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TLB 04, 011 (P389445)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | TLB 04, 011 |
|---|---|
| ID | P389445 |
| Museum no. | LB 1012 |
| 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 ba-asz-ti-il3-e2-a-ba qi2-bi2-ma | Speak to Baštil-eaba, |
| 2 | um-ma {d}marduk-na-s,i-ir-ma | Thus Marduk-nāṣir: |
| 3 | mi-nu-um sza ki-a-am ta-asz-ta-na-ap-pa-ra-am# um#-ma# at-ta-ma | What else you keep sending me, thus you: |
| 4 | ma-am-ma-an sza qa2-be2-e-ia u2-ul i-pu-usz | Nobody has done anything against my command. |
| 5 | szu-ur-ru-u2-ma i-na pa-ni bi-ti-ia ta-az-za#-[az] | Return, and stand before my house. |
| 6 | re-sza-am i-na la-ga-ba{ki} ta-az-zi-iz-[ma] | the head in Lagaba stood, and |
| 7 | a-na _gu2 i7_ idigna as-su2-uh#-ka# | to the bank of the Tigris I removed you. |
| 8 | i-na-an-na a-na pa-ni bi-ti-ia ut-[ti-ir]-ka | Now then I have returned you to my house. |
| 9 | sza ki-ma ia-ti la i-ba#-[asz-szu-u2] | that like me there is none |
| 10 | lu-u2 _ARAD e2_ lu-u2 _geme2-mesz e2_ [lu-u2 _dumu]-mesz_ a-wi-[lim] | or a male or female servant of the house or slaves of the household or sons of a man |
| 11 | ta-na-at-tu ap-pa-tim ta-sza#-[ak]-ka#-an | You set up a reed screen. |
| 12 | _e2_ ku-ub-bu-tam u3 _e2_ qu2-lu-[lam] ta#-pa-a-ad | You will open the house of the kubbūtu-priest and the house where the lululam-festival takes place. |
| 13 | a-na ib-ni-{d}suen tup-pi2 u2-[sza]-bi-lam | to Ibni-Sîn the tablet he sent |
| 14 | a-na _ARAD geme2_ u3 _dumu-mesz_ a-wi#-[lim] sza# ta-sza-as-su2 | to the slave of the slave woman and the sons of a man who you have given |
| 15 | u2-ul u2-wa-ak-ka-al u3 x x x x ip-pa?-t,ar? | he will not be able to raise, and he shall release |
| 16 | asz-szum _gu4 hi-a_ sza ma-ah-ri-ka iz-za-az-zu | Concerning the oxen that stand before you, |
| 17 | u3 _gu4 hi-a_ sza {d}marduk-mu-sza-lim _dumu_ sag-gi-ia# | and the cattle of Marduk-mušallim, son of Saggiya |
| 18 | mi-it-ha-ri-isz sza-am-mi u3 _in-nu-da_ li-ku-lu | Together, the šammu and the innūdu may eat. |
| 19 | _1(disz) gu4 2(ban2) in-nu-da_ li-ku-ul | 1 ox, 2 ban2 of straw may he eat. |
| 20 | sza-am-mu mu-sza-am u3 ka-s,a-a-tam | The šammu-demon, the night-time and the cold-time, |
| 21 | i-na u2-re-e-em la ip-pa-ra-ka#-[a] | in the future he will not release you |
| 22 | [x x x] _2(asz) gu2-un_ sza-am-mi# | ... 2 talents of shammu |
| 23 | _[x] hi-a_ da-an-na-tim | ... long-lasting ... |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | li-isz-szi#-a-kum _gu4 hi-a_ li-pi2-a-am lu-u2 ma-lu-u2 | may they bring to you. May the oxen be plucked, may they be plentiful. |
| 2 | asz-szum _kur6#_ sza ta-asz-pu-ra-am ki-ma _1(disz) lu2_ | Concerning the fish about which you wrote me, instead of 1 man |
| 3 | u3 _1(disz) munus 5(asz) gur u4-hi-in_ ir-szu-u2 i-di | and 1 woman 5 gur of late-wheat he took, the rent |
| 4 | _u4-hi-in_ sza ir-szu-u2 li-ib-bi-lu-ma li-is,-s,u2-ru | May the days that have passed bring (them) down and they may keep watch. |
| 5 | a-na s,e-er _kur6_-ti-szu-nu li-qa2-ar-ri-szu#-ma li#-ku-lu | to the midst of their battle may they kill him and eat. |
| 6 | asz-szum _kur6_ sza ta-asz-pur-am asz-szum ib-ni-{d}suen | Concerning the weapon about which you wrote, concerning Ibni-Sîn |
| 7 | a-na _sze_-e-im u3 sza i-la-ka-ak-kum | to the barley and that he will come |
| 8 | qa2-as-su la ba-ba-lim u3 _kur6_ la pu-ur-ru-ri-im# | whose hand cannot be altered and whose weapon cannot be changed |
| 9 | _sze_-am ki-ma e-se-ri a-na a-hi-we-du-um | the barley like a grain to Ahi-wedûm |
| 10 | u2-sza-ba-la-am-ma {disz}a-hi-we-du-um-ma i-pa-al-szu-nu-ti | Aḫi-wūdum will fill them and |
| 11 | a-na _e2 gu4 hi-a geme2-mesz_ u3 s,e-eh-ru-ti-ia#_ | for the cattle-pen, the female laborers and my younger ones |
| 12 | la te-gi sza-am-mi i-na ma-lu-um li-ib-bi-szu#-nu | Do not be negligent, the šammu of their heart will be at peace. |
| 13 | li-iz-bi-lu-nim-ma _gu4 hi-a_ u3 _ud5 masz2 hi-a_ | may they bring to me, and the cattle and goats and the goats |
| 14 | sza-am-mi na-ap-szu-tim li-ku-lu | May the šammu-disease (and) the phlegm eat. |
| 15 | asz-szum _a-sza3_ mu-sza-ri sza-ka-nim | Concerning the field of the mušaru-official that is set |
| 16 | _pa5_ ah-ri ne-em-se-e-im sa-mi-ik-ma | “Pa-aḫ-rī ne-mesê-ma sammi-kum and |
| 17 | i-na _a-sza3_ ba-ma-tim mu-sza-ri sza-ka-nam u2-ul te-le#-[i] | In the field of the šakkannu-priestess you will not enter. |
| 18 | _1(bur3) GAN2 a-sza3 tir_ la-ap-ta-am{sar} | 1 bur3 field, meadow of Laptam |
| 19 | sa3-mi-nam{sar} pa-ap-pa-ar-hi-i{sar} | Šamī-nam (Šumma ālu 31 unknown) is its name. |
| 20 | u3 gi# [x (x)]{sar#} ki-ma u2-sza-ba-la-kum szu-ku-un | and a reed ... as he will bring to you set up. |
| 21 | asz-szum mu#-[sza]-ri# sza# asz-pu-ra-kum | Concerning the mušaru of which I wrote to you |
| 22 | t,e4-em sza-ka-nim u3 la sza-ka-nim te-ra-am | Send me a report, whether good or bad! |
| 23 | a-na mi-de wa-s,i-tum i-pa-ra-as | “Why is the wadītu-festival going on? |
| 24 | sza-am-mi u2-ku-um | “It is me, I am the one who has been seized, |
| left | ||
| 1 | i-nu-ma ke-er-re-tum ip-ta-ar-sa _gi-zi-UD-DU_ szu-ub-szi | When the kērātu-vessel opened, a reed basket was set up. |
| 2 | ki-ma _gu4 hi-a_ u3 _ud5 masz2 hi-a_ sza-at-ti-szu-nu szu-ul-lu-mi-im e-[pu]-usz | Just as oxen and goats and kids of their own free will I built. |
| 3 | t,e4-em-ka lu-u2 sa-di-ir-ma ki-ma a-sza-ap-pa-ra-kum | Your report should be checked and as I am sending to you, |
| 4 | e-pu-usz | I built. |
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