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YOS 02, 098 (P305754)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Larsa · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | YOS 02, 098 |
|---|---|
| ID | P305754 |
| Museum no. | YBC 04517 |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1 | a-na _{d}marduk_-mu-usz#-[ta-al] | To Marduk-muštāl |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma _{d}marduk_-mu-sza-lim-[ma] | Marduk-mušallim speaks thus: |
| 4 | _{d}utu_ u3 _{d}marduk_ li-ba-al-li-t,u2#-ka# | May Šamaš and Marduk keep you alive! |
| 5 | asz-szum t,e4-e-em _a-sza3_-lim | Concerning the report of the field |
| 6 | sza ta-asz-pu-ra-am# | which you wrote me |
| 7 | um-ma at-ta-a-ma# | Thus you: |
| 8 | a-na pa-ni-ia _a-sza3_-lam# | before me a field |
| 9 | ma-ia-ri ma-ha-as,# | “It is a flood, it is swollen. |
| 10 | _gu4-hi-a_ u2-ul i-ba-asz-szu#-u2-ma | there are no oxen, and |
| 11 | a-na pa-ni-ka _a-sza3_-lam | before you the field |
| 12 | ma-ia-ri u2-ul am#-ha-as, | I shall not strike the enemy. |
| 13 | a-na a-hu-szi-na szu-up-ra-am-ma | send to their brother, and |
| 14 | _gu4-hi-a_ li-di-nam-ma | may oxen give, and |
| 15 | a-na pa-ni-ka _a-sza3_-lam | before you the field |
| 16 | ma-ia-ri lu-um-ha-as,# | May he shave my head. |
Sources & licences
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