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TLB 04, 003 (P389757)

Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE

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Designation	TLB 04, 003
ID	P389757
Museum no.	LB 1880
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-wi-il-[esz18-dar]	to Awil-ištar
2	qi2-bi2-[ma]	speak!
3	um-ma i-tur2-ha-[at-nu-ma]	thus Iturhatnu:
4	{d}utu u3 {d}marduk li#-[ba-al-li-t,u2-ka]	May Šamaš and Marduk keep you alive!
5	asz-szum _erin2-mesz_ sza ib-ni-[{d}x (x) (x)]	Concerning the troops of Ibni-
6	wa-szi-ib sza-an-na-tim#[{ki} isz-tu sza]-an#-na-tim{ki}	who dwells in Šannātum, from the City
7	sza a-na mu-ul-li-szu ta-al-li-ku#-[ma]	who to his companion you went and
8	_erin2-mesz_ szu-a-ti ta-mu-ru-ma ki-a-am ta#-asz-pur#-am	Those troops you saw, and thus you wrote me.
9	um-ma at-ta-a-ma a-szar i-na pa-ni-tim	Thus you: Where in the past
10	2(u) 2(disz) _erin2_ mi-t,i3-tum i-na-an-na 6(disz) _erin2_ im-t,i3	22 labor-troops, deficit; now 6 labor-trees deficit;
11	u3 a-na mi-t,i3-tim szu-a-ti	and for that crime
12	ka-ni-ik _szagina_ el-te-qe2-e	sealed document of the general taken.
13	sza ta-asz-pur-am	As to what you wrote
14	ki-ma u2-wa-e-ru-ka	when he has made you enter,
15	a-na _erin2-mesz_ szu-a-ti mu-ul-li-im	to those troops he sent.
16	ni-di a-hi-im la ta-ra-asz-szi	Do not abandon the companions!
17	pi2-qa2-at ia-hu-di-a-am	the responsibility of Yahudiam
18	la be2-el isz-di-in	not be a lord of giving
19	i-na-ad-di-nu-ni-ik-kum tu-ma-al-la-ma	they will give to you. You will see, and
20	isz-tu a-na tup-pi2-im	From the tablet
reverse
1	tu-te-ri-bu-szu i-na-ad-di-ma	he will give it back to him, and
2	i-ha-al-li-iq	shall be destroyed.
3	be-el isz-di-in-ma sza ta-na-t,a3-lu-u2-ma	the lord gave, and that you will measure out,
4	ka-qa2-as-su2 la ub-ba-lu mu-ul-li	(Sum) He does not make his ... abundant (Akk) His ... is not abundant
5	ki-ma a-na sa3-ad-ra-tum u3 _kur_ BI-ta-la-al	like to Sadrātum and the land of BI-tal
6	ta-at-ta-al-kam-ma _erin2-mesz_ szu-a-ti ta-tam-ru	you went, and you saw those troops.
7	t,e4-em-ka szu-up-ra-am-ma	Send me your report!
8	t,e4-em a-na be-li2-ia tu-ta-ar-ru	You have returned the report to my lord.
9	lu-usz-pur-ra-ak-kum	let me send to you.
10	ki-ma i-na babila2{ki} ta-aq-bi-a-am	when you spoke in Babylon,
11	a-na-ku u3 {d}suen-dingir _erin2-mesz_ nu-usz-ta-ba-al	I and Sîn-ilī will bring the troops.
12	_1(disz) ugula mar-tu_ sza _lu2_ i-da-ma-ra-az-_mesz_	1 foreman of Amurru, of the man, they will kill.
13	a-na {d}suen-dingir a-na-ad-di-in-ma	I gave to Sîn-ilī, and
14	_1(disz) ugula# mar#-tu_ sza _erin2-mesz_ i3-si-in-na{ki}	1 foreman of Amurru, of the troops of Isin
15	[x x x (x)]-a-kum	... you
16	[x x x (x)] szi-ip-ri-im _2(szar2) gi_ szu-ur-x [(x)]	... work, 220 reeds ...
17	[...]
18	[...]
19	[...]

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