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TCL 07, 015 (P386008)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Larsa · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | TCL 07, 015 |
|---|---|
| ID | P386008 |
| Museum no. | AO 08320 |
| Collection | Louvre Museum, Paris, France |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Letter |
| Find spot | Larsa (mod. Tell as-Senkereh) |
| Coordinates | 31.2832, 45.8549 |
Transliteration (ATF)
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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) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1 | a-na {d}utu-ha-zi-[ir] | To Šamaš-hazir |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma ha-am-mu-ra-pi2-ma | thus Hammurapi: |
| 4 | a-na li-pi2-it-esz18-dar _aga-us2-sag_ | to Lipit-Ištar, the first-born soldier |
| 5 | _a-sza3_-am i-na nigin6{ki} | a field in Nigin |
| 6 | ni-sze-er-ti da-a-IA-um | the life of Dayyānum, |
| 7 | _1(bur3) 1(esze3) GAN2 a-sza3_ a-pil2-i3-li2-szu _sza3-tam_ | 1 bur3 1 eše3 field area: Apil-ilišu, the satammu; |
| 8 | ip-lu-uk-szum | Iplukšum |
| 9 | i-na la wa-asz-bu-ut li-pi2-it-esz18-dar | Without you, Lipit-Ištar |
| 10 | {disz}lu2-{d}nin-szubur-ka _dah_-szu | Lu-Ninšubur, his brother |
| 11 | szum {disz}li-pi2-it-esz18-dar u2-sza-ap-szi-it,-ma | “If Lipit-Ištar has caused him to die and |
| 12 | szum-szu i-na _a-sza3_ szu-a-ti | his name in that field |
| 13 | u2-sza-asz-t,e4-er | he shall write |
| 14 | u3 ki-ma szum# li#-pi2-it-esz18-dar | and like Lipit-Ištar |
| 15 | u2-sza-ap-szi-t,u2-ma | they caused to be released, and |
| 16 | szum-szu u2-sza-asz-t,e4-ru | he wrote his own name. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | {disz}lu2-{d}nin-szubur-[ka _dah_-szu] | Lu-Ninšubur, his brother |
| 2 | ub-ti-ir-ru# | they have brought. |
| 3 | szu-pu-ur a-pil2-i3-li2-szu# | Send to Apil-ilišu! |
| 4 | li-it-ru-ni-ik-kum-ma# | let them come to you, and |
| 5 | _1(bur3) 1(esze3) GAN2 a-sza3_-am | 1 bur3 1 eše3 field area |
| 6 | ni-sze-er-ti {disz}da-a-IA-um | commemorative inscriptions of Dayyānum |
| 7 | a-na li-pi2-it-esz18-dar _aga-us2-sag_ | to Lipit-Ištar, the first-born soldier |
| 8 | li-id-di-in | may he give. |
Sources & licences
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