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YOS 02, 085 (P306174)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Larsa · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | YOS 02, 085 |
|---|---|
| ID | P306174 |
| Museum no. | YBC 05050 |
| 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)
From Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched)
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# be-el-szu#-nu# | to their owner |
| 2 | [qi2]-bi2#-ma | speak! |
| 3 | [um-ma ...]-ma | Thus ...: |
| 4 | [_{d}]utu#_ li-ba-al-[li-it,]-ka | May Shamash keep you alive! |
| 5 | it#-ti {disz}[x-x-x] a-na# [x-x]-DI?#-KI? | with ... to ...-šallim-uṣur |
| 6 | a-li-ik-ma _a-sza3_ [x-x-x]-li# | went and the field ...li |
| 7 | wa-ar-ka-at _a-sza3_-lim | after the field |
| 8 | pu-ur-sa3-ma# | Pūr-sama |
| 9 | u3 [a]-hu#-wa-qar | and Ahu-waqar |
| 10 | ki-ma is-sa3-an#-qa2-kum | like he has poured out for you |
| 11 | i-ni-a-tim [x-x]-ra | these ... |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | la-ma e-bu-ri-im | before the harvest |
| 2 | szu-ba-al-ki-ta-ma | Šubākita |
| 3 | sze-e ba-ab-tim | barley rations |
| 4 | szu-ud-di-na | to be given. |
| 5 | a-na bi-tim la te-eg-gi-i | Do not return to the house! |
| 6 | _kusz-hi-a munus-asz2-gar3-mesz_ | sandals for female kids |
| 7 | u3 _kusz-hi-a u8-udu-hi-a_ szu-ku-lu-tim | and wool for the sheep and goats |
| 8 | u3 la-a szu-ku-lu-tim | and not to eat |
| 9 | sza i-na bi-tim i-ba-asz-szu-u2 | that in the house there is |
| 10 | szu-bi-lam | send me! |
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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