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YOS 02, 019 (P306656)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Larsa · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | YOS 02, 019 |
|---|---|
| ID | P306656 |
| Museum no. | YBC 05589 |
| 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] _{d}suen-uru4_ u3 i-bi-_{d}suen_ | To Sîn-nāṣir and Ibbi-Sîar |
| 2 | [qi2]-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | [um]-ma _{d}utu_-ha-zi-ir-ma | thus Šamaš-hazir: |
| 4 | [_{d}]utu_ li-ba-al-li-it,-ku-nu-ti | May Shamash keep you alive! |
| 5 | asz-szum sze-e-em sza qa2-ti-ku-nu | Concerning the barley in your hands |
| 6 | ZU-usz-szi-kum a-na tap-pi2-szu um-ma szu-ma | ZU-UŠ-šikum to his companion, thus he: |
| 7 | szum-ma it-ti be-el sze-e-em sa3-ar-ra-tim ni-ta-u2 | If it is agreeable to the owner of the barley, |
| 8 | a-na-ku u3 ka-ti sa3-ar-ra-a-ti ni-ta-u2 | I and you, our saŋarru priestess, |
| 9 | [x-x] a#-na# mi#-ID-DI it-ti sza la i-du-ku-nu-ti | ... with those who did not kill you |
| 10 | a#-wa#-a-tim la us2-su2-ka-tim du-ub-ba | Wording of a tablet not to be altered |
| 11 | [it-ti]-ia# a#-ma#-a#-tim ta-da-ab-bu-ba | You speak words with me. |
| 12 | [x x] _gu4_ sza qa2-ti-ku-nu u3 _sag-ir3_ | ... the oxen in your hands and the herdsman |
| 13 | [i-na] pa-ni-ti# asz-ta-na-ap-pa-ra-ku-nu-szi-im-ma | I constantly send you before me, and |
| 14 | la# ta-na-ad-di-na | do not give me! |
| 15 | a#-na# s,e-ru-ma a-da-nam sza isz-sza-ak-nu | I will give it to the people who are there. |
| 16 | tu-usz-te-ti-qa2-ni-in-ni | you have made pass me by, |
| 17 | [e]-bu-ra-am tu-usz-ta-ak-szi-da-ni-in-ni | You have caused me to be enraged with the harvest |
| 18 | u3 i-na ma-har _{disz}{d}suen_-i-din-nam | and before Sîn-iddinam |
| 1 | [a]-na [{disz}]ig-mil-_{d}suen_ | to Igmil-Sîn |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | mi-nu-um sza ki-a-am ta-ad-bu-ba | What have you said thus? |
| 2 | um-ma at-tu-nu-ma sze-a-am a-na zi-nu-u2 | Thus (says) yo[u]: barley for the rent |
| 3 | i#-na _adab{ki}_ u2-ki-il-lu-ma u2-ul im-hu-ur | in Adab he killed, but he did not receive. |
| 4 | u3 _{d}utu_-na-s,i-ir a-na szi-bu-tim | and Šamaš-nāṣir for the habitation |
| 5 | t,up-pa-szu u2-sza-bi-lam | he will send his tablet. |
| 6 | szum-ma sze-a-am a-na zi-nu-u2 la u2-ki-lu-ma | If he does not measure out the barley for the rent, |
| 7 | [x-x] _{d}utu#_-na-s,i-ir i-na _e2 {d}marduk_ | Šamaš-nāṣir in the temple of Marduk |
| 8 | [i-na sze]-e-em ku-ul-li-im la ub-ti#-ir | in the morning he did not bring the kiln. |
| 9 | [...] ki#-ma# [...] | ... like ... |
| 10 | [x-x-x]-DA-AD-DI#-na#-a | ...-abu-dīnâ |
| 11 | [x-x ha]-am-mu-ra-pi2 be-li2-ia | Hammurapi, my lord |
| 12 | [sze-x]-um# u3 _masz2_-su2 sza a-di i-na-an-na | ... barley and its interest, which until now |
| 13 | [i-pa]-ri#-ku-ni-in-ni la i-na-ad-di-nu | they will not give me. |
| 14 | szum-ma sze-a-am u3 s,i-ba-as-su2 | If barley and its interest |
| 15 | la ta-na-ad-di-na | do not give me! |
| 16 | a-na be-li2-ia a-qa2-ab-bi-ma | I shall speak to my lord, and |
| 17 | li#-is-ni-ik-ku-nu-ti-ma | let them bind you, and |
| 18 | [...] _ugula#_ na-ri-im an-ni-ki-a-am ma-har be-li2-ia | ... foreman of the herald, this before my lord |
| 19 | [di-nam] u2-sza-ha-zu-ni-a-ti | he shall pay back. |
| 20 | [...] sza# i-na _dub_ sza asz-tab!(PA)-ra-ma | ... which I wrote on a tablet and |
| 21 | [... ta]-na#-ad-di-na ta-ma#-ad-da-da# | ... you will give, you will measure. |
| 1 | [...] _{d}suen_-we-du | ... Sîn-wedu |
| 2 | [x] a-na du-um-qa2-tim | ... for good fortune |
| 3 | [ta]-na-ad-di-na-ni-in-ni | you gave me |
| 4 | [... x]-x-_igi-e2-sag#_ [...] ISZ DI [...] | ... ...-igi-esag ... |
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