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TCL 01, 009 (P386445)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Girsu · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | TCL 01, 009 |
|---|---|
| ID | P386445 |
| Museum no. | AO 04318 + Ist L 10934 |
| Collection | Louvre Museum, Paris, France |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Letter |
| Find spot | Girsu (mod. Tello) |
| Coordinates | 31.5591, 46.1776 |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched)
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}nin-si4-an-na | To Ninsiana |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um#-ma ur-{d}nansze-ma | thus Ur-Nanše: |
| 4 | mi-nam e-pu-usz#-ka3#-ma | What did I do to you? |
| 5 | [x] x x [x x x] | |
| 1' | i-na qa2-ti du#-li-im | from the hand of the work |
| 2' | re-szi u2-la a-na-szi | “Let me not go to the head! |
| 3' | a-na UD DIM SZI-ma | On the day of the moon's disappearance, |
| 4' | a-ka3-la-am | |
| 5' | u2-la e-sze-bi | I did not send. |
| 6' | s,u2-ba-ti t,a2-ba-am u2-la i-szu | a good garment does not have |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | sza-am-na-am e-s,e-em-ti u2-la u2-la-ba-ak | (Sum) The šamnaŋ priestess, the herdsman, does not sleep (Akk) I do not sleep the night, I did not sleep |
| 2 | du-lu-um ki-ma he2-ri-ni-im | the work like a harinnu |
| 3 | i-te-ru-ub a-na li-bi-ia | entered my heart. |
| 4 | lu da-ab-ba#-ku# | I shall be frightened |
| 1' | un-ne-du#-[ki (x)] | Unnedu ... |
| 2' | a-na li-bi-ka3 | to your servant |
| 3' | a-sa3-kam sza e-s,e-em-s,e#-[ri x] x ia ip#-li-kam | Asakkam of the eṣeru-plant ... went to you. |
| 4' | [x x x] GI# | ... reed |
Sources & licences
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