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YNER 04, 065 (P292936)
Letter, Early Old Babylonian, Larsa · c. 2000 BCE–1900 BCE
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| Designation | YNER 04, 065 |
|---|---|
| ID | P292936 |
| Museum no. | NBC 05490 |
| 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 lu2-igi-sa6# | to Lu-igisa |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma na-bi-i3-li2#-szu#-ma# | Thus Nabi-ilišu: |
| 4 | na-pa-ha-am | |
| 5 | e-ma BI? tu mi x | wherever |
| 6 | ih-li-KA-ni | Ihli-KA-ni |
| 7 | <<ZA>> as-hu-ur-szu#-ma# | I turned him and |
| 8 | i-na ri-bi-im | by the command |
| 9 | u4-mi-im a-mu-ur-szu-ma | the day I saw him |
| 10 | i-na bi-it | in the house |
| 11 | {disz}szu-nu-nu | They, |
| 12 | [sza]-al-szu bi-su2 | his head he cut off. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [{disz}]na-bi-{d}suen | Nabi-Suen |
| 2 | szu#-ur-s,i-am | Šur-ṣīm |
| 3 | a-di-szu# szu-up-ra-ma | as far as he is concerned, send me! |
| 4 | mi-ma sza e-pe2-szi-ka | whatever you do, |
| 5 | li-pu-szu | they should do. |
| 6 | u3 _gan2_-lam | and the field |
| 7 | sag-ga-ru-um | the saggarum |
| 8 | a-na re-de-e | to the shepherd |
| 9 | i-ta-di-in | has given |
| 10 | szum-ma i-na ki-tim | If in the land |
| 11 | a-bi at-ta | your father |
| 12 | szu#-up-ra-ma | send, and |
| 13 | _gan2#_-lam li-ki#-mu# | May the fields be cultivated. |
| left col 1 | ||
| 1 | u3 ka-as-pa-am | and the money |
| 2 | szu-bi-lam | send me! |
| left col 2 | ||
| 1 | ne-ba-ha-[am] | we shall divide. |
| 2 | asz-la-x-[x] | Ašla- |
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