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TCL 17, 019 (P387315)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | TCL 17, 019 |
|---|---|
| ID | P387315 |
| Museum no. | AO 06331 |
| Collection | Louvre Museum, Paris, France |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Letter |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched)
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 id-di-i | to give |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma i3-li2-i-ma-dingir-ma | Ilī-imma-ilum speaks thus: |
| 4 | {d}utu u3 {d}marduk asz-szu-mi-ia# | Šamaš and Marduk, my gods, |
| 5 | da-ri-isz _u4_-mi li-ba-al-li-[t,u2-ka] | forever may they keep you alive! |
| 6 | 2(disz) tu-up-pa-ti-ia u2-sza-bi-[lam]-ma | 2 of my tablets I sent to me, and |
| 7 | me-he-er tup-pi2-ia u2-ul tu-sza-bi#-la-am | I did not send a reply to my tablet. |
| 8 | uz-na-ia ma-di-isz i-ba-asz-szi-a-ku | My ears are very much. |
| 9 | a-na mi-ni-im ki-a-am te-mi-sza-an-ni | Why do you listen to me? |
| 10 | ki-ma a-la-nu-u2 a-na szi-pi2-ir-ti-im | like alānû for the work assignment |
| 11 | sza bi-ti-szu uz-na-szu i-ba-asz-szi-a | there is a uznāšu of his house. |
| 12 | at-ta u2-ul ti-de-e | You do not know. |
| 13 | t,e4-em _sze_-em u3 mi-im-ma | news of the barley and anything |
| 14 | sza e-zi-ba-ak-ku-um | of Ezibakum |
| 15 | szu-up-ra-am | send! |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | t,e4-em {disz}du-mu-uq-{d}utu {disz}ku-bu-li-im | News of Dumuq-šamaš and Kubulum: |
| 2 | {disz}ku-ur-si-in-ni | Kursinni, |
| 3 | u3 s,e2-eh-he-re-ti-im# | and the flocks |
| 4 | sza i-na bi-ti-im e-zi-bu | which were left in the house |
| 5 | szu-up-ra-am | send! |
| 6 | szu-lum {disz}na-bi-{d}nin-szubur u3 szu-lum | the health of Nabi-Ninšubur and the health |
| 7 | bi-ti-im u3 t,e-ma-am sza asz-pur-ra-ku | The house and the report that I sent to you |
| 8 | me-he-er tup-pi2-ia szu-bi-lam | Send me a reply to my tablet! |
| 9 | u3 szum-ma lu-u2 i-na a-hi-ia | and if from my side |
| 10 | lu-u2 i-na ma-ar a-hi a-bi-ia | or before my father's side |
| 11 | ma-ma-an bi-ta-am u2-da-ba-ab | nobody will take it away. |
| 12 | t,e4-ma-am ga-am-ra#-[am] | I want to give a report |
| 13 | szu-up-ra-am-ma | send me, and |
| 14 | an-ni-ki-a-am ki-ma e-le-u2 | This is how it is. |
| 15 | lu-pu-usz | I shall do. |
Sources & licences
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