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MARV 3, 64 (P281939)
Letter, Middle Assyrian, Assur · c. 1400 BCE–1000 BCE
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| Designation | MARV 3, 64 |
|---|---|
| ID | P281939 |
| Museum no. | VAT 08863 |
| Collection | Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Middle Assyrian · c. 1400 BCE–1000 BCE |
| Genre | Letter |
| Find spot | Assur (mod. Qalat Sherqat) |
| Coordinates | 35.4557, 43.2611 |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | ⸢a⸣-[na ...] | “If he goes out into the open country |
| 2 | u₃ [...] | and ... |
| 3 | ⸢qi₂⸣-[bi-ma] | it is an eqībi |
| 4 | um-ma {m}{⸢d}ba-bu⸣-[ŠEŠ-SUM{na}ma] | Thus says E22dbābu-ēreš-iddina: |
| 5 | a-na {m}AN-ki-i-a-⸢bi-ia {lu₂}AŠGAB⸣ | To Ankiya-ebiya, the šangû-official |
| 6 | qi₂-bi-a ma-a 1{ni-a-te} {kuš}šu-⸢hu-pa⸣-te | Say to me: “One pair of shoes |
| 7 | ša aš-šu-ra-a-[ia]-⸢a⸣-ta u₃ 1{ni-a-te}⸢ma⸣ | From Assyrian and 1st |
| 8 | {kuš}šu-hu-pa-te ⸢ša ku⸣-ut-mu-⸢ha⸣-ia-⸢a-ta⸣ | šuḫupātu-garments of Kutmu-Ḫaya-Eata |
| 9 | da-li-ih e-pu-uš | to be frightened was done |
| 10 | ṭup-pa a-na pa-ni-šu ⸢si-si⸣-a | A tablet before Esisia |
| 11 | u₃ še-bu-te a-na pi-i-šu | and šebūtu for his mouth |
| 12 | šu-uk-na ⸢šum-ma i⸣-qa-bi-a-ku-nu | If he says to you |
| 13 | ma-a ⸢ta-hap-šu a-na {kuš}šu⸣-hu-pa-te | He said: “The tahapšu-plant for the eḫupatu-vessels |
| 14 | ša aš-⸢šu⸣-ra-[ia]-⸢a⸣-ta la-aš₂-šu | There is no Assyrian. |
| 15 | ta-hap-ša ⸢i+na⸣ pi-ti GAL sa-pi-e | You rub (them). Ina-e-īde is the opening of the chief of the sapwort. |
| 16 | le-⸢qi⸣-a hu-ra-ta ma-⸢aš₂-ki 1 BAN₂⸣ | “Let me take (them) away! From the road, I will bring them to you. 1 seah |
| 17 | i-ba-⸢aš₂-ši-u₂⸣-ni le-qi-a | Take what there is to take. |
| 18 | ṣu-⸢ur⸣-[ra] ⸢di⸣-na-ni-šu | His šūmur priestess |
| 19 | ar-[hiš₂] ⸢le-pu-uš⸣ | |
| 20 | x [x] x [i+na] ⸢a⸣-la-ki-ia | ... in my elapsing |
| 21 | [...] ⸢ad⸣-da-na-ku | ... I am the father-in-law |
| 22 | [...]-⸢ka⸣-an ⸢ri⸣ x [...] | ... the ean, the eri |
| 23 | [...] x x [x x] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 24 | [...] tu ša ⸢pi⸣-[ti] | ... of the extispicy |
| 25 | [...] ša da-an-na-⸢at⸣ | ... who is everlasting |
| r | ||
| 26 | [a-na sa]-⸢re⸣-e-ni qi₂-bi-a | Speak to Sarēni. |
| 27 | [ma-a ...] x MEŠ ṣa-ar-⸢hu⸣-[te] | saying: “... šār-eḫûte |
| 28 | I₃ x [x] DU₁₀.GA la ⸢tu⸣-[ra-aq-qa] | good ... oil, not to be poured out |
| 29 | ma-a [i]+⸢na⸣ {giš}ŠIM-MEŠ x [...] x | saying: “When will the cypress trees |
| 30 | ki-⸢am-ma⸣ ša-al-ma-a-[... A]-⸢MEŠ⸣ | (Sum) It is the place of the šalma temple (Akk) The place of ... temples |
| 31 | i-ka-[ṣu]-u₂-ni x [...] x | he smote |
| 32 | i+na ka-ṣa-e u₃ za [x x x] ⸢e⸣ | with beer and ... e’e |
| 33 | a-na {giš}⸢ŠIM⸣-MEŠ DU₁₀.GA-MEŠ ta-ta-ba-ak | To the good ēšû-trees you have poured. |
| 34 | a-na MUNUS-MEŠ ša i+na pi-ti | For the women who in the responsibility |
| 35 | {m}sa-re-e-ni i-la-ma-da-ni | Sarēni and Ilamadani |
| 36 | qi₂-bi-a ma-a ṣa-la-te a-ki-šu-ma | Speak to me, thus: |
| 37 | la tu-ga-[am-mi-ra] ma-a mu-ra-qi-u₂-ti-ki-na | Do not abandon me, (saying): “Your servants |
| 38 | li-im-⸢da⸣ [ma]-a šum-ma ⸢ta⸣-tu-ra | May he return! If he returns |
| 39 | ṣa-⸢al⸣-[ta] ta-sa-da-ar-ʾa | you will rub (them) with a paste |
| 40 | u₃ a-di [al-la]-ka-ni | and until I come |
| 41 | mu-ra-qi-u₂-ta la la-am-da | who has not been seized, |
| 42 | ma-a la-ba-⸢na-ti⸣-ki-na | saying: “You are not yours,’ |
| 43 | u₂-na-ka-⸢as⸣ u₃ a-na | he shall remove, and to |
| 44 | {m}sa-re-e-⸢ni⸣ qi₂-bi-a | Šarēnî speak! |
| 45 | ma-a šum-ma ta-[sa-da]-ar ṣa-al-[ta] | “If you are to recite the incantation three times |
| 46 | tak₂-di-ri x [...] x x | (Sum) ... ... (Akk) The takdīru priestess |
| 47 | {munus-meš}mu-ra-[qi-a-te] x | female lambs |
| 48 | [...] x x x [...] | |
| l.e. | ||
| 49' | {iti}hi-bur [U₄] 20KAM₂ li-mu | Month Hibur, 20th day, eponymy of Nabû-šarru-uṣur. |
| 50' | {m}{d}a-[šur]-KAM | Adad-ereš |
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