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TCL 01, 043 (P386479)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | TCL 01, 043 |
|---|---|
| ID | P386479 |
| Museum no. | AO 03963 |
| 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 um-mi-ia# [qi2-bi2-ma] | Speak to my mother: |
| 2 | um-ma a-wi-il#-[x x x (x)] ma-ru-ki-ma | Thus Awīl-..., your servant: |
| 3 | {d}utu u3 {d}[marduk da-ri-isz _u4_]-mi#-im | Šamaš and Marduk forever |
| 4 | li-ba-al#-[li-t,u2-ki] | may they keep you alive! |
| 5 | isz-tu te-x [x x x (x)] | after ... |
| 6 | ki-ma szi-in-ni-im# [x x x]-tim#? | according to the wording of ... |
| 7 | a-na pa-ni {d}utu ta-ad-[di]-in#-ni | before Šamaš you gave me |
| 8 | il-ku-um es-ra-an-ni-ma | the ilkû-offering has ceased for me, and |
| 9 | na-pa-ar-ka-am u2-ul e-le-i | (Sum) I am the one who does not obey (Akk) I do not obey(?) |
| 10 | u3 at-ti ma-ti-ma | and you, wherever |
| 11 | ki-ma um-ma-tim | like a mother |
| 12 | u2-ul ta-asz-pu-ri-im-ma | you did not send me, and |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | li-ib-bi u2-ul tu-ba-li-t,i | (Sum) You will not be able to sleep (Akk) You did not sleep, you did not rest |
| 2 | a-nu-um-ma ma-an-na-szi | Now, who are we? |
| 3 | asz-ta-ap-ra-ki-im | I have sent to you |
| 4 | _2(disz) sila3 i3-gesz_ szu-bi-lim | 2 sila3 of pressed oil |
| 5 | mu-ur-s,u2-um is,-ba-ta-ni#-ma | a dog seized me, and |
| 6 | i-na na-pi2-isz-tim an-na-di | In the night I will lie down. |
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