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YOS 02, 078 (P306542)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Larsa · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | YOS 02, 078 |
|---|---|
| ID | P306542 |
| Museum no. | YBC 05471 |
| 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 be-li2-ia qi2-bi2-ma | Speak to my lord! |
| 2 | um-ma _{d}suen_-ga-mil-ma | Thus (says) Sîn-gamil: |
| 3 | _{d}utu_ u3 _{d}marduk_ asz-szu-mi-ia da-ri-<isz> u4-mi | May Šamaš and Marduk forever be my friends. |
| 4 | li-ba-al-li-t,u2-ka | may they keep you alive. |
| 5 | asz-szum _erim-mesz_ sza# ta-asz-pur-am | Concerning the men about whom you wrote, |
| 6 | u4-um t,up-pa-ka# [x]-mu#-ru | On the day that your tablet ... |
| 7 | {disz}a-wi-il-i3-li2 | Awil-ilī, |
| 8 | as,-mi-da-am-ma | I saw, and |
| 9 | mu-szi-tam a-la-kam | “Woe, I want to go! |
| 10 | i-te-ep-sa-am | he has done |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | asz-szum _a-sza3 sze-gesz-i3_ | concerning the field of sesame |
| 2 | i-na qa2-ti sza _{d}suen_-i-din-nam | by the hand of Sîn-iddinam |
| 3 | me-e u2-ul a-s,a-ab-ba-at | I will not seize water. |
| 4 | _sze-gesz-i3_ i-mu-ut-tu# | sesame he acquired. |
| 5 | u2-ul ta-asz-pu-ra-am la ta-qa2-ab#-bi | You did not write me, you did not say |
| 6 | _sze-gesz-i3_ a-na a-ma-ri-im#-[x-x] | sesame for ... |
| 7 | {disz}i-bi-_{d}nin-szubur_ i-mu-ur | Ibbi-Ninšubur saw |
| 8 | _sze-gesz-i3_ szu-u2 i-ma-at | that sesame he shall measure out. |
| 9 | asz-tap-ra-ak-kum ta-ta-GA?-AB?-[x] | I have sent to you, ... |
| 10 | u3 pi2-qa2-at _a2 ama-apin_ | and the responsibility of the plowman’s labor |
| 11 | sza {disz}ma-sza#-ta-ni-im | of Mašatanum |
| 12 | u2-ul e-ri-isz | he did not seek |
| left side | ||
| 1 | u3 HU!<RI>-it-te-tim szu-bi-lam | Send me a report! |
Sources & licences
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