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BATSH 4, 12 (P282646)
Middle Assyrian, Dur-Katlimmu · c. 1400 BCE–1000 BCE
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| Designation | BATSH 4, 12 |
|---|---|
| ID | P282646 |
| Museum no. | NMSDeZ 03289 |
| 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-iddin, my lord |
| 2 | ṭup-pi {m}UR.SAG-{d}a-šur ARAD-ka | Tablet of Ursag-Assur, your servant. |
| 3 | ul-ta-ka-in a-na di-na-an | I do obeisance, I go ever as a substitute. |
| 4 | EN-ia at-ta-lak | I have gone to my lord. |
| 5 | aš₂-šum₂ {iri}lu-ub-di ša EN iš-pu-ra-ni | Concerning the city Lubdi about which my lord wrote to me |
| 6 | ⸢ma⸣-a ṭe₂-em {iri}lu-ub-di šu-up-ra | Send me news of Lubdi! |
| 7 | ki-i ša EN-ma us-bu-ni | like that of a lord established |
| 8 | ⸢mu-nab⸣-du ša i-na-bi-da-an-ni | “If he does not give me what I am asking for, |
| 9 | ma-a i+na 2 ITI U₄-MEŠ KURUM₆-su-nu | They said: “In 2 months their rations will increase.’ |
| 10 | tar-ti-ah ma-am-ma ṭe₂-ma taq₂-qu-na | (Sum) It is a storm, no one should approach (Akk) You are the storm, nobody should approach |
| 11 | la-a ⸢ub⸣-ba-la u₄-ma al-te-me | “It is not ebala,’ I heard today. |
| 12 | ⸢ma⸣-[a še]-⸢am⸣ a-na {lu₂}LUNGA-MEŠ | The brewers |
| 13 | [a-na ba]-⸢la⸣-a-li it-ta-an-nu | to Bālu-ēli-ali he has given. |
| 14 | [x x] x.MEŠ ša EN | ... of the owner |
| 15 | [iš]-⸢pu⸣-ra-an-ni | has written to me |
| 16 | [a-na] {iri}ni-nu-a ⸢at-ta-lak⸣ | to Nineveh I went |
| 17 | [x (x)]-⸢MEŠ⸣ e-⸢ta⸣-x-x | “The ... of the house, the house of ... |
| 18 | [a]-⸢na⸣-ku a-na UGU EN-ia | I shall speak to my lord |
| b.e. | ||
| 19 | ⸢al-ta⸣-ap-ra | |
| 20 | EN ṭe₂-em ⸢ARAD⸣-šu | owner of the property of his servant |
| 21 | li-iš-pu-ra | may he write |
| r | ||
| 22 | aš₂-šum₂ {m}HI-U-TAK₂-MI ša EN iš-pu-ra-an-ni | If Rība-taqqin about whom my lord wrote to me |
| 23 | ⸢ma-a⸣ [KURUM₆]-su ki-i x 1 ITI la ma-al-ʾa | his ration is as x times 1 month is not available |
| 24 | 3{šu⸣} a-na pa-ni LUGAL | 3 (men) in the presence of the king |
| 25 | [u₂]-qar-ra-ba-an-ni | he presented to me |
| 26 | ⸢ma-a⸣ u₄-um 8 BAN₂ NINDA 8 BAN₂ KAŠ KURUM₆ bi-la | Every day, 8 seahs of bread, 8 sutu of beer, ration of Bila |
| 27 | i+na ⸢pa⸣-ni-šu a-na E₂ e-ra-a-ba | in his chamber enter the house. |
| 28 | la-la-ʾe la-la-ʾe u₂-⸢uṣ⸣-ṣa ka-lu-mi-ia ka-lu-mi-ia | Lala, lala, eušešba, all of me! All of me. |
| 29 | i+na bir-ti KUR-MEŠ{ni} ⸢us⸣-ba-a-ku | between the lands I am the e’ušbâm-priest |
| 30 | nu-bat-ti a-na E₂ e-er-ra-ba | In the evening he will go back to the house. |
| 31 | EN ARAD-MEŠ-šu li-qa-a-al šum₂-ma um-za-ar-hu | Lord of his servants, may he praise. If a fugitive |
| 32 | i+na bu-bu-a-te ⸢la-a i-mu-ut⸣-tu-ni | “He will die of hunger in the cattlepen, |
| 33 | la-a i+na E₂ {lu₂}a-pi-e u₃ la i+na E₂ {lu₂}LUNGA-MEŠ | not in the house of the apsû or in the houses of brewers, |
| 34 | i-ba-aš₂-ši E₂-HI.A-MEŠ-šu-nu | are their houses |
| 35 | u₂-ta-še-ru a-na A.ŠA₃ it-ta-par₃-ku | they have redeemed and sent to the field. |
| 36 | aš₂-šum₂ gi-na-e {m}DI.KU₅-EN-E₂.KUR E₂ gab-ba | If the regular offerings of Dayyan-bēl-Ekur, all the houses |
| 37 | u₂-ṣa-ba-at ma-a pi sa-a-gi u₃ pi šap-⸢pe-te⸣ | He said: “The mouth of Saĝi and the mouth of Šap-ete’e |
| 38 | su-u₂-pa-tu še-ti-iq ar-hi-iš | “Suppātu-plant, a long-lasting reed |
| 39 | EN ki-i ša ṭe₂-mu-un-ni li-iš-pu-ra | May my lord write me as you have heard. |
| 40 | aš₂-šum₂ na-aš₂-per₂-te ša EN iš-pu-ra-ni | Concerning the letter that my lord sent to me |
| 41 | ⸢ma⸣-a-na-i-ni ⸢ma⸣-a-na-i-ni ṭe₂-em E₂ la ta-šap-pa-ra | “Why did you not write me the name of the house?’ |
| t.e. | ||
| 42 | ⸢e⸣-em na-aš₂-per₂-tu ⸢ša⸣ LUGAL tal-la-ka-ni | “It is the message of the king that you are coming. |
| 43 | ⸢na⸣-aš₂-per₂-ta a-na ⸢UGU⸣-ia u₂-še-ba-la | I sent a message to my house. |
| 44 | id-du-nu-u₂ la id-du-nu-u₂ | they will give, they will not give. |
| l.e. | ||
| 45 | EN{li} li-iš-pu-ra a-na-ku a-na [UGU] EN-ia | May my lord write to me. |
| 46 | ⸢u₂⸣-[še]-⸢ba-la⸣ {iti}ku-zal-lu U₄ 6KAM₂ | “Eše-balâ-e23 (month) Kuzallu, 6th day, |
| 47 | li-mu {m}i+na-{d}a-šur-MU-aṣ-[bat] | Eponymy of Ina-Assur-šumu-aṣbat. |
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