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

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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

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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
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Consult word list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • 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.

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  • Museum No.: AO 08372
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-07-11 at 18:13:44 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2018-06-28 at 08:44:14 Jagersma, Bram Atf Jagersma, Bram CDLI approved View
2018-06-28 at 08:33:30 Jagersma, Bram Atf Jagersma, Bram CDLI approved View
2013-10-31 at 08:05:18 Englund, Robert K. Atf Pace, Carl CDLI approved View
2013-10-31 at 08:02:17 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2013-10-30 at 11:20:52 Englund, Robert K. Atf Pace, Carl CDLI approved View
2008-06-25 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Ditchey, Mallory; Pace, Carl CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“TCL 18, 111 Artifact Entry.” (2008) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 11, 2024. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P387407.
TCL 18, 111 artifact entry (No. P387407). (2024, July 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P387407 (Original work published 2008)
TCL 18, 111 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P387407 (Accessed: March 17, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-03-17]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 11},
	title = {TCL 18, 111 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P387407},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P387407},
}


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