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YOS 02, 068 (P305800)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Larsa · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | YOS 02, 068 |
|---|---|
| ID | P305800 |
| Museum no. | YBC 04563 |
| 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 ib-ni-{d}iszkur | to Ibni-Addu |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma a-wi-il-{d}na#-[x]-ma# | Thus Awīl-Na...: |
| 4 | {d}utu u3 {d}marduk li#-[ba-al-li]-t,u2-ka | May Šamaš and Marduk keep you alive! |
| 5 | a-na pi2-ka-si-i[{ki}] | to Pikasi |
| 6 | ta-al-li#-kam# am-sza#-[li] | I am going all the way. |
| 7 | i-ti-ia u2-ul ta-na#-me-er | You will not see my face. |
| 8 | a-nu-um-ma {disz}{d}suen-i-din-nam | Now, Sîn-iddinam |
| 9 | tup-pi2 usz-ta-bi-la-kum | I have sent you my tablet. |
| 10 | ki-ma tup-pi2 ta#-[ma]-ru | you will see like a tablet. |
| 11 | a-na s,e2-ri-ia# | to my country |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | a-la-kam e-ep-sza-am | to go, to do |
| 2 | ki#?-ma ta-ta-al-kam-ma# | When you go |
| 3 | sza t,u2-ub li-bi-ka | of happiness, your heart |
| 4 | lu-pu-usz | I shall do. |
| 5 | u3 da-ba-ab KA#-ka | and the speech of your mouth |
| 6 | lu-ug-mu-ur | I will finish. |
| 7 | a-na a-la-ki-im | to go |
| 8 | la tu-ma-aq | do not be negligent! |
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
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