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ZA 105, 139–153 (P532045)
Letter, Middle Assyrian, Ṭābetu · c. 1400 BCE–1000 BCE
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| Designation | ZA 105, 139–153 |
|---|---|
| ID | P532045 |
| Collection | National Museum of Syria, Damascus, Syria |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Middle Assyrian · c. 1400 BCE–1000 BCE |
| Genre | Letter |
| Find spot | Ṭābetu (mod. Tell Taban) |
| Coordinates | 36.3362, 40.7878 |
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⸣ {f}la-be-eʾ-te ⸢NIN⸣-[ia] | Aya-ena-ēte, my lady |
| 2 | ⸢ṭup-pi₂⸣ {m}lu-la-ie-e ARAD-⸢ki⸣ | A tablet of Lullāyu, a servant of the temple. |
| 3 | ⸢ul-ta⸣-ka-in a-na di-na-an | “I will go up to you to give (them) to me.’ |
| 4 | ⸢NIN⸣-ia at-ta-lak | my lady, I have gone |
| 5 | a-na {m}{d}⸢a⸣-[šur-ZI]-⸢GIŠ⸣ DUMU.MUNUS LUGAL | to Ea-ešur-kettu-e3 the daughter of the king |
| 6 | DUMU-MEŠ šul-mu | The sons are well. |
| 7 | ⸢a-na⸣ NIN-⸢ia es₂-ra-a⸣-te | “Ana’e, my lady, the ešāru-priest |
| 8 | lu-u₂ ⸢šul⸣-mu | or an esvul-emu-plant |
| 9 | {[m]}10EN-gab-bu ⸢iš-tu⸣ {m}DINGIR-pa-da | Adad-bēl-gabbu, eštu-e3 (and) Ilu-pada |
| 10 | et-ta-mar ⸢šul⸣-mu | he has seen, the esvul-emu |
| 11 | ⸢x⸣ U₄-MEŠ u₂-šab ki-i | days he will dwell as |
| 12 | mar-ṣu-u₂-ni | |
| 13 | e-ta-mar-šu | has seen him |
| b.e. | ||
| 14 | a-ki-a iq-ṭi₂-bi-a-šu | as he said to him |
| r | ||
| 15 | ⸢ma⸣-a šam-⸢ma⸣ li-iš-ku-nu-u₂-ka | May the heavens and the earth bless you! |
| 16 | ⸢ma⸣-a U₄-MEŠ la ša-ʾu-u₂ | days that are not mine |
| 17 | ⸢ba⸣-e-ru-ta la e-pu-šu | they did not build. |
| 18 | ⸢ma⸣-a-di ⸢ma⸣-a-di U₄-MEŠ ša-ʾu-⸢u₂-tu⸣ | “It is dawn, it is morning, the days are long |
| 19 | ⸢ša⸣ ri-iš ur-hi i-⸢ka⸣-šu-du-ni-ni | “If he goes out into the open country, I will be able to give you a firm positive answer. |
| 20 | ⸢ma⸣-a i+na {iri}a-da-⸢liš⸣-hi | a canal in Ada-Eliš-eḫi |
| 21 | lu us-ba-ta-ma i+na U₄ 2KAM₂ | On the 2nd day |
| 22 | ba-e-ru-⸢ta⸣ u₂-pu-šu | |
| 23 | U₂ ma-ši ⸢ka⸣-ni-ka | plant of the mashtakal plant |
| 24 | ša ŠIM-⸢MEŠ⸣{ni} u₂-ta-⸢gi-ir⸣ | of the Šamaš-ēṭer-niše |
| 25 | a-na ⸢UGU⸣ NIN-ia ul-te-bi-⸢la⸣ | I have sent (this message) to my lady. |
| 26 | ⸢am-mar i+na⸣ pi-ti NIN-ia | “If in the mouth of my lady |
| 27 | ⸢i-ba⸣-ši-u₂-ni NIN | Iba’ešuni, lady |
| 28 | ⸢lu tu⸣-še-bi-la am-mar | “You are the one who has brought me up, |
| 29 | ⸢am⸣-ma-ka la-aš₂-šu-ni | There is none in my house. |
| t.e. | ||
| 30 | [a]-⸢na⸣-ku u₂-pa-har | I will inspect it. |
| l.e. | ||
| 31 | ⸢NIN ṭe₂-em-ša u₃ šul-ma⸣ | “Ištar, its light and the darkness |
| 32 | [lu] ta-aš₂-pu-⸢ra⸣ | you should send me! |
Sources & licences
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