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YOS 02, 089 (P305802)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Larsa · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | YOS 02, 089 |
|---|---|
| ID | P305802 |
| Museum no. | YBC 04565 |
| 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 ap-lum | to Aplum |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um#-ma _ibila-ud-unu{ki}_-ma | Thus (says) Eridu. |
| 4 | [x-x] li-ba-al-li-it,-ka | May ... keep you alive! |
| 5 | [a-na]-ku u3 at-ta ki-i ni-id-bu-ub | I and you, when we spoke |
| 6 | [ki]-a-am aq-bi-kum um-ma a-na-ku-ma | I said to you thus: "I |
| 7 | [x] _ab2_ a-hu-wa-qar it-ti 2(disz) _amar-mu_ 1(asz) ub-la-ak-kum | x sheep of Ahu-waqar, together with 2 young goats, 1 they brought to you. |
| 8 | [i]-na#-an-na um-ma at-ta-ma | Now, thus you: |
| 9 | [x] _ab2_ u2-ul ub-lu-nim | ... they did not bring. |
| 10 | _ab2-ga_ lu 5(disz) lu 6(disz) _ab2-ga [x] amar_ | a cow, either 5 or 6 a goat, x calves |
| 11 | it-ta-al-ku-ni-ik-kum | have come to you, |
| 12 | u3 ta-asz-pi2-it 1(u) 2(disz) _ab2-ga_ | and tašpītu, 12 agga |
| 13 | mu-ul-li-ma | he defeated, and |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | a-na s,u2-ha-ri-im sza mu-na-wi-rum _gu-za-la2_ | to the ṣuḫarum of Munawwirum the throne bearer |
| 2 | i-di-in-ma | gave, and |
| 3 | [a-na] szar#-ri#-im t,u2-ru-ud | Give it to the king! |
| 4 | u3 a-hu-wa-qar it-ti _ab2-ga_ szi-na-ti | and Ahu-waqar with those cattle |
| 5 | li#-sza-li-ik | may he go |
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