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TCL 17, 004 (P387300)

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

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Text / annotations

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Chemical Data

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Photo

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Museum Collection(s)

Louvre Museum, Paris, France

Museum Number

AO 06738

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Letter

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Text

tablet
obverse
1. a-na be-li2-ia
2. qi2-bi2-ma
3. um-ma s,i-li2-{d}utu-ma
4. _sze_-a-am sza _a-sza3_ mu-un-hi-a-tum
5. ap-szu-ur-ma _6(gesz2) gur_ ib-szi
6. u3 _a-sza3 su7 2(gesz2) gur sze_-um zu-uk-ku
7. sza-a-ru-u2 u2-ul i-sza-ru-u2-ma
8. ak-ka-a-li szum-ma-a-an sza-ru-um
9. i-isz-szi-ra-am _sze_-a-am ka-la-szu-ma-an
10. uz-za-ak-ki a-na _u4 4(disz)-kam sze_-um er-su2
11. asz-szum _sze_-e-em sza a-na _sza3-gal e2_
12. sza ta-asz-pu-ra-am
13. sza _a-sza3_ hi-isz#-szar
14. u3 _a-sza3 szuku_ a-ab-ba-a
15. ka-ba-ar u3 pu-s,a-am pe-e-s,i2
16. sza-a-ti e-ez-zi-ib-szu
reverse
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1. _iti gu4-si-sa2 u4 1(u) 1(disz)-kam_
2. _sza3 mu 4(disz) {uruda}alan_ ku-du-ur-ma-bu-uk
3. _e2 {d}nanna-sze3 i-ni-in-ku4-re_

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)

Collections

Louvre Museum, Paris, France

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Letter
Language(s): Akkadian

Related publications

primary: TCL 17, 4

[Dossin1933TCL17] Dossin, Georges. 1933. Lettres de La Première Dynastie Babylonienne I. Textes Cunéiformes, Musée Du Louvre 17. Paris: Librairie Orientaliste Paul Geuthner.
history: MAOG 15, p. 9

[Ebeling1942MAOG15] Ebeling, Erich. 1942. Altbabylonische Briefe Der Louvre-Sammlung Aus Larsa. Vol. 15. Mitteilungen Der Altorientalischen Gesellschaft. Leipzig : Harrassowitz.
history: AbB 14, 58

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

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: AO 06738
Accession No.:

Provenience

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Chronology

Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-07-11 at 18:13:44	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-04-11 at 16:18:03	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2018-09-23 at 06:53:34	Jagersma, Bram	Transliteration	Jagersma, Bram		CDLI	Approved
2008-06-25 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Ditchey, Mallory; Pace, Carl		CDLI	Approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Louvre Collections (cl010167422) (cl010167422)

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“TCL 17, 004 Artifact Entry.” (2008) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 11, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P387300.

TCL 17, 004 artifact entry (No. P387300). (2024, July 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P387300 (Original work published 2008)

TCL 17, 004 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P387300 (Accessed: February 21, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-21]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 11},
	title = {TCL 17, 004 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P387300},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P387300},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“TCL 17, 004 Artifact Entry.” (2008) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 11, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P387300.

TCL 17, 004 artifact entry (No. P387300). (2024, July 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P387300 (Original work published 2008)

TCL 17, 004 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P387300 (Accessed: February 21, 2026).

@misc{2024TCL,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-21]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 11},
	title = {TCL 17, 004 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P387300},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P387300},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/11/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P387300
LB  - CDLI:P387300
M1  - 2026/2/21/
TI  - TCL 17, 004 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P387300
ER  -