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TCL 01, 031 (P386467)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | TCL 01, 031 |
|---|---|
| ID | P386467 |
| Museum no. | AO 03960 |
| 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 li-pi2-it-e2-a qi2-bi2-ma | Speak to Lipit-Ea: |
| 2 | um-ma {d}iszkur-ra-bi-ma | thus Iškur-rabi: |
| 3 | {d}utu li-ba-al-li-it,-ka | May Šamaš keep you alive! |
| 4 | tup-pi2 szi-ni-szu usz-ta-bi-la-ak-kum | I have sent you the second tablet. |
| 5 | ze-nu-um za-ni-a-ta | “If you are angry with me, |
| 6 | {disz}i-bi-{d}suen u3 mu-te-er-gi-mil-lim | Ibbi-Sîn and Mutēr-gimillim |
| 7 | a-na _a-sza3-mesz_ u3 _{gesz}kiri6-mesz_ sza nu-ha-a | to the fields and orchards of Nuḫa |
| 8 | ma-an-nu-um i-si-szu-nu-ti-i-ma | nobody with them |
| 9 | _a-sza3-mesz_ a-na e-re-szu!(SZE)-tim i-ta-na-di-nu | the fields for cultivation they shall give. |
| 10 | asz-tap-ra-ak-kum lu-u2 ti-de-e | I have sent to you. May you know (this). |
| 11 | a-na _a-sza3-mesz_ u3-lu <_{gesz}>kiri6-mesz_ a-na sa-na-qi2-im | for fields or or orchards to cultivate |
| 12 | a-na-ku-u2 a-sza-pa-ar-ma | I will send and |
| 13 | _a-sza3_ a-na e-la-li i-na-ad-di-nu | the field to Elali they shall give. |
| 14 | i-is-sa3-ah-ru-u2 i-ki!-mu-szu-ma | they shall return, they shall kill him, and |
| 15 | _a-sza3_ a-na _dumu_ mu-na-wi-rum | the field to the son of Munawwirum |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | i-na-ad#-di#-nu#-u2 | they will give. |
| 2 | ma-an-na-szu-u2# _dumu#_ mu-na-wi-rum [an]-nu-um | Manašû, son of Munawirum, this |
| 3 | sza a-na-ku-u2 _a-sza3_ a-na e-la-li a-na-di-nu-ma | that I gave the field to Elali, and |
| 4 | szu-nu-u2 a-na sza-szu-um i-na-ad-di-nu-szu | they will give to him. |
| 5 | a-na e-pe2-szi-im an-ni-im | for this work |
| 6 | u2-wa-asz-sza-ar-szu-nu-ti-i | he shall release them. |
| 7 | asz-tap-ra-ak-kum lu-u2 ti#-de#-e | I have sent to you. May you know (this). |
| 8 | _a-sza3_ ta-ka-ap-pi2-da-szu#-um# | the field Takappī-Asum |
| 9 | a-na e-la-li i#-di#-in | to Elali he gave |
| 10 | ma-an-na-szu {disz}ta-ri#-ba#-[tum] an-nu-um | Who is this Tarībatum? |
| 11 | sza _a-sza3-mesz_ sza _aga-us2#-[mesz_] | of the fields of the soldiers |
| 12 | a-na e-re-szu!(SZI)-tim i-[na-di-nu] | they will give to the farmers. |
| 13 | _a-sza3-mesz_ u3# _{gesz}kiri6_ sza i-[di-nu] | the fields and orchards that they gave |
| 14 | e-ki-im-szu-u2-ma a-na sa-na-qi2-im | (Sum) Its land was destroyed, it was plundered (Akk) It was destroyed and it was turned into a mound |
| 15 | a-ap-pa-szu lu-u2 sze-bi-ir | May his ears be sounded. |
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