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TCL 01, 018 (P386454)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | TCL 01, 018 |
|---|---|
| ID | P386454 |
| Museum no. | AO 01630 |
| 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 be2-e-ia-a | to Bēya |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma ib-ni-{d}mar-tu ma-ru-ka-ma | Thus Ibni-Amurrum, your servant: |
| 4 | {d}utu u3 {d}marduk asz-szu-mi-ia | Šamaš and Marduk, my gods, |
| 5 | li-ba-al-li-t,u2-ka | may they keep you alive. |
| 6 | tu-usz-ta-am-ri-is, li-ib-bi | (Sum) You make the heart tremble (Akk) You have made the heart rejoice |
| 7 | u3 mu-ru-us, li-ib-bi ra-bi-a-am | and the one who engendered my great heart |
| 8 | a-na pa-ni-ia ta-asz-ta-ka-an | you have placed before me. |
| 9 | ki-ma la a-tu-ur-ru-u2#-ma | like I did not return, and |
| 10 | i-na pu-hu-ur ah-hi-ia# | on behalf of my brothers |
| 11 | szu-mi bi-it a-bi la a-za-ak-ka-ru | My name is the house of my father, I will not change it. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | te-te-ep-sza-an-ni | you have performed against me |
| 2 | u3 a-ba-am i-szu-u2 la a x x x | And who is he? Not ? |
| 3 | a-nu-um-ma BI-ir-da#-[am] | Now, BI-irdam |
| 4 | a-na s,e-ri-ka at,-t,ar#-[da-am] | I have sent to you. |
| 5 | it-ti-szu KUR-[tum] | with him, the land |
| 6 | s,u2-ba-ti li-il-qe2-a-[am]-ma# | take my garments, and |
| 7 | a-la-kam li-pu-sza-am | let them go and do it! |
| 8 | szum-ma s,u2-ba-tu re-esz-ka | If your head is a ṣubatu, |
| 9 | la u2-ka-al | he shall not hold. |
| 10 | _ku3-babbar_-am u3 s,u2#-ba-ta-am | the silver and the interest |
| 11 | sza u2-te-er-ra-ak-ku | that he returned to you |
| 12 | szu-bi-lam | send me! |
| 13 | s,u2-ha-rum sza asz-pu-ra-ak-ku | The ṣuḫāru of which I wrote to you |
| 14 | u2-ul ki-a-szu# ba#-lum# KUR-tum | Without him, the land |
| 15 | la i-la-ka-am | shall not come. |
| left | ||
| 1 | i-na ma-ki-im at,-ru-da-ak-ku-usz | I have strewn (them) on the ground. |
| 2 | szum-ma be-li2 at-ta KUR-tum it-ti-szu li-il-li-kam | If you, my lord, are a mountain, let him come with him. |
Sources & licences
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