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TCL 17, 017 (P387313)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Pī-Kasî · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | TCL 17, 017 |
|---|---|
| ID | P387313 |
| Museum no. | AO 06319 |
| 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 u3 ma-du-tim | to Nur-Šamaš and many |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma {d}utu-na-s,ir-ma | Thus Šamaš-nāṣir: |
| 4 | asz-szum _zu2-lum_ sza <ta>-asz-pu-ra-ni | Concerning the dates about which you wrote me |
| 5 | _7(gesz'u) zu2-lum_ ri-ba-tum | 7600 ribatum dates |
| 6 | ta-ap-la-su2-ma? | you kiss him, and |
| 7 | a-nu-ma u2-s,u2?-ur | Now he is going out. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | ki#?-a-am ap-la-ASZ | thus Apla-iddina |
| 2 | um-ma at-<tu>-nu-ma | Thus you: |
| 3 | _zu2-lum_ ki-a-am | dates in this manner |
| 4 | at-ta-a-ma | you, and |
| 5 | szu-ze2-zi u2 | šuzēzi-plant |
| 6 | u3 usz-ze2-zi | and he has freed |
Sources & licences
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