TCL 18, 111 (P387407)

Letter tablet excavated in Larsa (mod. Tell as-Senkereh), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in Louvre Museum, Paris, France

Cite

Photo

Lineart

Museum Collection(s)

Louvre Museum, Paris, France

Museum Number

AO 08372

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Larsa (mod. Tell as-Senkereh)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Letter

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Text

tablet
obverse
1. a-na zi-nu-u2
en: To Zinu
2. qi2-bi2-ma
en: speak,
3. um-ma i-din-{d}suen-ma
en: thus Iddin-Sin:
4. {d}utu {d}marduk u3 {d}nin-szubur
en: May Shamash, Marduk, and Ninshubur
5. asz-szum-ia a-na da-ri-a-tim
en: for my sake forever
6. li-ba-al-li-t,u3-ki
en: sustain you!
7. {tug2}s,u2-ba-a-at a-wi-le-e
en: The garments of others
8. sza-at-tam a-na sza-at-tim
en: year for year
9. i-da-am-mi-qu2
en: are improving,
10. at-ti {tug2}s,u2-ba-a-ti
en: but as for you, my garments
reverse
1. sza-at-tam a-na sza-at-tim
en: year for year
2. tu-qa2-al-la-li
en: you reduce!
3. i-na {tug2}s,u2-ba-ti-ia
en: In my garments
4. qu3-ul-lu-lim u3 ku-uz-zi
en: reducing and ...-ing,
5. ta-asz-ta-ri-i
en: you have become rich!
6. i-na _siki hi-a_ i-na bi-ti-ni
en: With respect to the wool in our estate,
7. ki-ma a-ka-lim in-na-ka-la
en: which like bread is being consumed,
8. at-ti {tug2}s,u2-ba-ti tu-qa2-al-li-li
en: my garments you reduce!
9. dumu {disz}{d}iszkur-i-di2-nam
en: The son of Adad-iddinam,
10. sza a-bu-szu s,u2-ha-ar a-bi-ia
en: whose father is an underling of my father,
11. szi#?-na#? {tug2}s,u2-ba-te-e esz-szu-tim
en: two new garments,
12. [la]-bi#-isz at#-[ti] a#-na {tug2}s,u2-ba-ti-ia
en: wears, but as for you, about my single garment
13. [isz]-te-en ta-ta-na-ah-da-ri
en: you keep obsessing!
14. ki-ma at-ti ia-ti
en: Although you to me
15. tu-ul-di-in-ni
en: gave birth,
left
column 1
1. sza#-a-ti um-ma-szu
en: and as to him, his mother
2. a#-na le-qi2-tim
en: in adoption
3. [il-qe2]-e-szu
en: adopted him,
column 2
1. u3 ki-ma sza-a-ti
en: yet although as to him,
2. um-ma-szu <i>-ra-a-mu-szu
en: his mother loves him,
3. at-ti [ia]-a-ti u2-ul ta-ra-am-mi-in-ni
en: you, you do not really love me.

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Consult word list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Text content

Genre(s)	Letter
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

Period	Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Dates Referenced	00.00.00.00
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P387407
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P387407

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience	Larsa (mod. Tell as-Senkereh) [uncertain]
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	Louvre Museum, Paris, France
Museum Number	AO 08372
Accession Number

References

primary: TCL 18, 111

[Dossin1934TCL18] Dossin, Georges. 1934. Lettres de La Première Dynastie Babylonienne II. Textes Cunéiformes, Musée Du Louvre 18. Paris: Librairie Orientaliste Paul Geuthner.
history: MAOG 15, 078-079

[Ebeling1942MAOG15] Ebeling, Erich. 1942. Altbabylonische Briefe Der Louvre-Sammlung Aus Larsa. Vol. 15. Mitteilungen Der Altorientalischen Gesellschaft. Leipzig : Harrassowitz.
history: Oppenheim, A. Leo, Letters from Mesopotamia 084-085, no. 16

[sec100782] N.d.
history: Moran, ANET 3, 629b

[sec100784] N.d.
history: AbB 14, 165

[Veenhof2005AbB14] Veenhof, Klaas R. 2005. Letters in the Louvre. Altbabylonische Briefe in Umschrift Und Übersetzung, Heft 14. Leiden: Brill.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2024-07-11 at 18:13:44	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2018-06-28 at 08:44:14	Jagersma, Bram	Transliteration	Jagersma, Bram	CDLI, CDLI	Approved
2018-06-28 at 08:33:30	Jagersma, Bram	Transliteration	Jagersma, Bram	CDLI, CDLI	Approved
2013-10-31 at 08:05:18	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Pace, Carl	CDLI, CDLI	Approved
2013-10-31 at 08:02:17	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI, CDLI	Approved
2013-10-30 at 11:20:52	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Pace, Carl	CDLI, CDLI	Approved
2008-06-25 at 00:00:00	CDLI, CDLI	Artifact metadata	Ditchey, Mallory; Pace, Carl	CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“TCL 18, 111 Artifact Entry.” (2008) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 11, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P387407.

TCL 18, 111 artifact entry (No. P387407). (2024, July 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P387407 (Original work published 2008)

TCL 18, 111 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P387407 (Accessed: October 12, 2026).

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Cite this Artifact

“TCL 18, 111 Artifact Entry.” (2008) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 11, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P387407.

TCL 18, 111 artifact entry (No. P387407). (2024, July 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P387407 (Original work published 2008)

TCL 18, 111 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P387407 (Accessed: October 12, 2026).

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	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 11},
	title = {TCL 18, 111 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P387407},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P387407},
}

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