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TCL 17, 012 (P387308)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Pī-Kasî · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | TCL 17, 012 |
|---|---|
| ID | P387308 |
| Museum no. | AO 06318 |
| Collection | Louvre Museum, Paris, France |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Letter |
| Find spot | Pī-Kasî (mod. Tell Abu Antiq) |
| Coordinates | 32.1311, 44.6393 |
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 nu-ur2-{d}utu | to Nur-Šamaš |
| 2 | qi2-bi2#-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma {d#}utu-na-s,i-ir-ma | Thus Šamaš-nāṣir: |
| 4 | asz-szum {disz}dumu-er-s,e-tim | Concerning Dumu-erṣetim |
| 5 | pa-ga-nu-um ia-a-ti u3 a-hi-sza-gi!(ME)-isz | I and Ahi-šagiš |
| 6 | i-sa-ni-a-ti-ma ki-a-am iq-bi | he looked at me and said thus: |
| 7 | um-ma szu-ma i-na _erin2-mesz_-ku-nu | thus he: among your troops |
| 8 | isz-te-en a-wi-lam el-te-qi2 | (Sum) The one who took away the man (Akk) The man took away his man |
| 9 | qa2-ti la ta-na-pa-s,a | [Do not s]eize my hand! |
| 10 | pa-ga-nu-um ki-a-am iq-bi | He said thus: |
| 11 | um-ma szu-u2-ma | Thus he: |
| 12 | a-na a-hi-sza-gi-isz i-di-in-szu | to Aḫi-šagiš gave him. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | pu-uh2-szu sza-ni-a-am#-ma# | a second time |
| 2 | li-di-na-ak-kum | let him give to you, |
| 3 | um-ma a-na-ku-u2-ma | thus I: |
| 4 | a-hi-sza-gi-isz pu-uh2-szu | Aḫi-šagiš, his servant |
| 5 | u2-ki-il-la-am-ma | he imposed upon me, and |
| 6 | u2-ul am-hu-ur-szu | I did not receive him. |
| 7 | um-ma a-na-ku-u2-ma | thus I: |
| 8 | qa2-aq-qa2-ad te-er-tim | the field of extispicy |
| 9 | a-pa-sa-as | I shall remove. |
| 10 | tup-pi2 ki-ma te-esz15-te-mu | A tablet like a reading-board |
| 11 | i-na te-er-ti-szu la ta-na-sa3-ah-szu | Do not remove him from his extispicy! |
Sources & licences
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