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YOS 02, 015 (P305753)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Larsa · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | YOS 02, 015 |
|---|---|
| ID | P305753 |
| Museum no. | YBC 04516 |
| Collection | Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 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) |
|---|---|---|
| tablet & envelope | ||
| 1 | a-na el-me-[szum] | to Elmeshum |
| seal | ||
| 1 | [x]-i3-li2-szu | ...-ilišu |
| 2 | _dumu_ a-pil-_{d}giri3_ | son of Apil-Šulmu |
| 3 | _ir3_ {d}[x] | of the goddess |
| obverse | ||
| 1 | a-na el-me-szum | to Elmešum |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma si-ru-um-ma | Thus (says) Sirum: |
| 4 | _{d}utu_ u3 _{d}pa4-nigin3-gar-ra_ asz-szum-ia | Šamaš and Pabilsag because of me |
| 5 | da-ri-isz u4-mi li-ba-al-li-t,u2-ki | May they keep you alive forever! |
| 6 | at-hu-ta-am ki-a-am szu-uk-ni-ma | “I have sworn by the same (as) I have been appointed. |
| 7 | lu sza isz-tu s,e-eh-he-re-nu-ma | or that from the flocks |
| 8 | isz-te-ni-esz ni-ir-bu-u2 | They are mutually agreeable. |
| 9 | isz-tu i-lam ta-ar-szi-i | After you have sworn by the god, |
| 10 | ma-ti-ma i-na _szam3 1(u) 5(disz) sze ku3-babbar_ | at any time from the 15 grains of silver |
| 11 | szu-mi u2-ul ta-ah-su2-si2 | (Sum) My name, do not forget it! (Akk) Do not forget my name! |
| 12 | u3 ti-ma-li i-nu-ma ta-li-ki-im | and timalu, when you go |
| 1 | a-ba-ra-ha-am el-qe2-e-ma | I shall take, and |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | a-di te-ki-mi-in-ni | as long as you keep me alive, |
| 2 | u2-ul ta-am-gu-ri | do not disregard! |
| 3 | um-ma at-ti-ma ul-la-nu-um | Thus (says) Y[ou]: Now |
| 4 | ha-at,-t,a-am dam-qa2-am | a good ḫaṭṭû-vessel |
| 5 | u3 ka-sza-am u2-sza-ba-la-kum | and the lady shall send you. |
| 6 | u2-ul tu!(SZU)-sza-bi-li-im | you did not send. |
| 7 | u3 ki-a-am aq-bi-ki um-ma a-na-ku-ma | And thus I said to you: "I |
| 8 | a-we-lum a-bi _{d}mar-tu_ sza ah-zu-ki | Awe, father Amurru of Ahzuku, |
| 9 | szum-ma {gesz}a-am-re-e ha-sze-eh | If the amar tree is broken down |
| 10 | li-isz-<pu>-ra-am-ma 5(disz) {gesz}a-am-re-e | may he write to me, and 5 tamarisks |
| 11 | lu-sza-bi-la-asz-szu | let him send to him. |
| 12 | a-nu-um-ma it-ti _{gesz}ma2_ sza _{d}iszkur_ | Now with the boat of Adad |
| 13 | a-we-lam at,-t,ar-da-ak-ki | I rejoice over you, |
| 14 | 1(disz) 4(u) er-bi-i u3 u2-ku-ul-tam | 1, 40, Erbî and Ukultam, |
| 1 | sza _igi-6(disz)-gal2 ku3-babbar_ szu-bi-lim | of one-sixth of a shekel of silver, Šubilim |
| 2 | i-na an-ni-tim at-hu-ut-ki | In this case, I have sought you out. |
| 3 | lu-mur | let me see. |
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
- electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich · MIT (eBL Zenodo dataset); platform terms unverified · electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich, https://www.ebl.lmu.de/ ; Zenodo dataset (MIT)
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