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MARV 4, 008 (P283013)
Letter, Middle Assyrian, Kar-Tukulti-Ninurta · c. 1400 BCE–1000 BCE
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| Designation | MARV 4, 008 |
|---|---|
| ID | P283013 |
| Museum no. | VAT 15493 |
| Collection | Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Middle Assyrian · c. 1400 BCE–1000 BCE |
| Genre | Letter |
| Find spot | Kar-Tukulti-Ninurta (mod. Tulul al-ʿAqir) |
| Coordinates | 35.4944, 43.2793 |
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 | to Assur-iddin |
| 2 | qi₂-bi-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma LUGAL EN-ka-ma | Thus says the king, your lord: |
| 4 | i+na na-⸢aš₂⸣-pe-er-ti-ka | In your supplication |
| 5 | ta-al-⸢ta⸣-ṭar tu-ul-te-bi-la | you have sent to me. |
| 6 | ma-⸢a⸣ {m}ṣil₂-li₂-{d}30 | Ma-ea-e3, Gili-Sin, |
| 7 | {m}da-an-nu-ta u₃ {m}{d}NUSKA-i-⸢din⸣ | Dannuta and Nusku-i-edina |
| 8 | {m}{⸢d⸣}[a]-⸢šur⸣-SAG a-na UGU EN-⸢ia⸣ | E-e-a-ešur-aṣa'i against Bēl-ēriya'e |
| 9 | ul-⸢te⸣-bi-la | I have sent back. |
| 10 | {⸢m}{d⸣}[a]-⸢šur⸣-SAG al-ta-a-⸢al⸣ | I have prayed to Ea-ešur-aṣi. |
| 11 | ⸢ma-a ERIN₂-MEŠ ša⸣ id-di-nu-ni | “Those troops whom they gave |
| 12 | a-le-e | Allû |
| b.e. | ||
| 13 | {m}{d}a-šur-SAG iq-ti-bi-a | Assur-ašarēd said to me: |
| 14 | ma-a {m}ṣil₂-li₂-{d}30ma | "Tilli-Sîn |
| 15 | it-ta-an-nu-ni | have given me, |
| 16 | ma-a {m}da-an-nu-ta | "Dannu |
| r | ||
| 17 | ⸢u₃⸣ {m}{d}NUSKA-⸢i⸣-[din] | the temple of Nusku-edin |
| 18 | la-a id-di-nu-ni | did not give me, |
| 19 | ta-at-ta-an-na-šu-u₂ | you have given to him |
| 20 | ⸢i+na hu⸣-li ⸢la-a ah-ta-ma-am⸣ | “I have sworn by the oath that I have not sinned against you. |
| 21 | ⸢u₂⸣-la-a la-a ta-ad-⸢di⸣-[in] | you did not give. |
| 22 | ⸢ki⸣-i ša ṭe₂-mu-un-ni | E-ki-e-i, which you have heard |
| 23 | ⸢šu⸣-up-⸢ra⸣ | |
| 24 | {m}⸢da⸣-an-nu-ta u₃ {m}{d}NUSKA-i-din | E22dae-annuta and Nusku-iddin |
| 25 | ⸢a-na {m}{d}a⸣-šur-SAG di-⸢in⸣ | to Aya-ešur-rēṣa, the judge, |
| 26 | ⸢a-na UGU-ia⸣ lu-ub-⸢la⸣ | I shall bring it to me. |
| 27 | {iti}mu-hur-⸢DINGIR-MEŠ⸣ U₄ 28KAM₂ | Month Muhur-ilāni, 28th day. |
| 28 | li-mu {m}sa-ar-ni-qu | Eponymy of Sarniqu. |
Sources & licences
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- 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) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
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