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YOS 02, 042 (P305803)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Larsa · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | YOS 02, 042 |
|---|---|
| ID | P305803 |
| Museum no. | YBC 04566 |
| 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 sza-pi2-ri-ia qi2#-bi2#-ma# | Speak to my messenger: |
| 2 | um-ma ta-ri-ba-tum#-[ma] | Thus Taribatum: |
| 3 | _{d}utu_ u3 _{d}marduk_ da-ri-isz u4-mi# | Šamaš and Marduk forever. |
| 4 | sza-pi2-ri li-ba#-li2#-t,u2#-ka# | May the šapīru-demon keep you alive! |
| 5 | isz-tu u4-mi-im sza sza#-[pi2]-ri# | From the day of the eponymy |
| 6 | isz-tu ge-er-ri-im i-ru#-ba#-am | After the winter he entered |
| 7 | um-ma a-na-ku-ma lu-li#-ma | Thus (says) I: let me go, and |
| 8 | it-ti sza-pi2-ri-ia lu-un#-na-mi-ir | May I be seen with my lips. |
| 9 | la-ma sza-pi2-ri isz-tu ge-er-ri-im i-ru-ba-am | (Sum) The šapīru-demon entered from the forest (Akk) From the forest it entered into the forest |
| 10 | mu-ur-s,um is,-ba-ta-an-ni-ma | a dog seized me, and |
| 11 | a-na ma-har sza-pi2-ri-ia u2-ul al-li-kam | I will not come before my messenger. |
| 12 | i-na-an-na a-di-ni | Now, where are you going? |
| 13 | u2-ul e-te-sze-er | he will not return. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | u3 s,u2-ha-rum u2-ul szu-[x]-ur-dam#-ma | and the ṣuḫum-tax shall not be ... and |
| 2 | u2-ul at,-ru-da-asz-szu | I have not sent to him. |
| 3 | a-na sza-pi2-ri-ia asz-tap-ra-am | I wrote to my eunuch. |
| 4 | sza-pi2-ri 1(disz) _aga-us2_ li-it,-ru-dam-ma | the šapīru of 1 soldier may he return, and |
| 5 | a-na sza-pi2-ri-ia 1(ban2) _i3-gesz_ | to my šapirīya 1 seah of oil |
| 6 | lu-sza-bi-lam u3 s,u2-ha-ra-am | let me send, and the ṣuḫarām |
| 7 | it-ti a-li-ik i-di lu-ut,-ru-dam | With the lord of the river, let me bring the water to you. |
| 8 | sza-pi2-ri# u2-ul as2-hu-ur-ma | I did not receive the extispicy and |
| 9 | ma-li ab-tu-qu2 ab-ta-ta-aq | (Sum) My city is destroyed, my city is plundered (Akk) The city has been destroyed, the city has become ruined |
| 10 | isz-tu i-na-an-na lu-u2 [i-na pa]-ni-[x] | From now, whether in the presence of |
| 11 | sza-pi2-ri-ia a-na#-[ku] | I am a messenger of mine |
| 12 | u3 sza sza-pi2-ri i-qa2-[ab-bu-u2] | and what the šapīru-official says |
| 13 | e-le-nu sza-pi2-ri#-ia#-[ma] | above my feet |
| 14 | sza-pi2-ra-am# u2-ul# [i-szu] | he will have no claim. |
| left side | ||
| 1 | a-na sza-pi2-ri-ia asz-tap-ra-am | I wrote to my eunuch. |
| 2 | sza e-li sza-pi2-ri-ia _dug3_-bu | that is good over my lips |
Sources & licences
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