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TCL 17, 029 (P387325)

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

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Chemical Data

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Museum Collection(s)

Louvre Museum, Paris, France

Museum Number

AO 06342

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 _ugula mar-tu_
2. sza {d}marduk u2-ba-al-li-t,u2-szu
3. qi2-bi2-ma
4. um-ma {d}nanna-u2-tu-ni-isz
5. u3 {disz}{d}utu-qar3-ra-ad-ma
6. {d}utu u3 {d}marduk asz-szu-mi-ni da-ri-isz _u4_-mi
7. li-ba-al-li-t,u2-ka
8. {disz}i3-li2-a-wi-lim {disz}ku-ku-hu-um-ba-al
9. {disz}ku-du-u2
10. {disz}e-gi-ha-al-ki
11. {disz}i-bi-dingir
12. {disz}a-hu-um u2-ul ti-de-e
13. a-bu-ka isz-pu-ur-szu
14. i-na-an-na at-ta UD-da-am x x
15. ta-sza-pa-ar-szu
reverse
1. la li-ib-bi i-la-ma
2. mu-tum be-li2 ni-szi
3. ma-ar!-szu it-ba-al
4. ma-ar! ba-bi-szu sza babila2{ki}
5. a-na _a-sza3_-im _{gesz}kiri6_ u3 _e2_
6. a-na ap-lu-ti-szu isz-ku-un
7. _u4_-ma-am di!-im-ma-su2 i-ta-ak-la-ni-a-ti
8. asz-szum {disz}a-hu-um i-na _e2-gal_ e-du
9. sza u2-pi2-la-szu i-na di-ka-tim
10. usz-ta-mi-su2 ni-isz-tap-ra-ak-kum
11. wa-ar-ka-su2 pu-ru-us2
12. ma-ru-us,4-ma u2-ul il-li-ka-kum
13. i-nu-u2-ma <<x>> a-na babila2{ki}
14. [ta-al]-la#-ku t,e-em-szu li-ma-ad
15. [ma]-ha#-ar {d}utu u3 {d}marduk
16. [ni]-ik#-ta#-ra-ba-kum

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, 29

[Dossin1933TCL17] Dossin, Georges. 1933. Lettres de La Première Dynastie Babylonienne I. Textes Cunéiformes, Musée Du Louvre 17. Paris: Librairie Orientaliste Paul Geuthner.
history: AbB 14, 83

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

Identifiers

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Museum No.: AO 06342
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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	Action
2018-10-30 at 10:03:40	Jagersma, Bram	Transliteration	Jagersma, Bram		CDLI	Approved
2008-06-25 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Ditchey, Mallory; Pace, Carl		CDLI	Approved

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Cite this Artifacts

“TCL 17, 029 Artifact Entry.” 2008. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 25, 2008. https://cdli.earth/P387325.

TCL 17, 029 artifact entry (No. P387325). (2008, June 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P387325

TCL 17, 029 artifact entry (2008) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P387325 (Accessed: February 23, 2026).

@misc{2008TCL,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-23]},
	year = {2008},
	month = {jun 25},
	title = {TCL 17, 029 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P387325},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P387325},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2008/6/25/
PY  - 2008
ID  - P387325
LB  - CDLI:P387325
M1  - 2026/2/23/
TI  - TCL 17, 029 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P387325
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“TCL 17, 029 Artifact Entry.” 2008. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 25, 2008. https://cdli.earth/P387325.

TCL 17, 029 artifact entry (No. P387325). (2008, June 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P387325

TCL 17, 029 artifact entry (2008) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P387325 (Accessed: February 23, 2026).

@misc{2008TCL,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-23]},
	year = {2008},
	month = {jun 25},
	title = {TCL 17, 029 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P387325},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P387325},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2008/6/25/
PY  - 2008
ID  - P387325
LB  - CDLI:P387325
M1  - 2026/2/23/
TI  - TCL 17, 029 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P387325
ER  -