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BATSH 9, 070 (P417781)

Administrative, Middle Assyrian, Dur-Katlimmu · c. 1400 BCE–1000 BCE

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Designation	BATSH 9, 070
ID	P417781
Museum no.	NMSDeZ 03401
Collection	National Museum of Syria, Der-ez-Zor, Syria
Language	Akkadian
Period	Middle Assyrian · c. 1400 BCE–1000 BCE
Genre	Administrative
Find spot	Dur-Katlimmu (mod. Tall Shekh Hamad)
Coordinates	35.6463, 40.7436

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)
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1	2 ME 1 šu-ši 2 ANŠE ŠE	211 homers, barley(?)
2	pi-šer₃-ti ka-ru-e te-li-it BURU₁₄	Release of the grain heap, yield of the harvest.
3	ša 2 ME IKU 1 ANŠE 3 BAN₂ 1 SILA₃-TA.AM₃	From 200 ikû field, 1 homer 3 seahs 1 qu} pro (ikucū).
4	it-tal-ka	came.
5	32 ANŠE GIG ša 25 IKU	32 homers wheat, of 25 iku
6	1 ANŠE 2 BAN₂-TA.AM₃ it-tal-ka-ni	It amounted to 1 homer 2 seahs pro (ikû).
7	ša ŠU {m}DINGIR-ma-bi GAL {lu₂}{giš}APIN-MEŠ	From the charge of Ilī-mabi the chief of the ploughmen.
8	2 ME 1 šu-ši 4 ANŠE ŠE	211 homers, barley(?)
9	pi-šer₃-ti ka-ru-e te-li-it BURU₁₄	Release of the grain heap, yield of the harvest.
10	ša 2 ME IKU 1 ANŠE 3 BAN₂ 1 SILA₃-TA.AM₃	From 200 ikû field, 1 homer 3 seahs 1 qu} pro (ikucū).
11	it-tal-ka	came.
12	24 ANŠE GIG ša 25 IKU	24 homers wheat, of 25 iku
b.e.
13	9 BAN₂ 5 SILA₃-TA.AM₃ it-tal-ka-ni	9 seahs 5 litres pro (ikû).
14	ša ŠU {m}{d}30{mu}KAR	From the charge of Sîn-mušēzib
15	50 IKU A.ŠA₃ šar-u₂	50 iku field, king
r
16	la-a in-ni-ṣi-id	he did not measure out
17	ša ŠU {m}SU-DINGIR GAL {lu₂}{giš}ENGAR-MEŠ	From the charge of Erība-ili, chief of the farmers.
18	ŠU.NIGIN₂ 5 ME 26 ANŠE ŠE pi-šer₃-ti ka-ru-e	A total of 526 homers, allocation of the grain heap.
19	te-li-it BURU₁₄ ⸢ša⸣ 4 ME 50 IKU	the yield of the harvest of 450 ikû
20	1 ANŠE 1 BAN₂ 7 SILA₃-TA.AM₃ it-tal-ka 5 BAN₂ ŠE ma-ṭi₂	1 homer 1 seah 7 qû each, it amounted to 5 seahs of barley for the land.
21	i+na lib₃-bi <ŠE> an-ni-e 1 ME 35 ANŠE ŠE.NUMUN	From this [1]35 homers is seed.
22	ša 4 ME 50 IKU a-ra-še	For 450 ikû field I will cultivate.
23	3 BAN₂-TA.AM₃ i-za-ru	They will pay 3 seahs pro (ikû).
24	75 ANŠE 6 BAN₂ ŠE KURUM₆ 28 GU₄-MEŠ ik-kar-te	75 homers 6 seahs of barley, ration of 28 fattened oxen
25	⸢ša⸣ 14 {giš}APIN-MEŠ ša 6 ITI U₄-MEŠ	14 ploughs for 6 months
26	1 1/2 SILA₃-TA.AM₃ e-ku-lu	They will eat 1 1/2 qû each.
27	[...] ŠE i+na {giš}BAN₂ SUMUN KURUM₆ ši-luh-li	... (measured) by the old seah, ration of the dependants
28	[ta-di]-⸢in⸣ [re-eh-tu] 70 ANŠE ŠE	The rest of the 70 homers are received.
29	[x x x ta-bi]-ik ⸢x⸣ [...]	... a tabik-plant
30	[...]
31	[...] ⸢x x⸣
32	[it]-ta-din	has given
t.e.
33	{iti}a-bu-LUGAL-⸢MEŠ⸣	Abu-šarrāni-e23
34	U₄ 8KAM₂ li-mu	8th day, eponymy of Nabû-ahhe-iddina.
35	{m}i+na-pi-i-{d}a-šur-[liš-lim]	Ina-pî-Assur-lišlim

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