YOS 02, 046 (P307155)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Larsa · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | YOS 02, 046 |
|---|---|
| ID | P307155 |
| Museum no. | YBC 06119 |
| 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 a-wi-lim sza _{d}marduk_ | to the man of Marduk |
| 2 | u2-ba-al-la-t,u2-szu | shall redeem him. |
| 3 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 4 | um-ma _{d}marduk_-ba-ni-ma | Thus Marduk-bani: |
| 5 | _{d}utu_ u3 _{d}marduk_ da-ri#-[isz u4-mi] | Šamaš and Marduk forever. |
| 6 | li-ba-al-li#-[t,u2]-ka# | may they keep you alive! |
| 7 | asz-szum _lu2-sa-gaz_ sza ta-asz#-pur-ra-am | Concerning the hunter about whom you wrote |
| 8 | _lu2-sa-gaz_ ka#-ni#-ka#-tim# szu-zi-ba-nim | the sag-priestess of Kanikatum, Šuzibānum |
| 9 | asz-szum mu-sza#-ad-di-in# _sig2#_ | Because he is the seller of the wool |
| 10 | KA?-szu u2-ul i-pu-usz# | he did not open his mouth |
| 11 | mi-im#-ma# sza ta#-GA?-[x]-BU#? [x] | All that you |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | ti-du-u2 u2-ul i-ba-asz-szi | there is no rejoicing. |
| 2 | a-na re-esz ar-<hi>-im | at the beginning of the year |
| 3 | ma-ah-ri-ka a-na-ku-u2 | I am before you. |
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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