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TCL 17, 010 (P387306)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | TCL 17, 010 |
|---|---|
| ID | P387306 |
| Museum no. | AO 06737 |
| 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 Ṣilli-šamaš |
| 4 | asz-szum _sze_-e-em [x x x]-ti#-ra | Concerning the barley ... |
| 5 | ma-li a ta [x sza]-ad#-da-aq-di#-im | “Alas, ..., I want to utter an arazu prayer to you. |
| 6 | _u4 1(u)-kam_ [x]-u2-tam | 10th day, ... |
| 7 | sza-a-ru-u2-ma isz#-pi-lu-ni-im | he was enraged and wailed |
| 8 | _sze_-um isz-tu [a]-na# _iri{ki}_ di x x | barley from to the city |
| 9 | ta-al-li-ku i-na di-a-szi-im# ga#-mi#-ir | I will go, I will achieve justice in the court. |
| 10 | u3 isz-tu _u4 [n]-kam sze_-um ka-lu-sza zu#-[uk]-ku | and from the nth day the barley is allotted. |
| 11 | _{gesz}ma2 hi-a_ li#-il-li#-[ka-nim]-ma# | may that boat come to me, and |
| 12 | bi-il-tam lu-sza-ar-ki-ba-am# | May I achieve my wish. |
| 13 | _sze_-um ip-pa-sze-er-ma _2(gesz2) 4(u) gur a-sza3_ hi-[isz]-szar# | he will measure out the barley and 240 gur of field Hishshar |
| 14 | _2(gesz2) 3(u) gur igi iri#[{ki}]_ ib-szi-i | 190 gur before the city he built |
| 15 | asz-szum {disz}mu-ha-ad-du-um u3 i3-li2-[ip]-pa-al-sa3-am | Concerning Muhaddum and Ilī-ippalsam |
| 16 | sza ta-asz-pu-ra-am | which you wrote me |
| 17 | ha-al-qum a-na-ku# i-na a-a-i-tim-ma | I am frightened, in the land |
| 18 | li-ib-ba-ka im-ra-a-as, | Your heart trembles. |
| 19 | um-ma at-ta-a-ma | Thus you: |
| 20 | a-na-ku u2-ha-ba-la-ak-kum# | I shall kill you |
| 21 | isz-tu i-na-an-na WA-[x x] | From now on ... |
| 22 | e-te-pu-usz-ma ta-ba-tim# [x] | I did, and the sea ... |
| 23 | t,u3-ub-x-x [x-(x)] | Ṭub- |
| 24 | _a-sza3_-am ta-asz-ta-[x x x] | the field you ... |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | sza [x x x x x x x x x x] | of ...... |
| 2 | u3 [x x x x x x x x x x] | and ...... |
| 3 | la-ma szu-x-[x x x x x x x] | before ...... |
| 4 | i-il-la-[x x x x x x x x] | will go ...... |
| 5 | _a-sza3_-am u3 [x x x x x x x] | a field and ...... |
| 6 | sza il-li-kam x [x x x x x] | who came ...... |
| 7 | ta-as,-ba-tu i-[x x] x x [x] | you seized ...... |
| 8 | sza u2-la-am-mi-du-ni-[ik]-ka | that he will give to you |
| 9 | la pa-ni-a-at szi-ik-ni-ka-a-ma | Your oath is unrivalled, |
| 10 | pa-ni-a-at _a-sza3_-szu | the owner of his field |
| 11 | u3 lu-u2 bi-ti-i-szu-ma a-na-ku a-wi-ir-ma | or his family, and I am a man |
| 12 | asz-pu-ra-kum wa-ar-<ka>-tam pu-ru-us-ma | I have written to you, afterwards, a request |
| 13 | a-ra-an-szi-na lu-ut-ta-asz-szi-i | (Sum) I want to pacify their hearts (Akk) Let me calm their hearts |
| 14 | _a-sza3_-szu a-na _{gesz}kiri6_-im _5(disz) usz_ u2-ul i-t,e-eh-hi | his field to the orchard 5 uš he did not take away. |
| 15 | li-ib-ba-ka-ma la i-ma-ar-ra-as, | May your heart not be frightened. |
| 16 | isz-tu ta-asz-pu-ra-am s,i-bi a-di | After you wrote me, I will send a copy to you. |
| 17 | di-nu-um sza {d}utu a-sza-ar _{gesz}szinig 2(disz) sila3-ta_ | a lawsuit of Šamaš I shall litigate; a trough of 2 sila3 each |
| 18 | ka-ab-ru ki-a-am i-ta-a-wu | “It is a flood, it has risen in the same way.’ |
| 19 | isz-tu i-na-an-na li-du-ku-ni-a-ti | As of now, let them kill me! |
| 20 | ma-am-ma-an ni-ip-pa-a-al | nobody will look. |
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