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TCL 01, 048 (P386484)

Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE

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Designation	TCL 01, 048
ID	P386484
Museum no.	AO 01667
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 ar-ra-bu	to Arrabu
2	qi2-bi2-ma	speak!
3	um-ma {mi2}be-le-su2-nu-ma	thus Belessunu:
4	be-li2 u3 be-el-ti	my lord and my lady
5	li-ba-al-li-t,u2-ka	may they keep you alive.
6	lu sza-al-ma-ta	may it be well.
7	_1/2(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar_ sza tu-sza-bi-lam	1/2 shekel of silver that you sent
8	ku-nu-uk-ku u2-ul <sza>-al-mu-ma	The seals are not sealed.
9	u2-te-ra-ak-kum	I have returned to you.
reverse
1	ta-ba-lum ta-at-ba-al	“Tabalālum, you will weigh it out.
2	szum-ma sze-um ma-ah-ri-ka i-ba-asz-szi	If there is barley in your presence,
3	sze-am# sza#-ma-am-ma szu-bi-lam	Send me the barley in the morning!
4	szum-ma sze-um la [i]-ba-asz-szi	If there is no barley
5	ku-nu-uk-ki# [sza-al]-mu-tim	Seal of well-being
6	szum#-ma ku-nu-uk# [x x] _babila2#{ki}_	If a seal of Babylon
7	[x x x x x szu]-bi-lam	Send me ......

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