Transliteration: a-na ša-lim-a-šur qí-bi-ma um-ma (d)IM.GAL-ma a-na-kam šu-IŠTAR a-šur-ma-lik ù ša-lim-a-šùr iš-me-ú-ma um-ma šu-nu-ma a-wa-tum a-ni-tum a ma-lá ša ṭup-pí-šu ša iš-pu-ra-ni ke-na i-sú-ri-ik i-na ma-aḫ-ri-ni e-tù-wu šu-IŠTAR a-wa-tám i-šu um-ma šu-nu-ma šu-IŠTAR a-wa-sú li-il₅-qé-a-ma a-na ba-áb DINGIR nu-ri-id-ma ṭup-pá-am lu ni-dí-na-kum i-na ṭup-pí-kà … lu a-lá-ḫa-am ù … a-šùr-ma-lik ù … ša DUMU PUZUR₄.SA.TU … i-na u₄-mì-im iš-té-en … KÁ DINGIR ṭup-pá-… DUMU i-ba-a-a a-na … um-ma né-nu-ma a-wi-lum be-el na-ru-qí-im ú-ša-sà-ḫa-am … ú e … x … (large break) x ma-na KÙ.BABBAR x x x ša DAM.GÀR x x x-tù-ni-ni … x x x 4.33333 GÍN KÙ.BABBAR … x x x ší-tí … (3 broken lines) x x x KÙ.GI … ù x x 0.33333 ma-na … e-zi-ib 1 ma-na … 1 me-at 56 (TÚG)ku-ta-nu 12 ma-na 18 GÍN KÙ.BABBAR it-bu-lu 6 ANŠE ṣa-lá-me 0.83333 ma-na 5 GÍN it-bu-lu 1.66666 ma-na KÙ.BABBAR 5 GÍN x … AN.NA-ak qá-tim 2.33333 ma-n
Translation: To Šalim-Aššur from Adad-rabi: Here Šu-Ištar, Aššur-malik and Šalim-Aššur heard (your letter), and they said: This matter is correct as he wrote about it in his letter. Issu-arik spoke (thus) with us as witnesses." Šu-Ištar raised the matter and they said: "Let Šu-Ištar take a lawsuit and we shall go down to the Gate of the God and give you a tablet." ... in your letter ... both Ali-Ahum and ... Aššur-malik and ... concerning Puzur-šadu'e's son ... on one day ... at the Gate of the God the tablet ... Ibaya's son to ... We said: "The man will extradite the owner of a joint stock capital." ... x minas of silver ... belonging to a merhcant ... 4.3333 shekels of silver ... left 0.3333 mina ... 156 -textiles cost 12 minas 18 shekels of silver; 6 black donkeys cost 0.83333 mina 5 shekels; 1.6666 mina of silver, 5 shekels ... tin for expenses cost 2.3333 mina of silver; for 3 harnessors: 0.3333 mina 5 shekels each were their working capitals; 3 shekels of silver for their clothes; x mina less 1 shekel of silver: transport tariff; 8.3333 shekels of silver: export duty; 0.3333 mina 4 shekels of silver: both harness for the donkeys and their fodder - in all: 19 minas 4.3333 shekels of silver. Pilah-Ištar leads these goods to the merchant. 1 mina of his gold is available. ... 4 minas of silver. The rest of his silver: 4.83333 minas 5+x shekels. ... buy in 10 days ... if clothes and a thin textile are available I shall buy it. I shall buy ... and a good and ... I shall set out and leave."