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YOS 02, 047 (P306655)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Larsa · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | YOS 02, 047 |
|---|---|
| ID | P306655 |
| Museum no. | YBC 05588 |
| 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 i-din-_{d}suen#_ | to Iddin-Sîn |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma _{d}suen_-im-gur-an-ni-ma | Thus says Sîn-imguranni: |
| 4 | _{d}utu_ li-ba-al-li-it,-ka | May Šamaš keep you alive! |
| 5 | asz-szum _szuku aga-us2-e-ne_ | because of the ration of the soldiers |
| 6 | u3 _ra2-gab-mesz_ | and the couriers |
| 7 | sza _szabra-mesz_ sza _lagasz{ki}_ | of the governors of Lagaš. |
| 8 | u2-sza-ki-i-lu-u2 | they made to tremble. |
| 9 | i-nu-u2-ma {disz}{d}ha-ni-mu-sza-lim | when Hanni-mušallim |
| 10 | a-na ri-ib-ba-a-tim | for the extispicy |
| 11 | szu-ud-du-nim | to be repaid |
| 12 | il-[li-ka-am] _szabra-mesz_ | came. The chief household administrators |
| 13 | is-[hu-ru]-ni#-in-ni-i-ma | returned to me, and |
| 14 | [...] _iti-1(disz)-kam_ wa-at-ra-am | ... the first month is favourable. |
| 15 | [... x]-ni-in-ni | ... ... me |
| 16 | [...x-x] | |
| 17 | ba#-[...]-mu#-ur-ma# | ... he smote and |
| 18 | i-[x ...] un-ne-du-uk-kam | ... you have defeated me. |
| 19 | [... x]-mu-sza#-lim# | ... ...mushallim |
| 20 | [...] ur-ri-im | ... of the future |
| 21 | [... x]-ma | ... and |
| 22 | [...] pu#-ra-am | … of the mouth |
| 23 | [... x]-ra ub-ba-lu-ni-ik-kum | ... brought to you |
| 24 | [...] li-ib-szi | ... may he be. |
| 25 | [...] _in#-nu-da_ a-na bi-tim | ... the bed for a house |
| 26 | [i]-di#-in | gave. |
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