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YOS 02, 129 (P305798)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Larsa · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | YOS 02, 129 |
|---|---|
| ID | P305798 |
| Museum no. | YBC 04561 |
| 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 _ab-ab-du7_ sza _{d}gir3-unu-gal_ | to the apsû of Girunugal |
| 2 | u2-ba-al-la-t,u3-u2-szu | they shall redeem him |
| 3 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 4 | um-ma wa-tar-_{d}utu_-ma | Thus Watar-šamaš: |
| 5 | _{d}utu_ u3 _{d}gir3-unu-gal_ li-ba-al-li-t,u2-ka | May Šamaš and Girunugal keep you alive! |
| 6 | {disz}bi-li-tum ma-ra-at-ka | Ilītum, your servant |
| 7 | at-ta ka-aq-qa2-as-sa3 tu#-ka-bi-it# | You are her opponent, you have seized her. |
| 8 | isz-tu u4-mi szu-a-ti DI!-im-tum | From that day onwards there will be reconciliation. |
| 9 | ra-pa-asz-tu sza ti-du-u2-szi | the vast one who knows her, |
| 10 | i-na ma-ha-ar _{d}utu_ ik-ru-ba-ak-ku-[um] | before Šamaš prayed to you |
| 11 | ki-ma a-na-ku u3 at#-ta# [ni]-na#-am-ru | Just as I and you, we will watch. |
| 12 | ki-a-am aq-bi an-nu-u2 a-hu#-[um]-wa#-qar# | I said thus: Aḫum-waqar |
| 13 | ki-ma a-na _ud-unu{ki}_ | like to Larsa |
| 14 | al-li-ik | I went. |
| 15 | DISZ [x x x x x x x] | If ...... |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [... x]-ka#-bi-it-ka | ... your ... |
| bottom | ||
| 1 | [... x]-SZA?/TA? | ... ... |
| 2 | [x x] i-sa3#-ni#-iq | ... he shall cut off |
Sources & licences
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