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TCL 17, 024 (P387320)
Letter, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | TCL 17, 024 |
|---|---|
| ID | P387320 |
| Museum no. | AO 06332 |
| 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 ia-ah-gu-un-nu-um | to Yaḫ-gunnum |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma be-la-nu-um-ma | Thus Belanum: |
| 4 | isz-tu a-bu-ka i-mu-tu _mu 3(disz)-kam_ | from your father died, 3rd year |
| 5 | UD#? TU zi-zu-ka na-di u3 _ugula gidri lugal?_ | “On the day of your rising, you will be seen,— and the foreman of the scepter(?) is Lugal(?) |
| 6 | sza a-na ti?-bi a-bi-ka be-li szu-um-szu | that to the side of your father my lord is |
| 7 | iz-ku-ru _gu2-un a-sza3_-im _{gesz}kiri6_ u3 _sze-gesz-i3_ | the yield of the field, orchard, or sesame |
| 8 | sza isz-tu _mu 2(disz)-kam_ sza la le-qe2-ka te-el-te-ne-qu2 | that from the 2nd year that you did not take they have been taken. |
| 9 | usz-te-em-mi-id-ma i#-na zu-um-ri-ka | I have gathered, and in your body |
| 10 | i-le-qe2 a-nu-um-ma a-hu-szu | Now, his brothers |
| 11 | it-ta-al-ka-ak-ku mi-ik-sa-at | “He has been slandered, the wronged, |
| 12 | _a-sza3 {gesz}kiri6_ u3 _sze-gesz-i3_ | field, orchard, and sesame |
| 13 | sza te-el-qu2-u2 a-ha-szu | that you took, his brother |
| 14 | a-pu-ul u3 _3(disz) gu4_ | irrigation work and 3 oxen |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | sza be-li2 a-na a-bi-ka id-di-nu | which my lord gave to your father, |
| 2 | a-wi-lum szu-u2 s,a-bi-it-ka | That man is your captive. |
| 3 | um-ma szu-u2-ma _3(disz) gu4#_ a-bu-ka | Thus he: 3 bulls of your father |
| 4 | a-na mu-um-mi-du-um a-na _ugula gidri_ | to Ummidum, to the foreman of the scepter |
| 5 | sza-ka-ni-szu id-di-in | he gave as his gift. |
| 6 | s,i-bi-it t,e-mi-im ri-szi-ma | “The one who hears the news, listen to it! |
| 7 | a-wi-lam a-pu-ul | “If a man, I will be able to provide.’ |
Sources & licences
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