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YOS 02, 082 (P305757)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Larsa · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | YOS 02, 082 |
|---|---|
| ID | P305757 |
| Museum no. | YBC 04520 |
| 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)
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 be-li2-ia qi2-bi2#-ma | Speak to my lord |
| 2 | um-ma _{d}suen_-i-din-nam-ma | thus Sîn-iddinam: |
| 3 | _{d}utu_ u3 _{d}marduk_ be-li2 | May Šamaš and Marduk my lord |
| 4 | li-ba-al-li-t,u2 | may they live. |
| 5 | asz-szum _e2_ asz-lu-ka-ti | because of the house of prisoners of war |
| 6 | sza _dam_ {disz}a-pil-_dingir_ | of the wife of Apil-ili |
| 7 | sza be-li2 isz-pur-ra-am | which my lord wrote me |
| 8 | _e2_ asz-lu-ka-ta-am | the house of Ašlukatam |
| 9 | ki-ma be-li2 u2-ka-li-mu#-szi | as my lord will sustain her |
| 10 | u2-s,a-al-li-il-ma# | he made complete, and |
| 11 | wa-asz-ba-at# | who dwells |
| 12 | {disz}dam-qi2-i3-li2#-[szu] | Damqi-ilišu |
| 13 | asz-szum _e2_ asz-lu#-[ka-ti] | Concerning the house of the assyrians |
| 14 | [...] | |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | ti-di# [x-...] | Tidi ... |
| 2 | a-na _dam_ a-pil#-[_dingir_] | to the wife of Apil-ili |
| 3 | ta-ad-di-in#-[ma] | you gave, and |
| 4 | _dam_ a-pil-_dingir_ wa-[asz-ba-at] | the wife of Apil-ili is living. |
| 5 | u3 _dam_ s,il2-li2-_an_-szu | and wife of Ṣillī-Xerxes, |
| 6 | wa-asz-ba-at# | who dwells |
| 7 | hi-DU?-um a-na pa-ni be-li2#-[ia] | ... before my lord |
| 8 | u2-ul i-pa-ri-ik | he will not cut off. |
| 9 | asz-szum _{d}suen_-im-gur-an-ni _szitim_ | Concerning Sîn-imguranni, the builder |
| 10 | sza# be-li2 it,-ru-da-asz-szu | which my lord had brought to him |
| 11 | [ki-ma be]-li2# i-du-u2 | as my lord knows |
| 12 | 1(disz) _lu2_ pa-ar-zi-la-am | 1 man, Parzilām |
| 13 | ba-bi-il at,-t,a-ra-as-su2 | “Bīl, I have prayed to him, |
| 14 | ki-ma _a-sza3_-ka ka-am-su | like your field, his land |
| 15 | [x x] ru ni isz# szu ma | ... ... |
| 16 | _sig4_ a-na i-ga-ri-im | bricks for a wall |
| 17 | i-ti-el-li | Iti-elli |
| left col 1 | ||
| 1 | [x-x]-it-ka i-na ki-di-im | your ... in the forest |
| 2 | [u3] li#-ib-ba-li-im | and Liblum |
| left col 2 | ||
| 1 | sza-al-ma-at | well-being |
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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