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AOAT 265, Tafel 3-4 (P543056)
Letter, Middle Assyrian, Dur-Katlimmu · c. 1400 BCE–1000 BCE
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| Designation | AOAT 265, Tafel 3-4 |
|---|---|
| ID | P543056 |
| Museum no. | unknown |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Middle Assyrian · c. 1400 BCE–1000 BCE |
| Genre | Letter |
| 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 | a-na {m}EN-UR.SAG EN-⸢ia⸣ | to Bel-qarrād, my lord |
| 2 | ṭup-pi₂ {m}ha-me-es₂-{d}da-gal ARAD-ka | Tablet of Hames-Dagal, your servant. |
| 3 | a-na {f}hi-il-ma-sa DAM-ia | to Hilmasa, my wife |
| 4 | qi₂-bi-ma | speak! |
| 5 | 2 MA.NA 5 GIN₂ ṣar-pu i+na NA₄-MEŠ ša {kur}ki-na-hi | 2 minas 5 shekels of ṣarpu-stone from the stones of Kinaḫi, |
| 6 | 2 {tug₂}ni-ik-su 1 lu-be-ru | 2 niksu-garments, 1 lubēru-garment |
| 7 | aš₂-šu-ra-iu-u₂ | Assyrian |
| 8 | a-na {m}a-bi-sa-ma-ka | to Abī-samaka |
| 9 | hur-di ša {m}tu-a-na-ni | the mountain range of Tuanani |
| 10 | a-na {m}a-hi-ra-ah-qa | to Ahi-rahqa |
| 11 | DUMU ia-aʾ-ṣu₂ | son of Yaya-ṣum |
| 12 | a-na {m}še-ʾi-ba-ʾa-lu | to Še-alī-balālu |
| 13 | DUMU bu-u₂-la | son of Būlu, |
| b.e. | ||
| 14 | {lu₂}ZADIM PAN | the bow-maker |
| 15 | a-na {m}a-bi-ra-eš-⸢pa⸣ | to Abīrāš-epâ |
| r | ||
| 16 | at-ta-na-šu-nu | you gave to them |
| 17 | a-na AN.NA BABBAR at-⸢ti⸣-din | For the white tin I have given. |
| 18 | aš₂-šu-ra-iu-u₂ ki-i ⸢ša⸣-par₂-⸢te⸣ | When the Assyrians |
| 19 | u₂-kal-lu-ni ARAD{⸢ta⸣} | held, servant of |
| 20 | e-<pa>-aš₂ šum₂-ma ⸢ṣar⸣-pa | It is done. If esbarpa-plant |
| 21 | ta-am-ta-har AN.NA BABBAR | You will receive the white lead. |
| 22 | še-bi-la la-a-din la-pe-ṭe₂-er | It is brought and I will give it. It is acquired and taken. |
| 23 | šum₂-ma ⸢ṣar⸣-pa la-a tam-hur | If you do not receive ēbarpa-plant |
| 24 | šub-ta KI-MEŠ E₂-MEŠ{ni} | from the possessions of the houses |
| 25 | a-na la-qa-e šu-ku-un | He is placed as a loan. |
| 26 | a-na-ku | I, |
| 27 | al-la-ka | I will come. |
| 28 | i+na de-ni a-da-bu-ub | I will speak in the lawsuit. |
| 29 | šum₂-ma ṣar-pa | If Šarpa (appears) |
| t.e. | ||
| 30 | ⸢i⸣-tar-ṣu-ni-ku di-in | give me a firm positive answer! |
| 31 | AN.NA BABBAR še-bi-la | Send me the white lead! |
| 32 | a-na-ku la-tal-ka | I will come. |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- 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) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
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