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KAM 7, 137 (P417673)
Letter, Middle Assyrian, Assur · c. 1400 BCE–1000 BCE
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| Designation | KAM 7, 137 |
|---|---|
| ID | P417673 |
| Museum no. | Erlenmeyer - |
| Collection | Erlenmeyer, Basel, Switzerland (dispersed) |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Middle Assyrian · c. 1400 BCE–1000 BCE |
| Genre | Letter |
| Find spot | Assur (mod. Qalat Sherqat) |
| Coordinates | 35.4557, 43.2611 |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | a-na {m}ša-⸢li⸣-pi-ia | to Vālī-epîya |
| 2 | qi₂-bi-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma {m}PAP-nam-kur-LUGAL-ma | Thus (says) Uṣur-namkūr-šarre: |
| 4 | {m}{d}IŠKUR-⸢TAH₂.ERIM {lu₂⸣}NAGAR {giš}GIGIR | Adad-eṭerim, the carpenter of the chariot |
| 5 | im-tah-ra-an-ni | has turned to me, |
| 6 | ma-a 1 EME₅ ša ANŠE | "One she-ass of a donkey |
| 7 | a-di 3 ANŠE-MEŠ ṣi-it lib₃-bi-ša | together with 3 donkeys, its interior |
| 8 | uṣ-ṣa-bi-it il-te-šu | |
| 9 | ma-a EME₅ su-ti-tu | "The Sutean she-ass |
| 10 | ši-i-⸢it⸣ | |
| b.e. | ||
| 11 | u₃ ⸢la ma-ak-sa-at⸣ | and the land of Maksat |
| 12 | ma-a EME₅ la su-ti-a-at | "The she-ass is not female, |
| r | ||
| 13 | ⸢ma⸣-a EME₅ um-za-ar-hu | (If) a she-ass is pregnant: |
| 14 | ša E₂{ti}ia ši-i-it | from the Bīt-Ia. |
| 15 | ma-a at-ta-al-ka-aš₂-šu | “I have been waiting for him’ |
| 16 | ma-a ANŠE-MEŠ-ia bi-la | "Bring my donkeys!" |
| 17 | ma-a hal-qu ma-a la-aš₂-šu | "They have disappeared, there is none" |
| 18 | ma-a u₄-ma 1 EME₅ a-ta-mar | "On the day I saw 1 she-ass, |
| 19 | i+na ŠU aš₂-šu-ra-ie-e aṣ-ṣa-bat | From the hand of the Assyrian I captured |
| 20 | EME₅ uk-tal-li-ma-an-ni | a she-ass brought me, |
| 21 | še-bu-te-ka mi-im-ma | Your scepter, whatever |
| 22 | ša a-na da-ba-bi-ka | that for your speech |
| 23 | il-lu-ku-ni le-qi-a | [Let] them come and take (them). |
| t.e. | ||
| 24 | al-ka i+na de-ni-ka | Come, in your lawsuit |
| 25 | du-ub-bu | to speak, speak |
| l.e. | ||
| 26 | {iti}{d}30 U₄ 24KAM₂ | Month Sîn, 24th day, |
| 27 | li-mu {m}a-bat-tu-ma | Eponymy of Abattu. |
Sources & licences
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