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TLB 04, 006 (P389754)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | TLB 04, 006 |
|---|---|
| ID | P389754 |
| Museum no. | LB 1877 |
| 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] a-ad-da-a qi2-bi2-ma | Speak to the father: |
| 2 | [um-ma] a-wi-il-esz18-dar-ma | Thus Awīl-ištar |
| 3 | [{d}]utu u3 {d}marduk asz-szu-mi-ia da-ri-isz _u4_-mi | Šamaš and Marduk for my sake forever. |
| 4 | li-ba#-al-li-t,u2-ka | may they keep you alive. |
| 5 | ki-ma te9-esz-mu-u2 [x x x x (x)]-ma# | When you have heard, ... |
| 6 | _sze_-a-am ni-IB#?-[x x x x x (x)] | barley ... |
| 7 | [...] | |
| 8 | [...] | |
| 9 | [...] | |
| 10 | [...] | |
| 11 | [...] | |
| 12 | u2-sza-ab-ba-lam | he shall make whole |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | a-na a-hi-sza-gi4-isz asz-pu-ra-am | I wrote to Aḫišagiš: |
| 2 | am-mi-ni la ta-at,-ru-da-asz-szu | Why have you not sent him? |
| 3 | um-ma a-na-ku-u2-ma pu-uh2 _dumu-mesz_ a-wi-lim | Thus I, the guardian of the sons of a man |
| 4 | sza i-na li-ib-bu ma-tim | who in the middle of the country |
| 5 | s,i-bu-ti i-pu-szu s,e-eh-he-ru-tu#-ia# | (who) made the ṣibûtu-priestess do battle with me, |
| 6 | ma-ah-ri-ia li-sza-al-li-mu | May my ancestors be well. |
| 7 | a-sza-ap-pa-ra-am-ma s,u2-ha-ra-am | I will send to you, and the ṣuḫarām |
| 8 | u2-ul i-t,a-ra-du-nim | they shall not pay back. |
| 9 | s,u2-ha-ra-am e-li-ia-a ir-ta-mu-szu | (Sum) The ṣuḫarām priestess, the one who loves me, has become angry with him (Akk) The lamentation priest has been angry with me |
| 10 | {disz}du10-wa-sza-ab-szu la ik-ka-al-la-am# | Ṭab-wašābšu did not eat |
| 11 | a-na bi-it {disz}e2-a-na-s,ir _ugula muhaldim-mesz_ | for the house of Ea-nāṣir, the overseer of cooks, |
| 12 | li-zi-bu-ni-isz-szu-u2-ma | may they stand him, and |
| 13 | [a]-na# re-esz nu-ha-ti-mu-ti | to the head of Nuhatimuti |
| 14 | [(x) (x)] li-zi-bu | ... may they stand. |
Sources & licences
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