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YOS 02, 113 (P305786)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Pī-Kasî · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | YOS 02, 113 |
|---|---|
| ID | P305786 |
| Museum no. | YBC 04549 |
| 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] nu-ur2-{d}utu | to Nur-Šamaš |
| 2 | {disz}a-wi-il-{d}iszkur | Awil-Addu |
| 3 | {disz}{d}suen-pi2-lah3 | Sîn-pilah |
| 4 | {disz}s,il2-li2-{d}iszkur | Ṣillī-Adad |
| 5 | u3 _ugula nam 1(u) erin2!(UD)-mesz_ | and foreman of the province, 10 workmen |
| 6 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 7 | um-ma {d}utu-na-s,ir-ma | Thus Šamaš-nāṣir: |
| 8 | da-mi-iq e-pe2-szum an-nu#-um# | The good thing about this work |
| 9 | _nu-{gesz}kiri6-mesz e2-i3-dub zu2#-lum#_ | orchardists of the storehouse of dates |
| 10 | ip-te-ne2-tu-u2-ma | they opened, and |
| 11 | _zu2-lum_ il-te-ne2-qu2-u2 | dates they have taken |
| 12 | u3 at-tu-nu a-wa-tim | And you, the words |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | tu-uk-ta-na-ta-ma-ma | you have convicted me, and |
| 2 | a-na s,e-ri-ia u2-ul ta-sza-pa-ra-nim | You will not send me to my country. |
| 3 | a-nu-um-ma tup-pi2 usz-ta-bi-la-ku-nu-szi | Now, I have sent you a tablet. |
| 4 | isz-tu _zu2-lum_ a-pa-li-im | after the dates of the apalû |
| 5 | a-wi-le-e a-na s,e-ri-ia | a man to my country |
| 6 | szu-ri-a-nim | of Šuri-Anum, |
| 7 | u3 a-wi-lu#-u2 x na#? WI KI | and a man |
| 8 | ID-x-[...] USZ#? ASZ? | ... river |
| 9 | x [...] | |
| 10 | [...] x | |
| 11 | [(...)] | |
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