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TCL 17, 005 (P387301)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | TCL 17, 005 |
|---|---|
| ID | P387301 |
| Museum no. | AO 06742 |
| 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 | _1(gesz2) 3(u) gur sze-gesz-i3_ ib-ba-szu-u2 | 1030 gur of sesame they shall weigh out |
| 5 | la-ma sza-me2-e-em he-ep-szu#-nu# ap-pu-us, | Before the heavens were destroyed, I built. |
| 6 | sza-mu-u2-um u2-ul ik-szu-da-asz-szu-nu-ti | The heavens did not bind them. |
| 7 | asz-szum _a-sza3_-im sza ta-asz-pu-ra-am | Concerning the field about which you wrote me |
| 8 | _a-sza3_-um sza _iri{ki} ka-dingir_ | the field of Babylon |
| 9 | isz-tu _iti {gesz}apin-du8-a_ i-na e-re-szi-im | from the month “Plow-of-the-Foot in the harvest,’ |
| 10 | ga-me-er u3 _gu4 hi-a_-szu pa-at,-ru | the whole and his oxen are deducted. |
| 11 | asz-szum ta-aq-bi-a-am | Concerning what you said |
| 12 | _gu4 hi-a_ sza kap-ri-im as-su2-ha-am-ma | I removed the oxen of the threshing floor and |
| 13 | _2(bur3) GAN2_ i-na _iri{ki} ka-dingir_ | 2 bur3 field in Babylon |
| 14 | u3 sza pa-ni s,e-ri-im | and of the face of the steppe |
| 15 | _3(bur3) GAN2_ i-ir-ri-i#-szu# | 3 bur3 of field is his wage |
| 16 | _a-sza3_-um sza pa-ni s,e-ri-im | the field which before the steppe |
| 17 | _3(bur3) GAN2_ s,a-a-pi i-na li-ib-bi-im | a field of 3 bur3 in the middle |
| 18 | [n] _3(bur3) GAN2 a-sza3_-um e-ri-isz | n n 3 bur3 field is cultivated |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [szum]-ma-an la sza-me2-e-em | If it is not good |
| 2 | [i]-na# e-re-szi-im ka-lu-szu-ma-an ga-me-er# | Among the cedar trees, all of them, |
| 3 | sza#-ma-a-tum sza-la-a-asz | the second one |
| 4 | iz-nu-na-a-ma _a-sza3_-am a-na wa-ar-ki-szu | he gave, and the field after him |
| 5 | u2-te-er-ra a-na ri-isz wa-ar-hi-im | he returned to the beginning of the year. |
| 6 | i-na e-re-szi-im i-ga-am-ma-a-ru | in the harvest they will harvest. |
Sources & licences
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