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TCL 01, 034 (P386470)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | TCL 01, 034 |
|---|---|
| ID | P386470 |
| Museum no. | AO 03967 |
| 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 u3 {d}marduk li-ba-al-li-t,u2-ka | May Šamaš and Marduk keep you alive! |
| 4 | i-nu-ma ta-li-a-ma at-ta u3 ta-ri-ba#-[tum] | When you and Taribatum |
| 5 | ma-ah-ri-ia ta-ad-bu-ba | you spoke before me, |
| 6 | ki-a-am ta-aq-bi-szu um-ma at-ta-a-ma | Thus you said to him: "You |
| 7 | _1(u) 2(asz) sze# gur#_ ad-di-na-ku szu-u2 ki-a-am i-pu#-ul-ka | 12 gur of barley I gave to you. That is what they did for you. |
| 8 | um-ma szu-u2-ma _1(u) 2(asz) sze gur_ u2-ul ta-di-na | Thus he: 12 gur of barley you did not give me. |
| 9 | _8(asz) sze gur_-ma ta-di-na a-na-ku-u2 | 8 kor of barley is given, I am |
| 10 | ki-a-am aq-bi-ku-nu-szi um-ma a-na-ku-u2-ma | Thus I said to you: "I am |
| 11 | a-la-ki qe2-ru-ub al-ka i-na ma?-har? szi-bu-ti | Come, enter the chamber, before the witnesses! |
| 12 | sze-a-am ma-la ta-di-nu-szu-ma ik-ki-ru-ka bi-ir-szu# | The barley, as much as you gave him, he imposed upon you his penalty. |
| 13 | u3 ki-a-am# u2-na-hi-id-ka um-ma a-na-ku-ma | and thus he swore to you: "I |
| 14 | a-na# [x x x x x] x x x x x | to ...... |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | i-na sze-e-ka# [x x x x x] | in your morning ...... |
| 2' | 4(u) 1(disz) i-ni-a-tim a#-[na x x x x (x)] | 41 i-ni-a-tum for ... |
| 3' | bu-u2-ur u3 [x x] x x-szu | būr and his ... |
| 4' | e-zu#-ub# ri-ba-ti-szu# ma-at-ti | He who knows his love, the land |
| 5' | u3 ki-ma _ab2?_ i-na sze-e-ia te#?-ba-at | and like a cow in my barley you will eat |
| 6' | u2-bi-ir-ru#-szu#-ma# | they brought him, and |
| 7' | i?-na _e2_-ti-ia _a-sza3_ u3 _gu4 hi-a_-ia | in my house, field and oxen |
| 8' | [ap?]-ta-aq#-qi2#-id# | I have entrusted |
| 9' | [{disz}i]-bi-{d}suen i-na x-x-ia | Ibbi-Sîn in my |
| 10' | [_a]-sza3 e2 gu4 hi-a_ u3 s,e-eh-he-ru-ti-ia | the field of the cattle-pen and my sheepfold |
| 11' | ap#-ta-qi2-id | I appointed. |
| 12' | sze-a-am ma-la i-na ku-un-nim{ki} il-te-qu2-u2 | barley, as much as in Kunnim they took |
| 13' | [_a]-sza3 zu2-lum_ u3 _sze-gesz-i3_ lu sza-at,-ra-ku | the fields of dates and sesame shall be written down. |
| 14' | [_zu2]-lum# sze-gesz-i3_ u3 sze-e ma-la im-szu-u2-ma | dates, sesame and barley, as much as there is, |
| 15' | [u2?-sze]-et#-bu-u2-[szu?] | they shall kill him. |
| 16' | [i-na _e2_]-ti# sza i-bi-{d}suen | in the house of Ibbi-Sîn |
| 17' | u2#-ka-la-mu-ka i-na _{na4}kiszib3_-ka | I will keep you alive, with your seal |
| 18' | ku-nu-uk 1(disz) _sila3_ a-na ma-am-ma-an la ta-na-di-in | sealed documents, 1 qû for no one to give. |
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