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TCL 17, 021 (P387317)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | TCL 17, 021 |
|---|---|
| ID | P387317 |
| Museum no. | AO 06345 |
| 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# 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 | li-ba-al-li-t,u2-ka | may they keep you alive. |
| 6 | 5(disz) tup-pa-ti-ia u2-sza-bi-la-ak-ku-um-ma | 5 of my tablets I sent to you and |
| 7 | ma-ti-ma tup-pa-ka a-na szu-ul-mi-ia | At any time, your tablet is for my well-being. |
| 8 | u3 asz-szum t,e4-em bi-ti-ia u2-ul il-li-ka-am | And concerning the news of my house, he did not come. |
| 9 | {disz}li-pi2-it-esz18-dar u3 i3-li2-ip-pa-al-sa3-am | Lipit-Ištar and Ilī-ippalsam, |
| 10 | _1(u) sze gur_ i-na bi-ti-ia a-na {disz}{d}suen-i-qu2-la-am | 10 kor of barley in my house to Sîn-iqulām |
| 11 | _nu-{gesz}kiri6_ id-di-nu | the orchardist gave |
| 12 | u3 a-na a-hi-a-ti-im sza-ni-a-ti | and to another brother |
| 13 | _3(u) sze gur_ i-na bi-ti-ia id-di-nu | 30 gur of barley in my house they gave, |
| 14 | {disz}li-pi2-it-esz18-dar a-na pu-hi _sze_-em <sza> id-di-nu | Lipit-Ištar in exchange for the barley that he gave |
| 15 | _1(u) 7(asz) sze gur_ sza _1(barig) 1(ban2) sze_ a-na _1(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar_ | 17 gur of barley, of 1 barig 1 ban2 barley for 1 shekel of silver |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | i-na bi-ti-ia i-il-qe3 | in my house he took |
| 2 | at-ta u3 {disz}dingir-szu-i-bi-szu | You and Ilu-šū-ibbīḫiša, |
| 3 | i-zi-iz-za-a-ma | stood, and |
| 4 | {disz}[li-pi2]-it-esz18-dar u3 {disz}i3-li2-ip-pa-al-sa3-am | Lipit-Ištar and Ilī-ippalsam |
| 5 | li-is-su2-ni-ku-um-ma | they shall remove you, and |
| 6 | di-nam qi3-bi-a-szu-nu-szi-im-ma | Say a verdict to them, and |
| 7 | sza szu-ud-du-un-szu _sze_-a-am li-sza-ad-di-im-ma | the barley of his harvest may he measure out, and |
| 8 | a-na bi-ti-im li-id-di-in | he may give to the house. |
| 9 | asz-szum mi-ni-im sza a-na ia-szi-im | Concerning what to me |
| 10 | id-di-nu-ni-im i-na bi-ti-ia | they gave me in my house. |
| 11 | i-le-eq-qu2-u2-ma | they shall take, and |
| 12 | sza# [i]-na bi-ti-ia il-qu2-u2 | who took from my house |
| 13 | a-na ia-szi-im la u2-ta-ar-ru-ni | they shall not return to me. |
| 14 | s,i-im-[da]-tum a-na ia-szi-im | ṣimdatum to me |
| 15 | a-hi-ta-am sza-ni-a-at | a second brother |
| 16 | ki-ma a-ha-am u3 qe3-er-ba-am | like each other and inside |
| 17 | la# i-szu-u2 ep-sze20-e-ku | they do not have |
| 18 | [asz]-szum# wa-ar-ka-nu-um da-ba-bi-ia | Because afterwards my words |
| 19 | [i]-na#? ma-ha-ar szi-i-bi szu-di-a-szu-nu-szi-im | in the presence of the šību-offerings to them |
Sources & licences
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