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TCL 17, 003 (P387299)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | TCL 17, 003 |
|---|---|
| ID | P387299 |
| Museum no. | AO 06735 |
| 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 | a-sza-ar sza-ad-da-aq-di-i-im | the šaddaqdīm priest |
| 5 | _8(gesz2)* sze gur_ i-ib-szu-u2 | 8 00 kor of barley they shall measure out. |
| 6 | i-na-an-na _3(gesz2) 3(u) sze gur_ | Now, 300 gur of barley |
| 7 | i-na _iri{ki} ka-dingir_ ib-ba-a-szi | in Babylon he settled. |
| 8 | ma-ti-i-ma ki-i-ma sza-ad-da-aq-di-im | At any time like a šaddaqdim |
| 9 | mi-ik-ra-a-am | a sacrifice |
| 10 | u2-ul am-ku-u2-ur | I did not find. |
| 11 | 1(disz) szu-szi _sze gur_ a-na _<sze>-numun_ u3 _sza3-gal gu4 hi-a_ | 60 kor of barley for seed and fodder for oxen |
| 12 | ad-di-i-in# | I gave. |
| 13 | u3 as,-s,e-er _{gesz}apin_-ni-szu-nu | and I have sent their plows |
| 14 | _{gesz}apin_ sza-ni-a-am | another plow |
| 15 | u2-s,i2-ib-szu-nu-szi-i-im | he brought them in. |
| 16 | a-nu-um-ma {disz}u2-s,i2-nu-ru-um | Now, Uṣi-nurum |
| 17 | u3 s,i-li2-{d}suen _szesz-a-ni_ | and Ṣillī-Sîn, his brother |
| 18 | it-ta-al-ku-ni-i-im-ma | have come, and |
| 19 | sza-al-szu-nu-u2-ti | secondly, |
| 20 | a-na-ku aq-bi-szu-nu-szi-i-im-ma | I spoke to them, and |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | di-ha-a-ti u2-ul isz-ta#-a-lu | the dīḫatu-disease did not cease |
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