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BATSH 4, 08 (P282642)
Middle Assyrian, Dur-Katlimmu · c. 1400 BCE–1000 BCE
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| Designation | BATSH 4, 08 |
|---|---|
| ID | P282642 |
| Museum no. | NMSDeZ 03293 |
| 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' | [...] | |
| 2' | [...] | |
| 3' | x [...] | |
| 4' | x x [...] | |
| 5' | x [...] | |
| 6' | x [...] | |
| 7' | ša x [...] | of ... |
| 8' | a-na [...] | to ... |
| 9' | it-ta [...] | With ... |
| 10' | EN a-na [...] | lord to |
| 11' | a-na {iri}si-⸢na⸣-[nu ...] | to Sînanu |
| 12' | ša hu-ra-[di ...] | of the road ... |
| 13' | hu-ra-⸢du⸣ [...] | Huradu’e |
| 14' | a-di {iri}si-[na-nu ...] | as far as Sinanu |
| 15' | u₃ ta-lu-x [...] | and ... |
| 16' | šu-ub-ri-[u₂ ...] | The šubrû |
| 17' | u₃ ni-e-[nu ...] | and the people ... |
| 18' | {giš}MA₂-MEŠ [...] | The boats |
| 19' | al-ta-x [...] | I ... |
| 20' | li-iš-pi-[...] | May he |
| 21' | šu-up-ra u₃ [...] | Send and |
| 22' | at-ta-lak ⸢li-iš⸣-[...] | I went, eliš-e... |
| 23' | šum₂-ma ⸢ša⸣ {lu₂}NAGAR-MEŠ la-a ⸢ši⸣ [x x] ⸢pa-ni⸣ [x x] EN-ia li-ib-ni-u₂ | If a carpenter’s house is not an ešî-house (or) a ...-house my lord may build. |
| 24' | li-il-li-ku-u₂-ni {giš}MA₂-MEŠ le-pu-šu | they should come and make boats. |
| 25' | iš-tu EN na-ma-ši-šu 5 lim ERIN₂-MEŠ i+na pa-ni hu-ra-di ⸢ik⸣-[tu-uš-du]-⸢ni⸣ | From the lord of the nāšu-demon 5 thousand troops before the ḫuradu-priest |
| 26' | an-nu-tu URU li-il-bi-u₂ u₃ an-nu-te a-na {iri}bi-⸢ra⸣-[te] | These cities should be built, and these to Bīrāte |
| 27' | lu-u₂-še-be-er ki-i i+na URU la-a še-ṣu-e u₃ URU la-a [še]-⸢lu-e⸣ | If he does not dwell in the city, he will not enter the city. |
| 28' | aš₂-šum₂ A-MEŠ ša EN iš-pu-ra-a-ni A-MEŠ u₄-ma la-a a-⸢ba-ta-aq⸣ | Concerning the water about which my lord wrote to me, I will not be able to clear the water today. |
| 29' | A.ŠA₃-MEŠ-šu-nu li-iṣ-pu-u₂ ša-am-mi a-na pi-i {giš}MA₂ GAL | May they release their fields. That is according to the wording of the great boat |
| 30' | e-li-u₂-ni u₄-ma A-MEŠ a-ba-ta-aq el-la-nu-šu-nu | When I have poured water, I will surpass them. |
| 31' | i-pal-li-su a-na 5 U₄-MEŠ hu-ra-du | He will pay back in five days. |
| 32' | a-na {iri}[BAD₃]-kat-li-mu i-qar-ri-ba(SU) A-MEŠ a-ba-ta-⸢aq⸣ | to Dūr-Katlimmu he shall march. The water I have poured out |
| 33' | lu A-MEŠ ša hi-ri-ṣi u₃ lu na-qu-ri gab-bu e-⸢ṣu⸣ | or the water of the irrigated area and the naquru-water, all the ešbû-vessels |
| b.e. | ||
| 34' | ERIN₂-MEŠ A.SIG₅ 1 lim i+na pi-tu-ia us-bu | 1 thousand good men stayed in my responsibility. |
| 35' | ARAD-ka la-a u₂-še-ṣu-⸢šu⸣ la-a ul-te-ṣi-u₂-šu-⸢ma⸣ | Your servant, I will not let go out, I shall not let it go out. |
| 36' | i-da-šu a-ṣa-bat x [x] x ⸢il-la-ka⸣ x x | I will give him. I will seize ... of Elaka’e |
| 37' | šum₂-ma a-di EN x [x x ...] | If until the lord ... |
| r | ||
| 38' | aš₂-⸢šum₂⸣ ERIN₂-MEŠ DUMU-MEŠ SIG₅ ⸢u₃⸣ ERIN₂-MEŠ ša {giš}TUKUL-MEŠ ša [x] x-ni | As for the troops, the good sons, the troops of the weapons of |
| 39' | di-ku-u₂-ni ṣa-ab-bu-tu-ni ša EN iš-pu-ra-an-ni | What my lord wrote to me: |
| 40' | ma-a al-ta-ta-pa-ra-šu-nu u₃ ki-i [x x x x x x] x | "I have sent them, and if ...... |
| 41' | ša EN-ia a-ia-a-tu a-ba-tu-šu [x x x x x x x x] | of my lord, my words ...... |
| 42' | aš₂-šum₂ ⸢DUMU⸣-MEŠ SIG₅ de-ku-u₂-te EN iš-tu ul-x x x x x x | If the good ēšû-priests are seized, the lord from |
| 43' | x x-na-an a-na EN-ia it-ti-din i+na [pa-ni DUMU-MEŠ SIG₅] ⸢de-ku-te⸣ | he gave to my lord. In front of the good sons of the Dekute |
| 44' | mi-im-ma in-ni-pa-aš₂ ša x x [x] x-MEŠ-[šu]-nu | whatever he has done their s |
| 45' | e-⸢le⸣-u₂-ni a-na pa-ni EN-ia [x x] x [x x] x | ... before my lord ... |
| 46' | GAL-MEŠ ša {kur}kar-du-ni-aš₂ u₃ DUMU-MEŠ SIG₅ [x x x x]-šu-nu | the chiefs of Karduniaš and the good sons |
| 47' | ki-i-mu an-nu-te ma-za-al-ta i-ṣa-bu-⸢tu a-na-ku⸣ x x x x-⸢su⸣ | Just as these ... I am ... ... |
| 48' | aš₂-šum₂ {m}DINGIR-pa-da ARAD-ka ša ⸢EN iš-pu-ra-an-ni⸣ [ma-a] | Concerning Ilī-padâ, your servant of E’el, who wrote to me: |
| 49' | me-e-tu šu-ut DINGIR ša EN-ia qa-⸢as-su iṣ-ṣa⸣-[ba-at] | The dead one of the god of my lord is seized by his hand |
| 50' | ki ib-ta-al-ṭa it-te-be i+na E₂-su x x [x x x x x] | When he has redeemed himself, he will leave his house ....... |
| 51' | a-na ba-a-be la-a ⸢uṣ⸣-ṣa-a ša-ar-⸢ku⸣ u₃ x x [x x x x x] | to the gate not to enter, the šāku-priest and |
| 52' | il-lu-ku-ni el-la-an ⸢E₂ ša-ar-ki-šu⸣ x [x x x x] | They went up to the house of the šarikušu-priest |
| 53' | it-tab-ši ša-nu-te-ia x x x x [x x x x x x] | has seized those of mine ...... |
| 54' | ERIN₂-MEŠ šu-ub-ri-u₂ a-na {iri}ni-ih-ri-⸢a⸣ x [...] | The Šubrian troops to Nihri-ea |
| 55' | hu-bat ṣe-ri ša {iri}ni-ih-ri-a ih-[tu]-⸢ub⸣-[tu ...] | he conquered the enemy land of Nihriya |
| 56' | ha-me ša {iri}ni-ih-ri-a u₃ {iri}pa-nu-⸢a⸣ [...] | The people of the cities Nihriya and Panu'ea |
| 57' | mi-im-ma [...] | All that |
| 58' | ub-ru {kur}ha-at-ta-iu-u₂ i+na pi-ti EN-⸢ia⸣ [...] | The Hittite envoy, from the responsibility of my lord |
| 59' | 1 LU₂-šu li-iš-pu-ra i+na qa-x-x [...] | Let him write to me, in ... |
| 60' | a-na {iri}ku-ma-hi u₃ {kur}i-šu-a lu-⸢u₂⸣ [...] | to Kummaḫi and his land may I go out |
| 61' | i+na GIR₃-MEŠ-šu 1 su-ti-e x [...] | With his feet 1 Sutean ... |
| 62' | ⸢li⸣-il-li-ik a-na i-ša x [...] | Elī-illik to ... |
| 63' | ⸢u₃⸣ qa-su-nu [...] | The “house-of-the-mound-demons, their hands |
| 64' | [ṭe₂]-⸢em⸣ qi₂-bi-te ša ub-[ri ...] | The command of the en priestess |
| 65' | ⸢u₃⸣ mi-im-ma [...] | “Ea, whatever |
| 66' | DUMU-MEŠ ši-ip-ri-ia ša a-na [...] | My messengers who to |
| 67' | [u₂]-te-ru-u₂-ni ṭe₂-e-[ma it-ta-ab-lu-ni ...] | they have returned, and they have brought ... |
| 68' | [x]-te DUMU-MEŠ ši-ip-⸢ri⸣-[ia ...] | ... the sons of Šip-eriya |
| 69' | [x x] [...] | |
| l.e. | ||
| 1'' | [...] ša su-ti-e ša še-am a-na {kur}ha-ni-gal-bat | ... of the Sutian, of the mountain to Hanigalbat |
| 2'' | [...] x-tu EN-ia it-tal-ku-ni EN ar-hi-iš | ... my lord, they came to me quickly. |
| 3'' | [...] ⸢it⸣-tal-ku-ni ki-i bi-ra-tu <a-na> ba-ra-e | (Sum) ... when you enter, like a lion, he will not come out (Akk) When you enter ..., when you leave, you will not go out |
| 4'' | [...] | |
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