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BATSH 4, 04 (P282638)
Middle Assyrian, Dur-Katlimmu · c. 1400 BCE–1000 BCE
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| Designation | BATSH 4, 04 |
|---|---|
| ID | P282638 |
| Museum no. | NMSDeZ 03396 + NMSDeZ 03837 |
| 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 | To Assur-ēdin, 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. Give it to me! |
| 4 | EN-ia at-ta-lak | I have gone to my lord. |
| 5 | pa-ni {m}10PAP ki-i ANŠE.KUR.RA-MEŠ | before Adad-nāṣir, like horses |
| 6 | na-ṣu-u₂-ni e-te-qa-an-ni | he brought, he appointed me. |
| 7 | ur-ki-te-⸢šu⸣ na-ak-ru a-na {iri}har-be | Urkite-šû, enemy, to Harbe |
| 8 | im-tu-qu-ut ša 5 {giš}MAR.GID₂.DA-MEŠ | they fell. Of 5 wagons |
| 9 | GU₄-MEŠ il-te-qe 10 ERIN₂-MEŠ i-⸢du⸣-[uk] | He took the oxen and killed 10 people. |
| 10 | GU₄-MEŠ ša {giš}nam-šar-⸢ra-a-te⸣ [il-te-qe] | He took the oxen of the namšar-rāte-priests. |
| 11 | mim-ma ša-nu-te-⸢ia⸣ [...] | All my possessions |
| 12 | iš-tu ha-x [...] | From ... |
| 13 | ka ša x [...] | The mouth of ... |
| 14 | i-ta-x-x-x [...] | ... ... |
| 15 | [x]-⸢il⸣-tu su-x x [...] | ... eiltu ... |
| 16 | [x x x] ul-ta ⸢hi⸣-u₂ [...] | ... from the steppe ... |
| 17 | [x x x x x] ⸢il⸣ [...] | ... el-e- |
| r | ||
| 1' | a-na-ku a-na {iri}x x x x x | I to the city |
| 2' | [u₄]-⸢ma⸣ la-li-ik 5 U₄-MEŠ lu-us-⸢bu⸣ | I want to go tomorrow and tomorrow for 5 days. |
| 3' | ⸢ha⸣-me li-iz-bi-lu-u₂-ni | may they bring. |
| 4' | ⸢al⸣-te-me-ma na-ak-ru i+na ⸢KUR⸣-[e] | The enemy in the Ekur temple |
| 5' | ⸢ma⸣-a-na ⸢ma⸣-a-na ši-di {id₂}⸢su⸣-ub-na-⸢at⸣ | “When he goes out, when he comes out, the river Subna-ēṭer |
| 6' | u₃ {id₂}sa-ru-u₂-a i-ma-⸢qu⸣-[ut] | and the Sarû river they shall pluck up |
| 7' | ha-me ⸢i⸣-ša-ra-ap aš₂-šum₂ an-⸢ni⸣-[te] | “Hamme, I want to utter an arap prayer to An |
| 8' | la-am-mu-uš | |
| 9' | pa-ni-ma EN{li} ⸢iš⸣-[pu-ra] | before the lord of the ešû-priest |
| 10' | ma-a-na ma-a-na {iri}sah-la-li [x x x] | “Mana, mana, Sahlalu ... |
| 11' | u₃ {iri}du-ni-{d}a-šur KASKAL-MEŠ ⸢le⸣-[qe] | and Dūni-Assur, the journeys |
| 12' | <ṭe₂>-ma šu-pur ma-am-ma lu la u₂-ṣa | Nobody should remove the fingernail of anyone |
| 13' | e-bu-ra la e-pu-šu | They did not build a house |
| 14' | tu-uh-ni u₃ I₃.GIŠ.ŠE | tuḫnu-flour and oil |
| 15' | si-ma-te le-ru-šu ša-da-aq-di-ma | “Standing-of-the-throat’ magic will be performed against him, and |
| 16' | i+na u₄-me an-nu-te e-nu-šu ur-ki-u₂ | On these days, the old ones will be taken out. |
| 17' | ma-am-ma ri-tu-šu la-a u₂-ma-li | No one shall remove his curse. |
| 18' | {iti}ku-zal-lu U₄ 22KAM₂ li-<mu> {<m>}i+na-{d}a-šur-MU-aṣ-bat | Month Kuzallu, 22nd day, eponymy of Ina-Assur-šuma-asbat. |
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