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TCL 07, 023 (P386016)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Larsa · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | TCL 07, 023 |
|---|---|
| ID | P386016 |
| Museum no. | AO 08331 |
| 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 | u3 {d}marduk-na-s,i-ir | and Marduk-naṣir |
| 3 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 4 | um-ma ha-am-mu-ra-pi2-ma | thus Hammurapi: |
| 5 | a-nu-um-ma tup-pa-am sza _a-sza3_-im | Now, the tablet of the field |
| 6 | _gu4-apin hi-a_ u3 _ensi2#-mesz_ | plow oxen and governors |
| 7 | sza _gu2-un 3(gesz'u) sze gur_ | of ten talents 300 gur of barley |
| 8 | 7(gesz2) 3(u) _sze gur al-du3_ | 730 gur of barley, built |
| 9 | u3 4(disz) _ma-na ku3-babbar dam-gar3-mesz_ | and 4 minas of silver, merchants |
| 10 | sza a-na _ensi2_-tim | which to the governor |
| 11 | sza e-li _gu2-un_ im-di-{d}en-lil2 | who above the talents of Imdi-Enlil |
| 12 | a-na zi-it-tim wa-at-ru-ma | it is redeemed for a rent. |
| 13 | a-na ar-wi-u2-um | to Arwum |
| 14 | in-na-ad-nu | will be given. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | usz-ta-bi-la-ak-ku-nu-szi-im | I have sent to you. |
| 2 | asz-szum i-na me-e _ensi2-mesz_ | because in the water of the governors |
| 3 | sza qa2-at zi-im-ru-akszak{ki} | of the hand of Zimruakšak, |
| 4 | _ensi2-mesz nig2 szu_ u4-bala-na-nam-he2 | the governors, that which is in the hands of the bala-na-namhe |
| 5 | la du-ur-ru-si-im | unfavorable |
| 6 | a-na pi2-i tup-pi2-im sza u2-sza-bi-la-ak-ku-nu-szi-im | according to the wording of the tablet that I sent to you |
| 7 | _a-sza3_-am _gu4-apin hi-a ensi2-mesz_ | a field of plow-oxen, the governors |
| 8 | u3 _dam-gar3-mesz_ sza _ensi2-mesz_ in-na-ad-nu | and merchants of the governors they shall give. |
| 9 | szu-ta-bi-la a-na sze-na zu-za-ma | I have sent to you, so that |
| 10 | i-na is-qi2-im a-na zi-im-ru-akszak{ki} | at the offering to Zimruakšak |
| 11 | u3 u4-bala-na-nam-he2 id-na-ma | and the days of his reign he gave, and |
| 12 | 1(szar2) 3(gesz'u) _sze gur-ta_ u3 2(disz) _ma-na-ta ku3-babbar_ | 900 gur of barley and 2 minas of silver |
| 13 | sza _dam-gar3-mesz_ | of the merchants |
| 14 | li-im-du-du-ma | may they build, and |
| 15 | _gu2-un_-su2-nu lu mi-it-ha-ra-at-ma | their talents shall be equal, and |
| left col 1 | ||
| 1 | _ensi2-mesz_-szu-nu | their governors |
| 2 | a-hu-um a-ha-am | brother of brother |
| left col 2 | ||
| 1 | i-na me-e | in water |
| 2 | la u2-da-ar-ra-su | he shall not release him. |
Sources & licences
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