 13 | ni-ta-ha-ar a-na E₂ ha-ši-me | We have received it and will return it to the house of the witnesses. |
| 14 | ni-ta-ba-ak ši-pa-si-ni | We have smashed our windows. |
| 15 | ni-ta-ha-aṣ la ni-di-na-šu-nu | We have fought, but we have not given them. |
| 16 | ki-i ša EN-ni | as our lord |
| 17 | i-ša-pa-ra-ni | will send to me |
| b.e. | ||
| 18 | šu-nu 1 SILA₃-TA.AM₃ | They are 1 qû each |
| 19 | 2 SILA₃-TA.AM₃ i-la-qu-u₂-ni | They will take two qû each. |
| r | ||
| 20 | e-ku-lu la ba-ri-u₂ | they will eat, unrenewable |
| 21 | UZU 2{šu} iš-tu {iri}ni-nu-a | 2nd meat from Nineveh |
| 22 | it-tab-lu-ni la i-di-nu-na-ši | they brought, but they did not give to us. |
| 23 | ERIN₂-MEŠ mar-ṣu-tu i-ba-aš₂-ši | There are dead troops. |
| 24 | ne-re-ṭi₃ lib₃-bi e-ri-šu | the rites of the heart, his desire |
| 25 | MUN la-aš₂-šu aš₂-šum₂ KURUM₆{at} | There is no salt because of the ration |
| 26 | ERIN₂-MEŠ ša ITI an-ni-e | The troops of this month |
| 27 | ša mah-ru-u₂-ni | which before him |
| 28 | ni-da-na-šu-nu-u₂ | we shall give them. |
| 29 | ki-i ša ṭe₂-mu-ni EN{li} | As you have heard, the lord |
| 30 | li-iš-pu-ra | may he write |
| 31 | i+na lib₃-bi 3 ME 50 ERIN₂-MEŠ | From among 350 people, |
| 32 | ša ŠU EN-ia 4 LU₂-MEŠ ša₂-KIN | From the charge of my lord. 4 messengers |
| 33 | 2 LU₂-MEŠ tal-me-du | 2 young men, |
| 34 | 3 LU₂-MEŠ per₂-su 2 LU₂-MEŠ ša₂-GABA | 3 weaned men, 2 male baby goats |
| 35 | 4 MUNUS-MEŠ ša₂-KIN | 4 females, delivery |
| 36 | 1 MUNUS-MEŠ tal-me-tu 4 MUNUS-MEŠ per₂-su | 1 female kid, 4 weaned girls, |
| 37 | ŠU.NIGIN₂ 19 ERIN₂-MEŠ ša {iti}kal-mar-te | A total of 19 people of Kalmartu |
| 38 | me-tu-ni ERIN₂-MEŠ an-nu-tu | These men are dead. |
| t.e. | ||
| 39 | mar-ṣu-tu ša ŠA₃ {giš}MA₂ | The boatman's debt |
| 40 | DUG lu ŠE LU₂ la i-di-nu | They have not given a pot or a man's hand. |
| env | ||
| 1 | a-na {m}bal-ti-li-bur EN{li}ni | to Balti-libūr our lord |
| 2 | ṭup-pi₂ {m}{mu}SIG₅-{d}a-šur x | Tablet of Mudammeq-Assur |
| 3 | u₃ mi-gar-še-me-di ARAD{di}ka | and Igaršemedi, your servant |
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