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TCL 01, 041 (P386477)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | TCL 01, 041 |
|---|---|
| ID | P386477 |
| Museum no. | AO 03970 |
| 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 li-pi2-it-e2-a | to Lipit-Ea |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um#-ma# ap#-la#-tum-ma | Thus Aplatum: |
| 4 | [{d}utu u3 {d}]marduk# li-ba-al-li-t,u2-ka | May Šamaš and Marduk keep you alive! |
| 5 | asz-szum {disz}ta-ri-ba-tum | Concerning Tarībatum |
| 6 | sza ta-asz-pu-ra-am | which you wrote me |
| 7 | sza um-ma at-ta-a-ma | Thus you: |
| 8 | _3(asz) gur zu2-lum_ u2-ki-la-am | 3 gur dates |
| 9 | a-nu-um-ma tup-pi2 usz-<ta>-bi-la-ak-kum | Now, I have sent you my tablet. |
| 10 | ki-ma tup-pi2 ta-am-ma-ru | You will see it like a tablet. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | _3(asz) gur zu2-lum_ | 3 gur dates |
| 2 | sza u2#-ki#-la#-ak-kum | that he smote you |
| 3 | e-t,e4-er-ma# a-wi#-le | a man’s ghost |
| 4 | bi-si-im-ma wa-ar-ka-nu-um | “It is enough! After that, |
| 5 | di-nam a-wi-lu-u2 | the case of a man |
| 6 | i-qa2-ab-bu-nim | they shall say |
| 7 | bu-li#-t,a#-an-ni# | heal me! |
| 8 | szum-ma _ma2 hi#-[a_ a]-na# guru7#?-ia | If a boat for my silo |
| 9 | i-la#-ka-nim | will come |
| 10 | it-ti _ma2 hi#-a_ x x x x | with the boat ... |
| 11 | szu-ur-ki-ba-am | Šurkibam |
| 12 | i-na an-ni-tim | in this |
| left | ||
| 1 | at-hu-ut!(RI)-ka lu-mur | I have sought you out, may I see |
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
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