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TCL 17, 008 (P387304)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | TCL 17, 008 |
|---|---|
| ID | P387304 |
| Museum no. | AO 06748 |
| 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 | i-na pa-ni sza-at-tim _{gesz}ma2_ u2-ul ia-at-tum | in the future a boat will not exist |
| 5 | ar-ka-ab-szi-i-ma | he shall return to her, and |
| 6 | it,-bu-u2-ma szi-im-tum isz-tu a-nu-mi-i-szu | he seized, and the fate from now on |
| 7 | ih-ta-li-iq u3 gi-mi-il5-lum i-de | he has stolen, and Gimillum knows. |
| 8 | ki-i-ma _{gesz}ma2_ it,-bu-u2 | when the boat moored, |
| 9 | szi-im-tum ma-la _ab2 gu4 hi-a_ | the price as much as the cattle |
| 10 | isz-sza-ak-na is-se2-e-pi | he placed, he removed, |
| 11 | u2-ul wu-du u3 um-ma a-na-ku-u2-ma | I do not know, and thus I: |
| 12 | a-na be-li2-ia lu-uq-bi-i-ma | I shall speak to my lord, and |
| 13 | lu-na-ak-ke-e-er-ma lu-t,a-a-am | [Let me s]ettle (them) and let me recover. |
| 14 | szi-ma-at _u8 udu hi-a_ sza la nu-uk-ku-ri-im | the fate of the ewe and the sheep, without number, |
| 15 | lu sza-ak-na u3 _gu4 hi-a_ sza us,-s,u2-u2 | may they be placed, and the oxen that go out |
| 16 | lu-t,a-a-am li-isz-sza#-[ak]-nu | let me live, let them set me free. |
| 17 | u3 _sze_-um sza _iri{ki}_ szi-[ri-im]-tum# | and the barley of the city of Širimtum |
| 18 | a-sza-ar _a-sza3_-um me-e# [ma-ak-ru] | to harvest the field, water to drink |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | _sze#_-um ma-di-isz u2-ul ka-ba#-[ar] | the barley will not be weighed out much. |
| 2 | a-na _sze-ba lu2-ma2_ i-li-i-qi2# | to the barley of the merchant he shall take |
| 3 | u3 ma-ak-ku-u2-um i-dam ma-a-dam | and the land will be destroyed, will be devastated. |
| 4 | la i-ik-ka-a-al | he shall not eat. |
Sources & licences
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