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YOS 02, 040 (P305755)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Larsa · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | YOS 02, 040 |
|---|---|
| ID | P305755 |
| Museum no. | YBC 04518 |
| 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 in-bi-i3-li2-szu | to Inbi-ilišu |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma wa-tar-_{d}utu_-ma | Thus Watar-šamaš: |
| 4 | _{d}utu_ li-ba-al-li-it,-ka | May Šamaš keep you alive! |
| 5 | t,up-pi i-na a-ma-ri-i-ka | At your appearance, |
| 6 | lu-u2 1(disz) _ma-na ku3-babbar_ sza le-qe2-e-em | or 1 mina of silver that I took |
| 7 | t,up-pa-am sza a-wi-lim | Tablet of a man |
| 8 | u3 re-di-a-am le-qi2-a-am-ma | Take my shepherd, and |
| 9 | _{disz}{d}suen_-i-qi2-sza-am ta-ru-u2 | Sîn-iqīšam, the treasury |
| 10 | it-bi-a-am-ma | he brought, and |
| 11 | ma-ga-al id-bu-ba-am | he spoke to me, |
| 12 | ki-a-am iq-bi-a-am | he said thus: |
| 13 | a-na du-ri-im e-re-ba-am | to a stranger enter. |
| 14 | ma-an-nu-um i-qa2-ab-bi-kum | "Who will say to you?" |
| 15 | u2-ul _{d}suen-dingir_ nu-u2-um | is not Sîn-ilum |
| 16 | a-na# [x x x] e-re-ba-am | to ... enter |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | a-[x-x-x]-KI?-e-ka | your ... |
| 2 | u2-te#-er-ma ma-ga-al a-na pa-ni-ia iq-bi | he returned, and he said to my presence: |
| 3 | u3 KA#?-[x]-UM#? a-hu-u2-szu qa2-ta-ti-szu-ma | and KA-x-UM, his brothers, his hands |
| 4 | a-na# [x x x x] _a-sza3_-lim ia-a-am u3 sza-am# | to ... a field for me and another |
| 5 | sze-pa-si2# sza# [ad]-du#-u2 ip-te-e-ma | he opened the door which I had built and |
| 6 | a-na bi-ti-[x] u2-te-er | to Biti- he returned. |
| 7 | a-na s,e-er an-ni-im e-pe#-szi-im | to do this |
| 8 | ma-ga-al gu-ul-lu-la-a-ku | I am the one who destroys everything. |
| 9 | a-na a-wi-lim qi2-bi-ma | Speak to a man |
| 10 | t,up-pa-am u3 re-di-a-am | a tablet and a copy |
| 11 | le-qi2-a-am-ma ta-ru-u2-szu | Take it and give it to him! |
| 12 | li-ib-bi ma-di-isz ha-mi-it, | May my heart be glad indeed! |
| 13 | ki-ma t,up-pi ta-am-ma-ru-u2 | You will read it like a tablet. |
| 14 | [x] ta-bi-id!(MA)-ta-am | ... a tabidtam |
| 15 | ip-ra-am s,a-ab-ta-a-ma | seized, captured, and |
| 16 | 5(asz) _gur duh_ li-ik-szu-da-ni-in#-ni | 5 gur of oil, may they bind me. |
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