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TCL 17, 009 (P387305)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | TCL 17, 009 |
|---|---|
| ID | P387305 |
| Museum no. | AO 06749 |
| 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 | _sze_-um sza _iri{ki}_ szi-ri-im-tum | the barley of the city of Širimtum |
| 5 | _1(gesz'u) 4(gesz2) gur_ ib-ba#-szi-i | 900 gur he will weigh out. |
| 6 | u3 wu-di-i _sze_-a-am 5(disz) szu-szi _gur_ | and wedî, 5 šuši gur of barley |
| 7 | a-na a#-ah# na-ri-im usz-te-e-s,i2 | to the side of the river he brought out. |
| 8 | _{gesz}ma2 [hi-a]_ na#-asz-pa-ak 1(disz) _sza3-tam_ | a different boat for the našpak-offering, 1 shatam |
| 9 | u3 eb-bu-tum li-il5-li-ku-nim-ma | and Ebbutum may they come to me, and |
| 10 | _sze_-um i-na# a-ah na-ri-im | the barley on the side of the river |
| 11 | la it-ta#-ab-ba-ak | he did not seize |
| 12 | ar-hi-isz li#-it-ba-lu-ni-isz-szu | quickly may they keep him alive. |
| 13 | a-sza-ar _sze_-um# ta-ab-ku-u2 | he will measure out the barley. |
| 14 | u2-la a-lu-u2-um# u2-ul sza-tum | “It is not alûm, it is not šatum |
| 15 | as-su2-ur-ri _sze#_-um 1(disz) _sila3_ | I added. The barley: 1 qû |
| 16 | i-ha-al-li-iq-ma | shall be destroyed, and |
| 17 | li-ib-ba-ka i-ma-ar-ra-as, | Your heart will be satisfied. |
| 18 | _{gesz}ma2 hi-a_ ar-hi-isz | a boat quickly |
| 19 | li-il5-li-ka-ni-i-i | may he come to me. |
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