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YOS 02, 037 (P306659)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Larsa · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | YOS 02, 037 |
|---|---|
| ID | P306659 |
| Museum no. | YBC 05592 |
| 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 ig-mil-_{d}suen_ | to Igmil-Sîn |
| 2 | u3 _{d}suen_-ta-a-a-ar | and Sin-tayar |
| 3 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 4 | um-ma _{d}utu_-ga-mil-ma | Thus Šamaš-gamil: |
| 5 | a-na ma-s,a-ar-tim bi-ti | for the guard of the house |
| 6 | u3 s,u2-ha-re-e la te-e-gi-a | and ṣuḫarû-flour not to be returned. |
| 7 | a-nu-um-ma [x] sza# un#-ne-du-ki | Now, ... about which you wrote to me |
| 8 | ub-ba-[la]-ku#-[nu-szi]-im# | shall bring to you |
| 9 | i-na li-bi _ku3#-babbar#_ [x-x] | from the silver ... |
| 10 | sza u2-sza#-bi-lu#-[nim] | that he sent to me |
| 11 | u2-sza-bi#-[la]-ku-nu-[szi-im] | I sent to you. |
| 12 | 1(disz) _gin2_ [x-x-x]-tim-[x-x] | 1 shekel: ... |
| 13 | AB?-[x-x-x]-szu-GU?-ul-tu#?-[x] | ...-šugu-ultu |
| 14 | la [x-x-x]-NI?-SZU? pu-ut,-ra#-ma# | Release ..., and |
| 15 | [x-...]-ar-szi-szu# | ... his ... |
| 16 | [pi2]-iq#-da-[ma] | he shall take, and |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | a-wi#-lam la ta-ka-al-la# | Do not hold a man! |
| 2 | it-ti-szu mi-it-gu-ra-ma# | with him he is equal. |
| 3 | u3 _ku3-babbar_ isz-pu-ra-ma | and silver he sent, and |
| 4 | {disz}i3-li2-ma-a-hi | Ilī-māḫi, |
| 5 | u3 nu-ur2-_{d}utu_ | and Nur-Šamaš |
| 6 | sza asz-pu-ra-am li-ih-mu-t,u3-nim | that I wrote, may they be released. |
| 7 | szum-ma e-be2-ri ta-al-ta-am-da | If you go down to the steppe, |
| 8 | it-ti a-la-ak-tim szu-ta-as,-[bi-ta]-szu-nu-ti-i-[ma] | with the road I took them, and |
| 9 | a-na esz3-nun-[na] | to Ešnuna |
| 10 | t,u3-ur-da-ni-szu-nu-ti-[x] | Ṭurdani-šunūti |
| 11 | qa2-du-um ka-ma-ri#-szu-nu | together with their ... |
| 12 | li-ih-mu-t,u3-nim | may they release me. |
| 13 | u3 a-na _e2 gu4-udu-sze_ | and to the cattle-pen |
| 14 | la te-e-gi-a | do not turn back! |
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