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YOS 02, 134 (P305759)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Larsa · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | YOS 02, 134 |
|---|---|
| ID | P305759 |
| Museum no. | YBC 04522 |
| 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 da-da-a | to Dadâ |
| 2 | u3 _{d}suen_-u2-se2-li | and Sîn-uselli |
| 3 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 4 | um-ma sze-ep-_{d}suen_-ma | Thus Šēp-Sîn: |
| 5 | _{d}utu_ u3 _{d}asznan_ | Šamaš and Ezina |
| 6 | asz-szum-ia li-ba-al-li-t,u3-ku-nu-ti | Because of me, may they keep you alive! |
| 7 | isz-tu al-li-ka-am | after I came |
| 8 | du-bu-ba-ku | |
| 9 | u3 ma-tu-um du-bu-ba-at | and the land of Dubbat |
| 10 | sza-at-ta-am la ta-la-ka-ni | Do not come again! |
| 11 | u3 a-na ia-mu-ut-ba-li | and to Yamutbali |
| 12 | la tu-ra-da-ni | do not return! |
| 13 | a-di a-sza-pa-ra-ku-nu-szi | until I send it to you. |
| 14 | la ta-la-ka-ni | do not come! |
| 15 | u3 a-na _uru{ki}_ szu-szi | and to that city |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | ta#-a-ar-ta-am ri-sza-a | “It is a storm, it is raging.’ |
| 2 | a-na ki-si2-ku-nu la te-gi-a | Do not turn your neck back! |
| 3 | i-na qa2-ti-ku-nu | from your hands |
| 4 | _ku3-babbar igi-6(disz)-gal2_ la te-zi-ba-ni | 1/6 (shekel) of silver did not leave, |
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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