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TCL 01, 050 (P386486)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | TCL 01, 050 |
|---|---|
| ID | P386486 |
| Museum no. | AO 04618 |
| 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 {d}suen-isz-me-a-ni-ma | thus Sîn-išmeanni: |
| 4 | {d}utu u3 {d}marduk da-ri-isz _u4_-mi li-ba-al-li-t,u2-ka | May Šamaš and Marduk keep you alive forever! |
| 5 | lu sza-al-ma-ta lu ba-al-t,a-ta | Be it good, be it faulty, |
| 6 | _dingir_ na-s,i-ir-ka re-esz-ka a-na da-mi-iq-tim | May the god who protects you, your head, be at peace. |
| 7 | li-ki-il | may he bind. |
| 8 | a-na szu-ul-mi-ka [asz-pu]-ra#-am | I wrote to you for your well-being. |
| 9 | szu-lum-ka ma-har {d}utu [u3 {d}]marduk# lu da-ri | May your health be long before Šamaš and Marduk! |
| 10 | ki-ma ti-du-u2 szu-ba-ru-u2 _gala_ | like a tidû, šubārū, the chief |
| 11 | isz-tu _mu 8(disz)-kam_ it-ti-ia | from the 8th year with me |
| 12 | isz-ta-li!-ma i-ih-la-am | he went away, and flew away |
| 13 | a-na e-e-li-im u2-ul ad-di-in-szu | I did not give him to a stranger. |
| 14 | i-na-an-na sza isz-tu _iti bara2-za3-gar u4 1(disz)-kam_ | Now, that from the month of Nisannu the 1st day |
| 15 | x x x x [x x x x] x | |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | ti-x [x x x x x x x x x] | ...... |
| 2' | um-ma szu-nu-ma u2-ul li-ib-ba-ni# | Thus they: “He does not rejoice! |
| 3' | a-na ma-ri {d}nin-szubur-ma-an-szum2 | to the king, my lord Ninšubur-mānum |
| 4' | u3 um-mi-szu | and his mother |
| 5' | _ka2_ ap-ta-qi2-id | I opened the gate. |
| 6' | u3 ka-ni-kam i-te-ez-bu-nim# | and the guarantee they have taken |
| 7' | a-na a-hi-ti-szu-nu i-zi-is#-su2#-nu#-[szi-im-ma] | to their brother he shall strike them, and |
| 8' | ar-ha-am si-bu-ta-am | “Arḫam, sibūtam, |
| 9' | u3 sza-pa-at-ta-am | and šapattam |
| 10' | ki-ma ku-ul-lu-ma-a-ta | like a kiln, |
| 11' | szu-ul-li-im | well-being |
| 12' | a-na sza asz-pu-ra-ak-kum | to what I wrote to you |
| 13' | ni-di a-hi la ta-ra-asz-szi | Do not abandon my brother! |
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