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TCL 18, 089 (P387385)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Pī-Kasî · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | TCL 18, 089 |
|---|---|
| ID | P387385 |
| Museum no. | AO 07265 |
| 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 {d}suen-sza-mu-uh | to Sîn-šamuḫ |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma e#-tel-pi4-{d}amar-utu-ma | thus Etel-pî-Amurrum: |
| 4 | {d}utu li-ba-al-li-it,-ka | May Šamaš keep you alive! |
| 5 | a-nu-um-ma tup-pi2 usz-ta-bi-la-ak#-kum# | Herewith I have sent you my tablet. |
| 6 | _5(asz) gur_ sza pi2-qi2-it-ti um-[x x] | 5 kor of the allocation ... |
| 7 | e-ri-isz-tam ta-bi-li [(x)] | Erištam, tabili |
| 8 | u3 ha-at,-t,i qa2-ti-ka | and the reed bundles in your hands |
| 9 | le-qi2-a-am-ma a-la-kam ep-sza-am* | Take (it) and I will go and do (the work). |
| 10 | _1(disz) {gesz}gan2-ur3_ | 1 harrow |
| 11 | 1(disz) {gesz}ha-ar-bu | 1 hammer |
| 12 | 1(u) {gesz}ni-ru | 10 niru wood |
| 13 | ki-ma pa-ni-ka | like your face |
| 14 | li-qi2-a-am | may he take. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | {disz}ri-isz-dingir we-du-um | Rīš-ilum, wedum |
| 2 | {disz}a-at-ta-szu _dumu_ t,u2-bi-ia | Attašu, son of Ṭibiya |
| 3 | u3 {d}pa-an-ni-ga2-ra-sze-mi | and Panigašemi |
| 4 | _dumu_ gur-ru-u2 | son of Gurrû |
| 5 | it-ti-ka | with you |
| 6 | a-la-kam | to go |
| 7 | li-pu-szu-nim# | may they do. |
| 8 | {disz}i3#-li2-a-ia-ba#-[asz] | Ilī-aya-abaš |
| 9 | sza asz-pu-ra-ak#-[kum] | which I wrote to you |
| 10 | la ta-ka-al-la-a-am | do not hold back! |
| 11 | _1(asz) gur numun ga-rasz{sar} | 1 gur seeds of groats |
| 12 | ki-ma pa-ni-ka li-qi2-a-am | May he give me as your face! |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
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