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TLB 04, 002 (P368701)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | TLB 04, 002 |
|---|---|
| ID | P368701 |
| Museum no. | LB 1864 |
| Collection | de Liagre Böhl Collection, Netherlands Institute for the Near East, Leiden, The Netherlands |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Letter |
| Find spot | Lagaba (mod. uncertain) |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1 | a-na a-wi-il-esz18-dar qi2-bi2-ma | Speak to Awīl-ištar |
| 2 | um-ma {d}nin-si4-an-na-ma-an-szum2-ma | Thus Ninsiana-manšum: |
| 3 | {d}utu u3 {d}marduk da-ri-isz u4-mi li-ba-al-li-t,u2-ka | May Šamaš and Marduk keep you alive forever! |
| 4 | asz-szum s,u2-ha-ri-ia sza qa2-ti {disz}be-ta-a | Concerning my ṣuharīyu of the hand of Etâ, |
| 5 | {disz}be-ta-a ig-re-e asz-szum _geme2_ asz-szu-mi-ia-li-ib-lu-ut, | Etâ the slave girl concerning the slave woman Ašumiya-libluṭ |
| 6 | di-ib-ba-tum ma-at-tum i-li-a-am-ma | “The word of the land is a flood’s affliction, |
| 7 | {disz}be-ta-a i-di _dumu-mesz_-sza i-da-ab-bu-um-ma | Etâ knows her sons, and |
| 8 | pa-ni-ia u2-da-an-ni-in-ma pa-ni-sza u2-ul u2-bi-il | (Sum) She gave birth before me, but I did not give birth before her (Akk) I gave birth to before her, but she did not make it before her |
| 9 | ki-ma ni-it,-li-ia it-ti-sza ad-bu-ub | I shall speak with her as my niṭillīyu. |
| 10 | ki-a-am aq-bi-szi-im um-ma a-na-ku-u2-ma | I said to her thus: "I am |
| 11 | a-hu-ni s,e-eh-rum asz-sza-tam u2-ul a-hi-iz-ma | “My brother, I did not have a wife, and |
| 12 | {disz}sag-gi-ia a-bu-ni asz-sza-tam u2-sza-hi-is-su2 | Saggiya, his father, a wife gave him |
| 13 | i-na-an-na _dumu-mesz_-szu ib-ta-aq-ru-ni-a-ti | now his sons have entrusted to me |
| 14 | szum-ma da-ba-bu-um an-nu-u2-um la t,a-ba-ak-ki-im-ma | If this matter is not pleasing to you, |
| 15 | _dumu-mesz_-ki i-na ta-hi-isz-ti-ki la i-da-ab-bu-bu | your sons shall not argue with you. |
| 16 | at-ti-ma la ta-da-ab-bu-bi-ma | You, do not speak, and |
| 17 | a-na pa-ni-ki la tu-usz-za-az-zi-ni-[a]-ti# | Do not stand before me! |
| 18 | ni-nu u3 _dumu-mesz_-ki a-na _di-ku5-mesz_ i ni-is-ni-iq | We and your sons to the judges we shall cut off. |
| 19 | a-wa-ti-ni li-mu-ru-ma | may they see our words |
| 20 | szum-ma sza sag-gi-ia i-qi2-sza-an-ni-a-szi-im-ma | § 2: If my head is smashed, |
| 21 | _dumu-mesz#_-szu le-qu2-u2-um ka-szi-id | his sons may he take. He shall be successful. |
| 22 | _di-ku5-mesz_ i-qa2-ab-bu-ni-a-szi-im | judges shall say to us: |
| 23 | _geme2_ nu-ta-a-ar i-na a-wa-a-tim | a slave woman shall not return. In the words |
| 24 | u2-us,-s,i2-ir-szi-ma | he made her enter, and |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | a-na la da-ba-bi-im a-an-nam usz-ta-as,-s,i2-szi | Why did he keep her away? |
| 2 | mi-im-ma la ta-na-az-zi-iq | You shall not raise a claim. |
| 3 | ki-ma la na-za-qi2-ka e-ep-pu-usz | He will do it as if it were not yours. |
| 4 | u3 {d}marduk-mu-sza-lim is-sa3-an-qa2-am | and Marduk-mušallim has plundered |
| 5 | t,e4-ma-am an-ni-a-am ma-ah-ri-szu a-sza-ak-ka-an | I will give this report before him. |
| 6 | u3 at-ta ar-hi-isz at-la-kam-ma | And you, quickly I will come and |
| 7 | la-ma {d}marduk-mu-sza-lim a-ia-i-sza-am-ma isz-ta-ap-ru# | Before Marduk-mušallim he had written to me, |
| 8 | i ni-ig-mu-ur-szi-na-ti | we shall kill them. |
| 9 | ki-ma ti-du-u2 na-pi2-isz-tam u2-ul i-szu | Like a tidû-demon he has no life. |
| 10 | i-na t,u2-bi-ia usz-ta-ma-ar-ra-as,-ma | (Sum) He smote me with my kindness, and (Akk) With my kindness he struck me, and |
| 11 | _4(iku) GAN2 u2-sal_ sza a-na i-di-ka e-ep-pe2-esz | a field of 4 ikû of meadow, which he will do for your rent |
| 12 | ki-ma ti-du-u2 _a-sza3_-um e-pe2-szi | like a tīdû field to cultivate |
| 13 | u3 a-na _e2-duru5_ ga-bi-ba{ki} qe2-re-bi | and to the village of Gabiba inside |
| 14 | a-na i3-li2-szu-ul-li-ma-an-ni u2-ul t,a-ab-ma | It is not good for Ilī-šullimanni. |
| 15 | u2-sze-pi2-sza-an-ni-ma _1(iku) GAN2 a-sza3_ | he had made for me and 1 iku of field |
| 16 | a-na ip-qu2-{d}sza-la ad-di-in | I gave to Ipqu-Šala. |
| 17 | i-na t,u2-ba-tim-ma _a-sza3_-am szu-a-ti | in good fortune that field |
| 18 | la e-pe2-sza-am {disz}ip-qu2-{d}sza-la szu-ud-ki | Ipqu-Šala, your servant, |
| 19 | ri-ip-qa2-ti-szu szu-du-ud-ma | his obligations be established, and |
| 20 | sza ma-na-ha-ti-szu a-na-ku a-ap-pa-al-szu | I will look at him with regard to his rations. |
| 21 | ki-ma a-na-ku e-ep-pe2-szu qi2-bi-szum | When I do it, say to him: |
| 22 | szum-ma ni-t,i3-il-szu qa2-qa2-dam | If his niṭil-gift is to be placed, |
| 23 | sza sze-pi2-it _u2-sal_ sza te-pu-szu li-pu-usz | of the footing of the grass that you did, may he do. |
| 24 | _4(iku) GAN2 a-sza3_ szu-a-ti u2-ul ta-sza-ad-da | 4 iku of that field you shall not assign. |
| 25 | u2-ul tu-sze-pe2-sza-an-ni-ma | you did not send me, and |
| 26 | it-ti-ka e-ze-en-ne | with you, the sheep |
| left col 1 | ||
| 1 | szum-ma i-na ki-na-tim ta-ra-am-ma-an-ni la tu-usz-ta-ha-ma | If you love me in truth, do not fear, and |
| 2 | li-ib-bi la i-ma-ar-ra-s,a-ak-kum | (Sum) My heart does not pacify your heart (Akk) I do not calm your heart |
| 3 | _a-sza3_-am szu-a-ti i-na qa2-tim ki-il-la-asz-szu-ma | that field in the middle of his hand |
| 4 | la a-na-az-zi-iq | I shall not be negligent. |
| left col 2 | ||
| 1 | t,e4-em-ka | your report |
| 2 | szu-up-ra-am | send! |
Sources & licences
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