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BATSH 4, 02 (P282636)
Middle Assyrian, Dur-Katlimmu · c. 1400 BCE–1000 BCE
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| Designation | BATSH 4, 02 |
|---|---|
| ID | P282636 |
| Museum no. | NMSDeZ 03439 |
| Collection | National Museum of Syria, Der-ez-Zor, Syria |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Middle Assyrian · c. 1400 BCE–1000 BCE |
| Find spot | Dur-Katlimmu (mod. Tall Shekh Hamad) |
| Coordinates | 35.6463, 40.7436 |
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}{d}a-šur-i-din EN-⸢ia⸣ | Ašur-iddin, my lord |
| 2 | ⸢ṭup⸣-pi₂ {m}{d}30{mu}SIG₅ ARAD-ka | A tablet of Sîn-mudammeq, your servant. |
| 3 | ul-ta-ka-in a-na di-na-an EN-ia ⸢at⸣-ta-lak | I do obeisance, I go ever as a substitute for my lord. |
| 4 | ur-ki ERIN₂-MEŠ ša {iri}kar-ga-mis ša in-na-bi-du-ni | After the troops of Kargamis that they had given to me |
| 5 | ⸢a-na⸣ {iri}du-un-ni-{d}a-šur at-ta-lak | I went to Dunni-Assur. |
| 6 | ERIN₂-MEŠ ša {iri}du-ni-{d}a-šur du-un-ni-a {giš}GI iš-⸢tu⸣ | The troops of Dunni-Asur, my support, the reed bed |
| 7 | ši-id-di ID₂ ul-ta-aṣ-bi-it ša {iri}du-ni-{d}da-gal | I crossed the river and crossed the Dūni-Dagal canal |
| 8 | mi-šal-šu-nu {iri}si-ir-da mi-šal-šu-nu-ma | They are well; the city Sirda is well; |
| 9 | a-na er-re-te ša {iri}tu-tu-ul iš-tu {iri}gi-il-ma | to the troops of Tutul from Gilma |
| 10 | a-di {iri}du-ni-{d}da-gal ul-ta-aṣ-bi-it | as far as Dunni-Dagal he has taken |
| 11 | mi-še-er-⸢ta am⸣-ta-šar 2 U₄-MEŠ at-ta-ṣa-ar | I went up from the mountain (and) two days I sat down |
| 12 | mi-im-ma [la-a]-⸢mur⸣ kib-sa ša 1 ME 50 ERIN₂-MEŠ | All that I did not see. Total of 150 people. |
| 13 | i+na {<uru>}⸢gi-il-ma⸣ a-ta-mar u₂-ma-kal i+na pa-ni-ia pa-ni | I saw in the city Gīl-ma’e and he fed (them) to me. |
| 14 | a-na {e₂}qa-qi-ri ta-ri-iṣ a-na pa-ni ma-a-te e-tab-ra | to the qaqiru-house he returned and into the presence of the land he entered. |
| 15 | ša EN{li} iš-pu-ra-ni ⸢ma⸣-a ERIN₂-MEŠ {iri}aš₂-šu-ka-na-iu-u₂ | As to what my lord wrote me, the troops of Assyria |
| 16 | ur-ki-šu-nu a-na-i-ni la-a il-li-ku BURU₁₄-šu-nu | Why haven't they come? Their harvest |
| 17 | BUR₅-MEŠ e-ta-kal ur-ki el-me-el-te e-ta-ak-lu | He eats the bread, he drinks the pure afterwards. |
| 18 | i+na URU ma-am-ma la-aš₂-šu 50 ERIN₂-MEŠ kaš-ši-u₂ | In no city there are 50 Kassite troops. |
| 19 | lu-u₂ li-ṭu lu-u₂ sa-bu-tu-tu u₃ 50ma ERIN₂-MEŠ | Let them be taken out, let them be seized, and let 50 men |
| 20 | šu-ub-ri-u₂ li-ṭu-ma i+na URU us-bu | May the šubrû-demon stay and dwell in the city. |
| 21 | a-na ma-ṣa-ar-te-ma ša URU a-i-lu-tu la-aš₂-šu | There is no ailutu priestess in the city. |
| 22 | ERIN₂-MEŠ ki-i in-na-bi-du-ni i+na mu-še ba-ra-re-ma | When they brought the troops, he was not present in the night. |
| 23 | it-ta-ṣu i+na na-ma-re a-na UGU-ia a-na {iri}a-[mi-mu] | on the day of the disappearance of the moon to me, to Amimu |
| 24 | u₄-mu ma-ši-il ṭe₂-ma it-tab-lu-ni | “At that time, you were able to carry out the tasks, but they carried them away. |
| 25 | a-na-ku i+na pa-ni ṭe₂-me pa-ni-a-ku a-na {iri}te-er-[qa] | I, in the presence of the messenger, before you, to Terqa |
| 26 | e-ṣa-da a-na ša-aṣ-bu-te at-ta-[lak] | I went down to the mountains. |
| 27 | ṭe₂-ma ur-⸢ki⸣-ia iš-tu {iri}a-mi-mu a-na {iri}te-[er-qa] | If Ur-Eia from Amimu to Terqa |
| 28 | it-tab-lu-ni qa-ra-ba-ta-an at-[ta-lak (x x)] | I went to the quay |
| 29 | a-na {iri}kar-ga-mis aq-ti-ri-ib {m}gab-be-[x x x] | I approached Kargamis. Gabbe- |
| 30 | u₃ {m}{d}IŠKUR-ke-na-šal-lim DUMU ke-en-DINGIR [x x x (x)] | and Adad-kēna-šallim son of Kên-ilum |
| 31 | [x (x)] it-ta-ṣu KI.UŠ-šu-nu [x x x x] | ... they have taken their place ... |
| 32 | [x x] x MU KU ša {iri}kar-ga-⸢mis⸣ [x x x x] | ... of Karga-emiše |
| b.e. | ||
| 33 | [x x x x] ša x x [...] | ... of ... |
| 34 | [...] x x x [...] | |
| 35 | [...] ⸢ki⸣ [...] | ... E-e- |
| 36 | [...]-x-⸢du-ni⸣ [...] | ...-duni’e |
| 37 | [...] x [...] | |
| 38 | [...]-ta-x x [...] | ... ... |
| 39 | [...] x [...] | |
| r | ||
| 40 | ša EN{li} iš-pu-ra-ni ma-a [ṭe₂-ma ša su-ti-e] | As to what my lord wrote to me: “You know that the Suteans |
| 41 | šu-up-ra su-ti-u₂ i+na KUR x [...] | Send Sūtiu! In the land ... |
| 42 | la-a ša-ak-nu 1 {lu₂}su-ti-u₂ na-ar-[x x x x x] | are not there. One man ... |
| 43 | i+na {iri}sah-la-li u₂-de-šu ša-kin a-⸢na⸣ [x x x x] | In Saḫalu he made a treaty. |
| 44 | al-ta-par₂-šu ṭe₂-ma il-te-qe [x x] | I have written to him and he has taken ... |
| 45 | ma-a na-ah-sa-nu iš-tu SAG {iri}a-ra-zi-[qi₂ x x x] | "the naḫsānu from the capital of Araziqi |
| 46 | {iri}ku-ma-hi a-di {iri}eš-pi-ru-a ša x x x | Kummaḫi as far as Ešpirua of |
| 47 | ma-a i+na {iri}ma-ri-na ša KUR{e} pu-hur-šu-nu ip-tu-hu-ur | He said: “In Mari, the city of the land, their settlements have become dilapidated. |
| 48 | ma-a ša-am-na pa-ni-a-ma ša na-aš₂-pa-ar-šu | He said: “It is him who is torn out before me |
| 49 | ib-tu-qu-ni ma-a 2 DUMU-MEŠ-šu id-du-ku | They said: "They killed his two sons." |
| 50 | ma a-na šu-a-šu-ma ⸢a-na⸣ ša-am-nu-ti-šu ut-ta-e-ru-ni | “As for him, he has returned his possessions. |
| 51 | ma-a {m}a-na-MU-ia-{d}IŠKUR {lu₂}za-i-ru u₂-šab | “Ana-šumīya-Adad the herdsman will enter,’ |
| 52 | ma-a pa-ni ṭe₂-mi-šu-nu i-da-gal ṭe₂-ma i-ša-ku-nu-uš | “The face of their news is wide, the news is that they are coming to you. |
| 53 | i-na-am-mu-ša ṭup-pa ša EN-ia | The tablet of my lord |
| 54 | {m}si-qi-{d}PAP.SUKKAL na-ši ma a-na-i-ni mu-ul-la-e | Sīqi-Papsukkal was present, saying: “Why did you turn away from me?' |
| 55 | ša ERIN₂-MEŠ u₃ ANŠE-MEŠ hal-qu-te ša {kur}da-me-a-ie-e | of the lost troops and donkeys of the Demeans |
| 56 | la-a tu-ma-al-li ANŠE-MEŠ um-ta-al-li | You did not fill, the donkeys filled. |
| 57 | mul-la-e ša ERIN₂-MEŠ la-a i-ma-gu-ru a-na ma-ha-re | The mullā’e-offerings of the troops will not be set up in the presence |
| 58 | i+na {iri}aš₂-šu-ka-ni a-na EN-ia iq-ti-bi-u₂ | In Ašskān they said to my lord: |
| 59 | ma-a mul-la-e ša ERIN₂-MEŠ ba-lu EN-ni la ni-ma-har | "We have not received the payment of the troops without our lord's permission." |
| 60 | ma-a ni-lak EN-ni ni-ša-a-al ki-i ša i-qa-bi-a-na-ši-ni | "Let us go, our lord, and as he commands us, let us go!" |
| 61 | aš₂-šum₂ {<m>}ṣe-eh-ri DUMU {m}mu-ta-<kil₂>-{d}AMAR.UTU | If Bērī, son of Mutakkil-Marduk |
| 62 | ša EN{li} iš-pu-ra-ni ma-a i+na {iri}{d}a-šur | As to what my lord wrote to me: "In Assur |
| 63 | e-ta-az-bu-ni-šu al-ta-par₂ il-te-qe-u₂-ni-šu | I have written to him and they have taken him. |
| 64 | i+na {iri}aš₂-šu-ka-ni u₂-uš-<šab> a-na {m}{d}MAR.TU-SAG | In Assyria he will serve, to Amurru-ašarēd |
| 65 | uk-ta-il-šu a-na ma-ha-ri-ia la-a ⸢im-gur⸣ | He has bound him, in my presence not to imgur-tree |
| 66 | ma-a bi-il-tu dan-na-at | saying: “The debt is severe. |
| t.e. | ||
| 67 | {iti}{d}30 U₄ 20KAM₂ li-mu | Month Sîn, 20th day, eponymy of |
| 68 | {m}i+na-{d}a-šur-MU-aṣ-bat | Ina-Assur-šumu-asbat |
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