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TCL 17, 015 (P387311)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Pī-Kasî · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | TCL 17, 015 |
|---|---|
| ID | P387311 |
| Museum no. | AO 06740 |
| 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 id-su2-ka-bi-it | because he has sinned |
| 5 | sza ta-asz-pur-ra-am | which you wrote me |
| 6 | ma-ah-ri-ia ki-a-am isz-ku-un | he set it up as before me. |
| 7 | um-ma szu-u2-ma _a-sza3_-lum sza s,il2-li2-{d}iszkur | Thus he: the field of Ṣillī-Adad |
| 8 | pa-tam u2-ul i-szu | He has no claim. |
| 9 | u2 te-ri-iq-ta-szu u2-ul ka-ap-da-at | and his extispicy is not bound. |
| 10 | a-wi-lam sza _{gesz}kiri6_-szu la ka-ap-du | a man whose orchard is not open |
| 11 | a-na _{gesz}kiri6_ sza ta-ap-pi2-szu | to the orchard of his harvest |
| 12 | i-in-szu i-na-asz-szi-ma | he will take his eye and |
| 13 | _{gesz}kiri6_-szu u2-ul i-ka-pu-ud | his orchard he shall not harvest. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | a-na _{gesz}kiri6_ sza s,il2-li2-{d}iszkur# | to the orchard of Ṣillī-Adad |
| 2 | u3 id-su-ka-bi-it | and he has paid it. |
| 3 | _5(disz) erin2-mesz_ it-ti-ka li-ir-du-ma | 5 labor-troops with you may they go, and |
| 4 | _{gesz}kiri6_ sza ka-ap-du | the orchard of Kapdu |
| 5 | u3 la ka-ap-du | and cannot be changed. |
| 6 | a-mu-ur-ma | I saw and |
| 7 | ki-ma ni-it,-li-ka | like your helper |
| 8 | e-pu-usz | I built. |
| 9 | _3(disz) erin2-mesz_ sza ta-as2-su-hu | 3 troops that you removed, |
| 10 | ne2-bi-ih-szu-nu _3(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar_ | their ration of 3 shekels of silver |
| 11 | ar-hi-isz szu-bi-lam | quickly send me! |
| 12 | asz-szum _dumu_ {d}utu-tap-pe2-e | because the son of Šamaš-tappê |
| 13 | a-na tu-ur-{d}u3-gul-la ta-na-sa-ah-szu | to Tur-Ugulla you will rub him. |
| 14 | szum#-ma s,il2-li2-{d}inanna x x | If Ṣillī-Inanna |
| 15 | [x] ki-ma ni-it,-li-szu lu-[x x] | ... like his staff ... |
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