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TCL 17, 043 (P387339)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Pī-Kasî · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | TCL 17, 043 |
|---|---|
| ID | P387339 |
| Museum no. | AO 06326 |
| 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 a-hu-szu-nu | to their brothers |
| 2 | u3 s,il2-li2-{d}dam-ki-na | and Ṣillī-damkina |
| 3 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 4 | um-ma [{disz}]lu-mur-sza-{d}amar-utu-ma | Thus (says) Lūmur-ša-Marduk: |
| 5 | {d}x#-[x] li-ba-al-li-it,#-ku#-nu-ti | May ... keep you alive! |
| 6 | a-nu-[um]-ma# asz-tap-ra-ku-nu-szi-im | Now then I am writing to you: |
| 7 | a-na _{gesz#}kiri6#_ sza _iri_ gir2-su#{ki} | to the garden of Girsu |
| 8 | a-na szu-<ku>-un-ne-e-em sza-ka-a-nim | for the šukunnû-offerings |
| 9 | it-ta-al-ku-nim | they have come. |
| 10 | ki-ma sza-na-as2-su al-ka-ma# | Come, like his brother, and |
| 11 | _{gesz#}kiri6_ szu-a-ti szu-<ku>-un-na-am# | this orchard should be planted |
| 12 | szu-uk-na-a | Šukna |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | asz-szum ta-ri-ba-tum | concerning Tarībatum |
| 2 | u3 a-pil-{d}mar-tu is,-s,a-ba-tu-u2* | and Apil-Amurrum seized |
| 3 | u3 um-ma szu-u2-ma hi-t,a-am sza _{gesz}kiri6_ | and thus he: “The crime of the orchard |
| 4 | u2-ka-al-la-am | shall hold. |
| 5 | ri-da-a-ma hi-t,a-am sza _{gesz}kiri6_ | “Remove the fault of the orchard, |
| 6 | am-ra-a-ma t,e4-ma-am ga-am-ra-am | I want to give a report, but I do not know. |
| 7 | a-na ma-ah-ri-ia te-e-ra-nim | Return to my presence! |
| 8 | u3 szu-ku-un-na-am | and šukunam |
| 9 | a-na ta-ri-ba-tum szu-uk-na-a | given to Tarībatum. |
Sources & licences
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