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TCL 17, 020 (P387316)

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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Museum Collection(s)

Louvre Museum, Paris, France

Museum Number

AO 06344

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 id-di-[i]
2. qi2-bi2-ma
3. um-ma i3-li2-i-ma-dingir-ma
4. {d}utu u3 {d}marduk li-ba-al-li-t,u2-ka
5. asz-szum bi-ti sza {disz}li-pi2-it-esz18-dar
6. sza ta-asz-pur-ra-am
7. i-na bi-ti-szu mi-ni sza-ki-in-ma
8. ki-s,i-ir bi-ti-szu i-ri-isz
9. a-na s,e-er bi-ti-szu
10. u3 a-di a-al-la-ka-am
11. ba-ma-at bi-ti-ia
12. li-il-qe3-e-ma li-szi-ib
13. a-di a-al-la-ka-am-ma#
14. i-ta-am u2-ka-an-nu-szu-um-ma
15. bi-it-su2 i-pe2-hu-u2
reverse
1. _1/2(disz) ma-na ku3-babbar_ li-ib-bu _ku3-babbar_ su2-ti-im
2. _1(u) 7(asz) sze gur_ sza asz-szum {disz}i3-li2-ip-pa-al-sa3-am
3. i-na bi-ti-ia il-qu3-u2
4. 1(disz) s,u2-ba-tu-um sza {disz}un-nu-ub-tum
5. id-di-nu-szu-um
6. _6(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar_ si-it#-ti _ku3-babbar_
7. sza i-na _ka2_ {d}utu bu-ur2-ru
8. e-zu-ub _2(asz) gur i3-gesz_
9. sza a-na {d}suen-u3-{d}utu
10. i-na ga-ba-re-e-em ta-mu-u2
11. an-nu-u2 i-is,-ma sza qa2-ti-szu
12. u3 a-na ki-s,i-ir bi-ti-im
13. bi-ti u2-da-ab-ba-[ab]
14. u3 asz-szum {disz}dumu-{d}mar#-[tu]
15. am-mi-ni la ta-ap-pa#-[al-szu]
16. bi-ti u2-da-ab-ba-[ab]
17. u3 at-ta a-na ha-li#?-[x x x]
18. pa-na-am ta-asz2-ta-[ka-an]

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, 20

[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. 19

[Ebeling1942MAOG15] Ebeling, Erich. 1942. Altbabylonische Briefe Der Louvre-Sammlung Aus Larsa. Vol. 15. Mitteilungen Der Altorientalischen Gesellschaft. Leipzig : Harrassowitz.
history: AbB 14, 74

[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 06344
Accession No.:

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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, Other Entity	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
2023-04-11 at 16:18:03	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	approved
2018-10-21 at 03:00:29	Jagersma, Bram	Atf	Jagersma, Bram		CDLI	approved
2008-06-25 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	Ditchey, Mallory; Pace, Carl		CDLI	approved

External Resources

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Louvre Collections (cl010167054) (cl010167054)

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Cite this Artifact

“TCL 17, 020 Artifact Entry.” (2008) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 11, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P387316.

TCL 17, 020 artifact entry (No. P387316). (2024, July 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P387316 (Original work published 2008)

TCL 17, 020 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P387316 (Accessed: December 25, 2025).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-25]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 11},
	title = {TCL 17, 020 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P387316},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P387316},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“TCL 17, 020 Artifact Entry.” (2008) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 11, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P387316.

TCL 17, 020 artifact entry (No. P387316). (2024, July 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P387316 (Original work published 2008)

TCL 17, 020 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P387316 (Accessed: December 25, 2025).

@misc{2024TCL,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-25]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 11},
	title = {TCL 17, 020 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P387316},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P387316},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/11/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P387316
LB  - CDLI:P387316
M1  - 2025/12/25/
TI  - TCL 17, 020 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P387316
ER  -