Unread Atlas
TCL 01, 017 (P386453)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
Open in the reader & map →See it among all tablets
| Designation | TCL 01, 017 |
|---|---|
| ID | P386453 |
| Museum no. | AO 04617 |
| Collection | Louvre Museum, Paris, France |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Letter |
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 sza-pi2-ri-ia | to my messenger |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma i-pi2-iq-a-ra-ah-tum-ma | Thus Ipiqa-rahtum: |
| 4 | ma-asz-ka-ni sza _a-sza3_ bad3-a-li2-a-hi | a threshing floor in the field of Dali-ahi |
| 5 | _a-sza3_ he-er-re-tum ha-ar-pa-tum | field Ḫer-rētum, ḫarpatum |
| 6 | u3 _a-sza3_ he-er-re-tum up-pu-la-tum | and the field “Ḫerrētum Uppulatum’ |
| 7 | _u4_-ma-am i-na za-ri-im | the day in the zāru |
| 8 | a-ka-am-mi-is | I shall eat. |
| 9 | _u4_-ra-am i-na na-ha-li-im | daily in the naḫallum |
| 10 | qa2-ti-i a-na-sa3-ah# | I will tear out my hand |
| 11 | ul-li-ti-isz | Afterwards |
| 12 | i-na {gesz}ra-ap-szi-im a-na la-a-DI-im# | with a reed mat to be hung |
| 13 | u3 a-na ka-ri-im | and to the quay |
| 14 | u2-sze-re-eb | he made enter. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | u3 ki-ma sza-pi2-ri-ma | and like a ghost |
| 2 | iq-bi-a-am sze-um | he said: barley |
| 3 | i-na# e#-[s,e]-di#-im | in the fields |
| 4 | ma-[di-isz] du#?-mu-uq | very good |
| 5 | szu ul x [x (x)] x x BU-ZU-x | ... not ... |
| 6 | la KI [x x x]-i | not with ... |
| 7 | a-di a-ma-ar [x]-ri-ia | until I see my ... |
| 8 | i-x-ri-ka sza-pi2-ri | “Your ... is a šappīru-vessel, |
| 9 | x (x) ka-am li-it,-ru-dam | ... let them be brought to me. |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
Cite the original edition and translator. Page generated by Unread Atlas from the public corpus export of 2026-10-18.