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TLB 04, 004 (P389765)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | TLB 04, 004 |
|---|---|
| ID | P389765 |
| Museum no. | LB 1888 |
| 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 {d}suen-a-bu-szu | to Sîn-abūšu |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma a-wi-il-esz18-dar-ma | Thus Awīl-ištar: |
| 4 | a-nu-um-ma a-na be-el-szu-nu | Now, to their owner |
| 5 | tup-pi2 usz-ta#-<bi>-la-am | I have sent a tablet. |
| 6 | _sze-gesz-i3_ ma-li te-er-ri-szu-szu-u2 | sesame, as much as you have given him, |
| 7 | u2-ul i-ka-al-la-ak-kum | he will not hold you back. |
| 8 | _a-sza3_-lam e-ri-isz | the field Eriš |
| 9 | ni-di a-hi-im la ta-ra-asz-szi | Do not abandon the companions! |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | _a-sza3_-lam sza {d}suen-uru4 | the field of Sîn-uru |
| 2 | ke-er-ba-nam mu-li | Kēr-banam, the man, |
| 3 | asz-szum _gu4_ sza tu-usz-ga-ri-ru | Concerning the ox that you slaughtered |
| 4 | ma-di-isz a-na-ku-su2-um | very much, Ana-kusum |
| 5 | t,e4-em-szu a-li-kam szu-up-ra-am | Send me his report! |
| 6 | bi-ni-a-tim i-na a-la-al-li | the habitations in the city |
| 7 | ma-ah-ri-ka i-ba#-asz-szi-a | there is before you. |
| 8 | am-mi-nim [la tu]-sza#-ba-lam | Why did you not send me? |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
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