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TCL 01, 049 (P386485)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | TCL 01, 049 |
|---|---|
| ID | P386485 |
| Museum no. | AO 02504 |
| 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] a-wi-lim | to a man |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma {mi2}ra-i-im-tum-ma | thus Rīmtum: |
| 4 | isz-tu ta-al-li-ku _iti 3(disz)-kam_ ki-a-am | after the departure of the 3rd month, thus |
| 5 | i-na _1(asz) 4(barig) 3(ban2) sze gur_ sza te-e-zi-ba | from 1 kor 4 barig 3 ban2 of barley that you left |
| 6 | _4(barig) 5(ban2) sze_ s,i2-i-tum | 4 barig 5 ban2 of barley, interest |
| 7 | sza-pi2-il-tum _4(barig) 2(ban2) sze_ | surplus: 4 barig 2 ban2 of barley |
| 8 | sza-al-sza-am ar-ha-am asz-ta-pa-a | I have strewn a third of it. |
| 9 | a-bu-ma a-na sze-e na-sza-ri | Father, to the barley rations |
| 10 | ma-am-ma u2-ul il-li-<kam?> | Nobody will come (back) |
| 11 | a-na {mi2}e-t,i-ir-tum pa-qa2-di | is entrusted to Eṭirtu. |
| 12 | _4(ban2) sze_ it-ti szu-bu-ul-ti ah-bu-ut | 4 ban2 of barley is added to the debt. |
| 13 | asz-szum {mi2}na-ah!-du-szi | Concerning Naḫduši |
| 14 | sza ta-at-ta-na-la-ka-ku | that you keep wandering about, |
| 15 | um-ma szi-ma a-na zimbir#[{ki}] | thus she: "To Sippar |
| 16 | li-qi2-a-an-ni | may he give me. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | pa-na-nu-um mi-nam tu-x-li-kum | What did you ... before you? |
| 2 | id-di-ma it-ta-la-ak | he gave, and went |
| 3 | i-na-an-na mi-nam tu-dam-mi-qa2-kum | Now, what have you done to you? |
| 4 | um-ma szi-ma te-er ta?-a?-ri | Thus (says) Šīma-Tēri. |
| 5 | szum-ma li-ib-ba-ka | If your heart |
| 6 | li-qa2-asz-szi-ma | may he take her, and |
| 7 | t,e4-e-nu li-t,i-in szum-ma _siki_ li-pu-usz | a report may he make. If he does not do the garment |
| 8 | a-na _e2_ be-el-ti bi-ti-ka | to the house of the lady of your house |
| 9 | it#-ta-na-la-kam-ma | he keeps going, and |
| 10 | {mi2}szu-bu-ul-tum be-el-ti | the lady Šubultum |
| 11 | [u3] sza# it-ti-sza | and with her |
| 12 | [x x x x] _i3-gesz_ LI#? EL | ... oil? ... |
| 13 | [x x x x] al#-la-ka | ...... I shall come |
| 14 | [x x x x x x]-ma [(x)] | ...... and ... |
| left | ||
| 1 | [x x (x) tu]-sza-ar-ki-ba!-asz-szi i-na-an-na | ... you made her enter. Now |
| 2 | [t,e4-em-ka] s,a-ba#-at at-ta-ma li-qa2-asz-szi | You are the holder of your report, may he accept it. |
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