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TCL 17, 002 (P387298)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | TCL 17, 002 |
|---|---|
| ID | P387298 |
| Museum no. | AO 06733 |
| 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 | _6(gesz2) 3(u) gur a-sza3_ mu-un-hi-a-tum | 6 30 gur of unḫiatum field |
| 5 | _2(gesz2) gur a-sza3_ hi-isz-szar | 120 gur of the field Ḫiššar |
| 6 | _2(gesz2) 5(u) 4(asz) gur a-sza3 igi iri#{ki}_ | 184 gur field before the city |
| 7 | _1(gesz2) 5(u) gur a-sza3 a-gar3 gu-la_ | 100 gur field, great meadow |
| 8 | _1(gesz'u) 4(gesz2) 1(u) 4(asz) gur_ | 914 gur |
| 9 | sza {d}suen-da-mi-iq | of Sîn-dammiq |
| 10 | _1(gesz2) 5(u) 4(asz) gur a-sza3_ mu-un-hi-a-tum | 104 gur of unḫiātum field |
| 11 | _7(gesz2) gur a-sza3_ s,e-rum | 7 00 gur of field Ṣerum |
| 12 | _9(gesz2) 5(u) 4(asz) gur_ | 954 gur |
| 13 | sza i3-li2-tu-ra-am | of Ilī-turam, |
| 14 | _szunigin 2(gesz'u) 3(gesz2) 5(u) 8(asz) gur_ | total: 198 gur |
| 15 | _sag-nig2-gur11-ra_ sza ip-pa-asz-ru | the capital that he will measure out |
| 16 | i-na li-ib-bi-im a-na _guru7_-e-em | from the heart to the silo |
| 17 | ub-lu-ni x x | brought |
| 18 | sza-pi-il-ti _sze_-e-em i-na ma-asz-ka-an | a third of the barley on the threshing floor |
| 19 | ka-ar-pa-a-ti masz-ta-pa-a-ak | “Storms (and) mounds, maštapkāk-disease, |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | _sza3-gal gu4 hi-a_ i-na _sze libir#?_ [(x)] | the fodder of the oxen in the old barley |
| 2 | ka-al-ma-tam la-pi-it-ma# | “The totality was broken, and |
| 3 | a-na-ad-di-in _{gesz}ma2 hi-a_ | I will give. The boat |
| 4 | li-il-li-ka-ni-im-ma | may he come, and |
| 5 | li-it-ba-lu-ni-isz-szu | may they keep him alive. |
| 6 | asz-szum _sze_-e-im sza _iri{ki}_ szi-ri-im-tum# | Concerning the barley of the city of Širimtum |
| 7 | u3 sza _iri{ki} ka-dingir_ | and of Babylon |
| 8 | sza ta-asz-pu-ra-am isz-tu i-na-an-na | As to what you wrote, from now |
| 9 | a-na _u4 2(disz)-kam_ an-nu-u2-um u3 an-nu-u2-um za-a-ku | for 2 days this and this are cleared. |
| 10 | u3 a-na pa-sza-ri-im qa2-ti a-sza-ak-ka-an | and I will place it in the hand. |
| 11 | isz-tu ap-ta#-asz-ru na-ap-sza-ar-tam | From the opening of the stele |
| 12 | ma-la ib-ba-asz-szu-u2 ku-nu-uk-kam | It is a sealed document. |
| 13 | u2-sza-ab-ba-la-ak-kum _sze_-a-am | he shall carry for you barley |
| 14 | sza _iri{ki}_ szi-ri-im-tum | of the city of Širimtum |
| 15 | a-na a-ah na-ri-im ra-bi-tim | to the father of the great hero |
| 16 | u2-sze-es,-s,i2-a-am asz-szum sza-ad-da-aq-di-im | Concerning the šaddaqdim |
| 17 | li-ib-ba-ti-ia ta-am-lu-u2 | (Sum) My heart is a flood, my heart is an earthquake. (Akk) I am a storm, the heart of the storm is afflicted. |
| 18 | um-ma at-ta-a-ma am-mi-i-ni-im | Thus (says) you: why |
| 19 | ba-lum sza-li-ia tu-sze20-e-s,i2 | Without my permission you will go out. |
| 20 | u3 s,u2-ha-ru-u2 ep-ra-a-am | and ṣuḫarû-flour will be made. |
| 21 | a-a-i-ki-a-am i-ma-ah-ha-a-ru | “Where will they receive it? |
| 22 | asz-szum# _sze#_-em szu-s,i2-i-x | because of the barley ... |
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