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TCL 17, 001 (P387297)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | TCL 17, 001 |
|---|---|
| ID | P387297 |
| Museum no. | AO 06734 |
| 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 be-li2-ia | To my lord |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma s,i-li2-{d}utu-ma | Thus Ṣillī-šamaš: |
| 4 | _7(gesz2) gur sze_-um i-na _iri{ki}_ szi-ri-im-tum | 7 00 gur of barley in the city of Širimtum |
| 5 | ib-ba-szi-i | he created. |
| 6 | _5(gesz2) gur_ a-na pi-i na-ri-i-im | 5 00 gur according to the wording of the tablet |
| 7 | usz-te-e-s,i2 _1(gesz2) 3(u) gur sze-numun_ u3 _sza3-gal gu4 hi-a_ | 100 gur of seed and fodder for oxen |
| 8 | _3(u) gur sze-ba lu2-sza3-gu4_ u3 x _sze-gesz-i3_ | 30 gur of barley, the oxen-driver and ... sesame |
| 9 | _{gesz}ma2 hi-a_ li-il-li-ka-ni-im-ma | may that boat come to me, and |
| 10 | _sze_-a-am lu-s,e-e-nam | I shall harvest the barley. |
| 11 | u3 _5(gesz2) sze gur_ sza _iri{ki} ka-dingir_ | and 50 kor of barley of Babylon |
| 12 | szum-ma a-na _sze-ba_ in-na-an-di-in | if to the grain he shall give |
| 13 | ar-hi-isz li-il-li-ku-ni-im-ma | quickly they should come and |
| 14 | la-ma mu-u2 im-qu2-u2-tu | “If he dies or flees, |
| 15 | li-im-hu-u2-ru szum-ma la ki-a-am | if not, |
| 16 | a-na bi-tim lu-sza-bi-la-asz-szu | I shall send him to the house. |
| 17 | _sze_-um sza _an-za-gar3_ ka-a-at-tim | the barley of the kāttu-vessel |
| 18 | er-re-szum-ma a-di-i-ni u2-ul zu-uk-ku-ma | Errēšum says: “As long as I am alive, |
| 19 | u2-ul a-sza-ap-pa-ra-ak-kum | I will not send to you. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | u3 si-im-mu-ug-ra | and Simmutara |
| 2 | isz-pu-ra-am-ma ah-hi {d}suen-ri-im-uri2{ki} | sent, and the brother of Sîn-rīm-Urim |
| 3 | sza _gu4 hi-a_-ka na-szu-u2 | of your oxen are taken. |
| 4 | sza-a-at qa2-tim im-ha-s,u2-u2-ma | the one of the hands seized, and |
| 5 | a-na s,e-ri-i-szu it-ru-u2 | they went out to his country. |
| 6 | isz-te-en i-na qa2-tim ip-pa-ar-szi-dam-ma | “At the same time, he will make a claim against her, and |
| 7 | a-na s,e-ri-i-ka it-ta-al-kam | he has gone to your country. |
| 8 | u3 _4(bur3) GAN2 sze-gesz-i3_ as-sa3-pa-an | and 4 bur3 of sesame I planted. |
| 9 | u3 ma-ah-ri a-hi pi-ti-iq-tam | and before the other side of the canal |
| 10 | ip#-ta-ti-i-iq u3 a-na _u4 2(disz)-kam_ | and for the 2nd day |
| 11 | pa-ni _5(bur3) GAN2_ a-ka-as,-s,a-a-ar | I shall guard the face of 5 bur3 field. |
| 12 | u3 _{gesz}ig hi-a_ sza tu-sza-hi-za-an-ni | and the door(s) that you have installed for me |
| 13 | sza _{gesz}erin_ mi-UH3-s,u2-u2-um | of mi-Uḫuṣûm-tree |
| 14 | _1/2(disz) ninda 4(disz) kusz3_ me2-e-lu-u2-um 2(disz) 2/3(disz) _kusz3_ ru-up-szum | 1/2 ninda 4 cubits: Melûm, 2 2/3 (cubits): Rupšum, |
| 15 | ga-am-ra asz-ka-pu-us-si2-na-ma | I want to utter an arazu prayer to them |
| 16 | uh-hu-ra-a-at | he shall return. |
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