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YOS 02, 028 (P305782)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Larsa · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | YOS 02, 028 |
|---|---|
| ID | P305782 |
| Museum no. | YBC 04545 |
| 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 be-el-szu-nu | to their owner |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma _{d}utu_-ha-zi-ir-ma | Thus (says) Šamaš-hazir: |
| 4 | _{d}utu_ li-ba-al-li-it,-ka | May Šamaš keep you alive! |
| 5 | asz-szum _sig2_ szu-bu-lim | because of the wool of Šubulum |
| 6 | ki-ma 1(disz)-szu 2(u)-_kam_ asz-pu-ra-kum-ma | I wrote to you as follows: |
| 7 | u2-ul tu-sza-bi-lam | you did not send me. |
| 8 | an-nu-um e-pe2-szum <sza> li-ib-bi-<ia> | This is what your heart desires. |
| 9 | me-szi-im-ma | a measure, and |
| 10 | u3 di-IH?-ti-ia# | and my di’ihtiya |
| 11 | la sza-lim | not good |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | 1(u) _ma-na sig2_ szu-bi-lam | 10 minas of wool send me! |
| 2 | um-ma-mi sza!(TA) pa-t,a-ri | “The mother of the decapitated, |
| 3 | u2-ul ni-ip-t,u3#-[ra]-am# | we did not release. |
| 4 | 1(disz) {tug2} [x-x] szu-bi-[lam] | 1 ...-garment |
| 5 | u3 _iti ne-ne-[gar]_ | and the month of Nenegar |
| 6 | i-na ra# BI?# szu nu | in ... not |
| 7 | lu-u2 ku-un-nu-u2 | be firmly established. |
Sources & licences
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