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YOS 02, 097 (P305762)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Pī-Kasî · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | YOS 02, 097 |
|---|---|
| ID | P305762 |
| Museum no. | YBC 04525 |
| Collection | Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Letter |
| Find spot | Pī-Kasî (mod. Tell Abu Antiq) |
| Coordinates | 32.1311, 44.6393 |
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 sza-pi2-ri-ni | to šāpirinu |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma _{d}suen_-sza-mu-uh u3 ma-du-tum-ma | thus Sîn-šamuḫ and Madutum: |
| 4 | _{d}utu_ u3 _{d}marduk_ asz-szu-mi-ni | Šamaš and Marduk because of me |
| 5 | da-ri-isz _u4_-mi sza-pi2-ir-ni | forever, the day of my disappearance |
| 6 | li-ba-al-li-t,u2 | may they live. |
| 7 | asz-szum sza-pi2-ir-ni | “Because of the šapīru |
| 8 | a-na szu-li-ni isz-pu-ra-am | he sent to us. |
| 9 | ki-ma sza-pi2-ir-ni i-du-u2 | they know like a šāpirnu. |
| 10 | ti-ri-iq-tum sza i-ba-asz-[szu-u2] | the treasury which there is |
| 11 | i-GA?-AD? mu-u2 i-na na-ri-[im] | Iga-AD(?) the name in the stela |
| 12 | na-szu-u2 a-di am-sza-li-[x] | he shall bear until Amšali- |
| 13 | szi-ip-ru-um | a task |
| 14 | u2-ul il-la-pi2-it | he shall not be negligent. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [... x]-na-ti | ... nati |
| 2 | [...] x | |
| 3 | [a]-na# [...] | to ... |
| 4 | li-[x ...] | May ... . |
| 5 | szi-te-e-[x ...] | Šite-... |
| 6 | a-na s,e-er [...] | to ... |
| 7 | szum-[x ...] | Šum- |
| 8 | a-na a-wa-tim an#-[ni]-tim# | to this matter |
| 9 | sza a-na sza-pi2-ri-ni# [x x] | which to our letter ... |
| 10 | ni-isz-pu-ra-am sza-pi2#-[ir]-ni | We wrote to you, send me a message! |
| 11 | li-ib-ba-ti-ni | our hearts |
| 12 | la i-ma-al-la | he does not have |
Sources & licences
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