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TCL 01, 015 (P386451)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | TCL 01, 015 |
|---|---|
| ID | P386451 |
| Museum no. | AO 03010 |
| Collection | Louvre Museum, Paris, France |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Letter |
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 ARAD-dingir-imin | to Warad-ilī-iddin |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma {d}suen-uru4-ma | thus Sîn-uru: |
| 4 | _1(disz) ma-na ku3-babbar_ sza _ku3-babbar_ | 1 mina of silver of silver |
| 5 | sza a-na i3-li2-we-de-ku | that to Ilī-wedeku |
| 6 | a-di-nu-ma | I gave, and |
| 7 | am-sza-li a-na-ku at-ta | “I, you, |
| 8 | u3 uri2{ki}-sze-me nu-szi-im-ma | and Ur did not hear, and |
| 9 | ni-ka-as-si2 i-na ma-ha-ar | we shall tie in front |
| 10 | {d}utu nu-pa-ri-ik-ma | Šamaš is not shattered, and |
| 11 | isz-tu ma-la le-qe2-ku | As long as I live |
| 12 | usz-ta-ah-ri-s,u2# | they have turned back |
| 13 | _1(u) gin2 ku3-babbar_ e-li-szu | 10 shekels of silver against him |
| 14 | ar-szi-i-ma as,-ba-su2-u2-ma | I seized her, and |
| 15 | um-ma a-na-ku-ma | thus I: |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | a-di _ku3-babbar_-pi ta-na-di-na-am | until the silver is given. |
| 2 | a-na-ku u3 at-ta u2-<ul> nu-ta-asz-sza-ar# | I and you know that I will not send (them). |
| 3 | szar-ru-um ku-nu-ka-tim | king of the sealed documents, |
| 4 | sza hu-bu-li-im u2-he-ep-pi | he will break the bricks of the ḫubulum. |
| 5 | _u4_-mu i-re-qu2-u2#-[ma] _ku3-babbar_-pi ta-<ta>-ba-al | that day they will take and you will weigh out the silver. |
| 6 | um-ma szu-ma szar#-ra-am at-ma | Thus (says) the king: |
| 7 | isz-tu i-na-an#-na a-di _u4 5(disz)-kam_ | from now until the 5th day |
| 8 | _ku3#-babbar_-ka# lu a-na-di-ku-um | I shall give you your silver. |
| 9 | qa2-ta#-ti-szu a-na _u4 5(disz)-kam_ | his hands for 5 days |
| 10 | a-na _ku3-babbar_ sa3-na-qi2-im | for silver he shall pay. |
| 11 | {disz}pa#-ri-du-um il!(AL)-qe2 | Paridu took |
| 12 | ni#-pu#-ut# pa-ri-di-im szu-ri-im-ma | “Let us do the work of the šurīma-priestess, |
| 13 | _ku3-babbar_ lu-us-ni-iq | silver I shall weigh out. |
| 14 | ap-pu-tum | Apputum, |
| 15 | la te-gi4 | do not return! |
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