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YNER 04, 063 (P292916)
Letter, Early Old Babylonian, Larsa · c. 2000 BCE–1900 BCE
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| Designation | YNER 04, 063 |
|---|---|
| ID | P292916 |
| Museum no. | NBC 05465 |
| 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)
From Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched)
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 lu2#-[igi-sa6] | to Lu-igisa |
| 2 | qi2#-bi2#-[ma] | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma bu-la#-[lum-ma] | "Bulalum |
| 4 | al-pu-ka [(...)] | I am writing to you ... |
| 5 | u2-la i-la-[...] | If he does not ... |
| 6 | u3 _ku3-babbar_ a-x [x x] | and silver ... |
| 7 | a-na u2-ku-[li-im] | to eat |
| 8 | u2-la i-ta-ad#-na#-am | he shall not give |
| 9 | um-ma szu-ma | Thus (says) he: |
| 10 | 4(disz) _u8 hi-a_ | 4 ewes |
| 11 | a-hu-AZ iq-bi-e | Aḫu-AZ said: |
| 12 | _ku3-babbar_ u2-la# i-ba#-szi | there is no silver. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | i-ta-ap-la-ni | he has received |
| 2 | [u3] ti-ib-na-am | and Tibnam |
| 3 | a-na# le-qe2#-e-em | to take |
| 4 | a-li#-ik-ma | went, and |
| 5 | u2-la# it-ta#-ad-nu-ni-im | did not give to me |
| 6 | su-ha#-ri#-ka i-du#-ku-ni-im | they will kill you. |
| 7 | u3 puzur4-{d}suen | and Puzur-Suen |
| 8 | i-ta-ar-ki!(DI)-am# | he shall return. |
| 9 | szu-up-ra-ma u2-ku-la-am | send, and he will eat. |
| 10 | sza al-pu-ka | that I sent to you |
| 11 | ti-ib-na-am u3 sze-am | Tibnam and barley |
| 12 | li#-di-nu-ni-im | may they give me. |
| 13 | szu? ma? la al-pu-ka | “I did not send you(?) |
| 14 | i-ka-x [...] | ... ... |
| 15 | _gan2_-lam [...] | The field ... |
| 16 | szum-ma [...] | If |
| 17 | ta-qa2-ab#-[bi-ma] | you say, and |
| left col 1 | ||
| 1 | a-na zi-ib-na-ti-im | to Zibnatum |
| 2 | a-sza-ar qa2-ti | I ask for my hand. |
| left col 2 | ||
| 1 | a-sza-ka-nu | I will place. |
| 2 | li-di-nu-ni-im | may they give me. |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
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