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TLB 04, 010 (P389740)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | TLB 04, 010 |
|---|---|
| ID | P389740 |
| Museum no. | LB 1862 |
| 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 |
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 ta-ri-bu-um qi2-bi2-ma | Speak to Tarībum: |
| 2 | um-ma {d}marduk-na-s,i-ir-ma | Thus Marduk-nāṣir: |
| 3 | {d}utu u3 {d}marduk li-ba-al-li-t,u2-ka | May Šamaš and Marduk keep you alive! |
| 4 | asz-szum _sze_ bi-il-tim sza ta-asz-pu-ra-am | Concerning the surplus barley about which you wrote me, |
| 5 | bi-il-tum sza-al-ma-at | “Bīltum is well’ša-almât |
| 6 | u3 asz-szum tup-pi2-im sza tu-sza-bi-lam-ma | And concerning the tablet that you sent me, |
| 7 | me-he-er tup-pi2-<<im>>-ka u2-sza-bi-la-kum-ma | I will send you a copy of your tablet. |
| 8 | t,e4-e-ma-am ga-am-ra-am me-he-er tup-pi2-ia# | The full report, the foundation of my tablet |
| 9 | sza u2-sza-bi-la-ak-kum# la tu-sza-bi-lam# | that I sent to you, do not send me! |
| 10 | pa-na-nu-um ma-an-nu-um iq-bi-kum-ma | Who has said to you this before you?” |
| 11 | tup-pa-ka tu-sza-a-bi-lam | You will send your tablet to me. |
| 12 | u3 szu-nu ma-an-na pa-al-hu-ma | and they, who are afraid, |
| 13 | la i-sza-ap#-pa#-ru#-nim-ma | they shall not send to me, and |
| 14 | at-ta# ta-[x x x x (x)] | You ...... |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | me#-he-er tup-pi2#-[ia szu-bi-lam]-ma# | Send me a reply to my tablet! |
| 2 | t,e4-e-ma-am ga-am-ra#-am sza-ka#-na#-am# aq#-bi#-kum#-ma | I spoke to you a full report, and |
| 3 | _dumu_ szi-ip-<ri>-ka am-mi-ni la ta-asz-pu-ra-am | Why have you not sent me your messenger? |
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