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BATSH 9, 078 (P417789)
Administrative, Middle Assyrian, Dur-Katlimmu · c. 1400 BCE–1000 BCE
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| Designation | BATSH 9, 078 |
|---|---|
| ID | P417789 |
| Museum no. | NMSDeZ 03364 |
| 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)
From Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618)
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 | 50 IKU 1 [šu-ši ANŠE ŠE-šu] | 50 iku |
| 2 | 1 ANŠE 3 BAN₂-TA.AM₃ [it]-⸢tal⸣-ka {m}{d}30SAG] | 1 homer 3 seahs pro (ikû). When you arrive, Sin-adad |
| 3 | 1 ME IKU 1 ME 20+5 ⸢ANŠE⸣ [ŠE-šu] | 100 iku |
| 4 | 2 ANŠE 2 BAN₂ 4 SILA₃ KIMIN {m}re-ma-[ni-{d}IŠKUR] | 2 homers 2 seahs 4 qû ditto, Remanni-Adad |
| 5 | 1 ME IKU 1 ME 5 ⸢ANŠE⸣ [ŠE-šu] | 100 iku |
| 6 | 1 ANŠE 4 SILA₃ KIMIN {m}{d}MAR.⸢TU⸣-[MU-le-šir₃] | 1 homer 4 qû ditto, Amurru-eṭir-šumu-lēsvir |
| 7 | 1 ME IKU 92 ⸢ANŠE⸣ [ŠE-šu] | 100 ikû |
| 8 | 9 BAN₂ 2 SILA₃-TA.AM₃ {m}{d}30⸢le⸣-[i] | 9 seahs 2 qû each, Sin-le’i; |
| 9 | ŠU.NIGIN₂ 3 ME 50 IKU 3 ME 87 ⸢ANŠE⸣ [ŠE-šu] | A total of 350 ikû 387 ēru-houses, received |
| 10 | 1 ANŠE 1 BAN₂ 1 SILA₃-TA.AM₃ it-tal-⸢ka⸣ | 1 homer 1 seah 1 qû each it came out. |
| 11 | pi-šer₃-ti ka-ru-e ma-di-⸢id⸣ | Account of the merchant, Madi-E3 |
| b.e. | ||
| 12 | i+na ŠA₃ ŠE [an]-⸢ni⸣-e | From the hand of Anu-emanu |
| 13 | 3 ⸢ME⸣ 50 IKU] a-ra-⸢še⸣ | 3 eše3 fields, 50 iku |
| 14 | 3 BAN₂-TA.AM₃ [i]-za-ru 64 ANŠE 8 BAN₂ ŠE | 64 homers 8 seahs of barley is surplus. |
| r | ||
| 15 | KURUM₆{at} 24 GU₄-MEŠ [ik-kar-te] ⸢ša⸣ 12 {giš}APIN-MEŠ | ration of 24 oxen, ploughed, 12 ploughs |
| 16 | ša 6 ITI U₄-MEŠ 1 1/2 SILA₃-⸢TA.AM₃⸣ e-ku-lu | For 6 months they will eat 1 1/2 qû each. |
| 17 | 51 ANŠE 6 SILA₃ i+na {[giš]}BAN₂ hi-bur-ni KURUM₆{at} ši-luh-li | 51 homers 6 litres (measured) by the seah of the hiburnu-house, ration of the dependants. |
| 18 | ša 12 ITI U₄-MEŠ 18 ANŠE ŠE a-na ta-kul₂-⸢te⸣ | For 12 months 18 donkeys are rented for the takultê-festival |
| 19 | ta-di-in [...] i+na ZA-ab-bit-ta | It is given ... in the ZA-abbbitta. |
| 20 | ŠU.NIGIN₂ 3 ME ⸢ANŠE⸣ 7 BAN₂ 4 SILA₃ ŠE tal-pi₂-tu | A total of 300 e22anšu-houses. 7 seahs 4 qû, surplus. |
| 21 | 84 ⸢ANŠE⸣ [...] ⸢re⸣-hu-tu i+na kar-me a-na šu-mi-la ⸢ta⸣-[bi-ik] | 84 ēšû-house(s) ... rēḫutu-houses at the quay to be taken out. |
| 22 | a-di hu-ṣa-ni-šu ⸢ta-din⸣ ga-mur {iri}BAD₃-kat-li-mu | as far as Ḫuṣanīšu he gave. Total of Dūkat-Limu. |
| 23 | 1 ME IKU 1 ME 18 ANŠE ŠE-šu | 100 ikû 118 homers is its wage |
| 24 | 1 ANŠE 1 BAN₂ 8 SILA₃-TA.AM₃ it-tal-ka {m}qa-bu-du GAL {⸢lu₂⸣}[ENGAR-MEŠ] | 1 homer 1 seah 8 qû pro (iku) came. Qabudu chief of the farmers |
| 25 | i+na ŠA₃ ŠE an-ni-e 30 ANŠE ša 1 ME IKU a-ra-še | From this amount, 30 homers is for cultivating 100 ikû. |
| 26 | 3 BAN₂-TA.AM₃ i-za-ru 16 ANŠE 2 BAN₂ KURUM₆ 6 ⸢GU₄⸣-[MEŠ] | 16 homers 2 seahs ration of 6 oxen herdsmen |
| 27 | ša 3 SILA₃-TA.AM₃ ša 6 ITI U₄-MEŠ 1 1/2 SILA₃-TA.AM₃ [e-ku-lu] | They will eat 1 1/2 qû each for 6 months. |
| 28 | 12 ANŠE 8 BAN₂ 6 SILA₃ KURUM₆{at} ši-luh-li ⸢ta⸣-[din] | 12 homers 8 seahs 6 qû ration of the šiluḫlu-priests of the steppe |
| 29 | 11 ANŠE a-na ra-hi-ṣi a-na nu-su-uh-te ⸢x⸣ [...] | 11 homers for the raḫišu-festival for the nusuhtu (festival) |
| 30 | ta-di-in [...] nu-ZA-at ta-[...] | You give ... |
| t.e. | ||
| 31 | ŠU.NIGIN₂ 67 ANŠE ŠE tal-pi-tu 45 ⸢ANŠE⸣ [ŠE re-eh-tu] | A total of 67 homers, deficit. 45 house-boats, surplus. |
| 32 | a-di hu-ṣa-ni-⸢šu⸣ [ta-din ga]-⸢mur⸣ a-na ⸢x⸣ [...] | until Ḫuṣani-ešû is given. I want to go out to ... |
| 33 | SUMUN-MEŠ ⸢x⸣ [...] | Old ... |
| 34 | {iti}hi-bur U₄ 20KAM₂ li-mu | Month Hibur, 20th day, eponymy of Nabû-šarru-uṣur. |
| l.e. | ||
| 35 | {m}{d}a-šur-da-a-an | Ašur-dan |
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