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YNER 04, 070 (P292807)
Letter, Early Old Babylonian, Larsa · c. 2000 BCE–1900 BCE
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| Designation | YNER 04, 070 |
|---|---|
| ID | P292807 |
| Museum no. | NBC 05340 |
| Collection | Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Early Old Babylonian · c. 2000 BCE–1900 BCE |
| Genre | Letter |
| Find spot | Larsa (mod. Tell as-Senkereh) |
| Coordinates | 31.2832, 45.8549 |
Transliteration (ATF)
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Machine draft. The right-hand column is machine English from ixmon/atf-to-english (atf-en-t5base-F, 2026-10-17), generated line by line from the transliteration. It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1 | a-na nu-ur2-[{d}]suen# | to Nur-Sîn |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma i-szar-ku-bi-ma | thus Išar-Kūbi: |
| 4 | mi-nu-um e-pe2-szu-um | What are they doing? |
| 5 | an-nu-um | This |
| 6 | a-na u2-si2 lu-usz-pu-ra-ku | I will write to you. |
| 7 | me-he-er ku-nu-ki-ia | the boundary of my seal |
| 8 | u2-la tu-sza-ba-la-am | do not send me! |
| 9 | uz-na-a-tum | uznatum |
| 10 | u3 ki-sza-da-tum# | and Kišadatum |
| 11 | nu-uk-ku-sa3 | her nuukkusa |
| 12 | at-ta um-ma-na-am | You are the expert |
| 13 | u2-la ta-ta-ra-am | you will not return. |
| 14 | sza tu-up-szi-ki-im | of your tablet |
| 15 | a-na mi-ni-im | what |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | e-le-ep-pa-am | he will make perfect. |
| 2 | sza re-di-i-im | of the shepherd |
| 3 | sza {d}suen-i-ri-ba-am | of Sîn-iribam |
| 4 | ta-hu-uz-ma | he smote, and |
| 5 | li-bi-ta-am | a lībitam |
| 6 | ta-na-as-sa3-aq | you will rub. |
| 7 | szum-ma | If |
| 8 | isz-tu i-na-an-na | from now |
| 9 | wa#-ra-<<RA>>-ah | wāraḫ |
| 10 | bi-it-ka la te-pu-usz | Do not do your house! |
| 11 | _u4_-mu-um sza te-pe2-pe2-szu | the day of his doing |
| 12 | u2-la i-ba-asz-szi | there is none. |
| 13 | a-na mi-ni-im | what |
| 14 | ki-a-am ta-ba-asz-szi | thus you have sworn. |
| 15 | isz-sza-ni | with her |
| 16 | sza a-sza-pa-ra-ku-um | that I am sending to you |
| 17 | e-pu-usz | I built. |
Sources & licences
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