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BATSH 4, 03 (P282637)
Middle Assyrian, Dur-Katlimmu · c. 1400 BCE–1000 BCE
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| Designation | BATSH 4, 03 |
|---|---|
| ID | P282637 |
| Museum no. | NMSDeZ 03818 |
| 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)
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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 {<m>}{d}a-šur-i-din ⸢EN-ia⸣ | Ašur-iddin, my lord, |
| 2 | ṭup-pi₂ {m}{d}30{mu}SIG₅ ⸢ARAD-ka⸣ | Tablet of Sîn-mudammeq, your servant. |
| 3 | ul-ta-ka-in a-na ⸢di⸣-na-⸢an⸣ | I do obeisance. |
| 4 | EN-ia at-ta-lak | I have gone to my lord. |
| 5 | aš₂-šum₂ ki-ta-e ša ⸢URU⸣ {kur}ha-a-ni | If the lower side of the city hall of Hanu |
| 6 | al-ta-par₂ ṭe₂-ma il-te-qi-u₂-ni | I have written to you, but they have taken it. |
| 7 | e-re-bi-u₂ la-a e-⸢ku⸣-ul | (Sum) I am the one who does not enter (Akk) I do not enter |
| 8 | a-[na-i]-ni la-a e-ṣi-id | why did he not measure it out? |
| 9 | ma-a la-a ba-aš₂-la-at il-tap-ra | “There is nothing, he has written to me. |
| 10 | ma-a 1 lim 5 ME ERIN₂-MEŠ na-ak-ru | "1 thousand 5 hundred enemy troops |
| 11 | i+na {kur}ha-su-u₂-me pa-hi-ir | in Hasume he received. |
| 12 | ma a-ie-e-ša-mi e-ma-qa(PA-)tu(ṬU-)u₂-ni | saying: “Ayešami, I am awe-inspiring |
| 13 | la-a ud-da ma-a-na ma-a-na {iri}ni-ih-ri-a | “In the future, as many as there will be, as much as Nihriya, |
| 14 | ma-a-na ma-a-na URU {kur}ha-a-ni ma-a-na ma-a-na ši-di | “How much, how much is the city of Ḫani? How much is my road? |
| 15 | {id₂}ha-bu-ri a-na ma-qa-te | the Ḫaburi canal to the ditches |
| 16 | ma-a la ⸢ud⸣-da | saying: “It is not the day |
| 17 | a-na-ku a-na {iri}a-mi-mu | I to Amimu |
| 18 | ⸢at-tal-ka⸣ su-ti-⸢e⸣ | Attalka and Sutî |
| b.e. | ||
| 19 | x x x ⸢qe⸣ | [... e]qê-plant |
| 20 | x x [x x]-ma {id₂}su-⸢ub-na-at⸣ | and the Euphrates |
| r | ||
| 21 | ZA x x x-RI-hu-a | ...-rihua |
| 22 | u₃ nu-ha-ia x x ⸢ha⸣-ad-da | and Nuḫaya |
| 23 | ha-bi-i-qa ṭe₂-ma bi-la-⸢an⸣-ni | “Habiqa, you are the one who makes me rise up. |
| 24 | aš₂-šum₂ ERIN₂-MEŠ ša EN{li} iš-pu-ra-ni | Concerning the troops about whom my lord wrote to me |
| 25 | ma-a 50 ERIN₂-MEŠ a-na ma-ṣar-te-ia | “50 people for my eunuchs |
| 26 | šu-up-ra | Send! |
| 27 | ERIN₂-MEŠ gab-bu ur-ki ba-la-a-ṭe₂ | All the troops entrusted with the protection |
| 28 | i-ta-par₃-ku la-a i+na {iri}aš₂-šu-ka-ni | they have sinned, not in Ašukanni |
| 29 | u₃ la-a i+na {iri}a-mi-mu LU₂{⸢ut-ta⸣} | and not in Ammīmu, the ēribta-official |
| 30 | a-mur e-na-ma ša {iri}de-er | Look! When the city of Der |
| 31 | ša EN{li} a-na ša-ha-a-li iq-bi-a-ni | of the lord to the šaḫalu said to me |
| 32 | i+na la-a ERIN₂-MEŠ la aš₂-hu-ul | Without troops I will not be destroyed. |
| 33 | aš₂-šum₂ ERIN₂-MEŠ-ma ša {iri}ša-lu-ša | If the troops of Šaluša |
| 34 | ša la-a u₂-na-me-ša-ni il-mi-il-⸢ta⸣ | who cannot be changed, Ilmil-etâe |
| 35 | e-ri-šu(DU) an-nu-u₂-tu i-ta-⸢še⸣-ru-ni | This is what he has written to me. |
| 36 | 10 U₄-MEŠ an-na-a-te il-⸢mi⸣-il-tu-šu-nu | ten days they have elapsed |
| 37 | lu-pa-ši-i-šu ig-ri-šu-⸢nu lim-hu⸣-ru | May they release his sins, may they be released. |
| 38 | ⸢a-na⸣ KASKAL la x (x) x i-še-ru-u₂-⸢ni⸣ x x x | (If) he does not ... the road |
| 39 | u₄-ma u₂-ta-me-ša-ma ki an-nu-u₂-tu | If he requests it, as follows: |
| 40 | ⸢ša⸣ il-mi-il-tu-šu-<nu> a-na ⸢pa-šu-še⸣ | “Its ilmiltû-plants to the pšu’e-plant |
| t.e. | ||
| 41 | ⸢ša⸣ EN x x x gab-bu | All the lords |
| 42 | i-⸢lu-ku⸣-ni-ma | he will go out, and |
| l.e. | ||
| 43 | i-ka-šu-du | he will conquer |
| 44 | {iti}ku-zal-lu U₄ 5KAM₂ | Kuzallu, 5th day, |
| 45 | li-mu {m}i+na-{d}a-šur-MU-aṣ-bat | Eponymy of Ina-Assur-šumu-aṣbat. |
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