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VFMOS 2/3, 15 (P430718)
Letter, Middle Assyrian, Ḫarbe · c. 1400 BCE–1000 BCE
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| Designation | VFMOS 2/3, 15 |
|---|---|
| ID | P430718 |
| Museum no. | unknown |
| Collection | unlocated |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Middle Assyrian · c. 1400 BCE–1000 BCE |
| Genre | Letter |
| Find spot | Ḫarbe (mod. Tell Chuera) |
| Coordinates | 36.6469, 39.4981 |
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 | a-na {m}su-ti-e | to Sutî |
| 2 | qi₂-bi-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma {m}ma-da-A₂-{d}IŠKUR-ma | Thus Mada-apla-Adad: |
| 4 | 4 MUNUS-MEŠ la ia-a-tu | 4 women, not mine |
| 5 | ša ki-i KU₃.BABBAR ta-ad-na-ni | which is given as the silver |
| 6 | u₃ MUNUS ku-a-tu iš-tu | and the captive woman from |
| 7 | an-na-ka-am-ma ud-du-a-at | This is a new day. |
| 8 | at-ta am-ma-ka ki-i | You, when |
| 9 | ha-di-a-ta-a-ni e-pu-uš | Hadiatani did |
| 10 | {m}{d}AMAR.UTU-iš-ma-a-ni | Marduk-išmanni |
| 11 | i+na hu-li i+na pa-ni-ia | On the road, in my presence |
| 12 | ⸢il-ta⸣-aʾ-la-ni | his Ilta’ea temple |
| 13 | [ma-a] ⸢ša⸣ ma-an-ni | saying: “Who is it that I am |
| 14 | ANŠE.KUR.RA-MEŠ | horses |
| b.e. | ||
| 15 | a-na-ku a-ki-a a-ki-a | I, like, like |
| r | ||
| 16 | aq-ti-bi-a-aš₂-šu | I said to him |
| 17 | ma-a ANŠE.KUR.RA-MEŠ | "The horses |
| 18 | ša su-ti-e u₃ {anše}ku-du-nu | of the Sutians and the kudūnu-bowl |
| 19 | ša šu-ub-ri-e | of the Upper |
| 20 | ma a-na UGU {m}{d}30{mu}SIG₅ | "Concerning Sîn-mudammeq |
| 21 | na-aṣ-ṣu at-ta am-ma-ka | “You are the one who smite(?) me, |
| 22 | DUMU-MEŠ URU ṭe₂-e-ma | the citizens of the city will speak and |
| 23 | šu-ku-un a-na-ku an-na-ka | I am here |
| 24 | [a]-na {m}{d}30{mu}SIG₅ aq-ti-bi | I said to Sin-mudammeq: |
| 25 | ⸢ma⸣-a 2 ANŠE.KUR.RA-MEŠ | 2 horses |
| 26 | ša su-ti-e il-te-ia | of the Sutians with me |
| 27 | it-ta-ṣu-u₂-ni | he has spoken |
| 28 | u₃ ma-a a-na ṣe-e-ni-MEŠ | and to the slaves |
| 29 | u₂-[ma]-ka-al iq-tu-a-al | he will weigh out, he shall say. |
| 30 | [it]-ta-at-la-ak | he has gone |
| 31 | ⸢a-na⸣ UGU šu-ub-ri-e | Anu-Ea on the left |
| t.e. | ||
| 32 | [lu-u₂] ta-ṭi₂-i-ba | you have sworn. |
| 33 | ⸢a-na⸣ il-te-⸢nu⸣-na ma-am-ma | “If he goes out, nobody will go out. |
| l.e. | ||
| 34 | lu-u₂ la i-da-bu-ub | should not speak, |
| 35 | lu-u₂ aš₂-šu-ra-iu-u₂ lu-u₂ kaš-ši-u₂ | or the Assyrians or the Kassites |
Sources & licences
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