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YOS 02, 127 (P307166)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Larsa · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | YOS 02, 127 |
|---|---|
| ID | P307166 |
| Museum no. | YBC 06130 |
| 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 na-bi-_{d}utu_ | to Nabi-šamaš |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma _{d}lal3_-na-s,i-ir-ma | Thus (says) Lalnaṣir: |
| 4 | _{d}utu_ u3 _{d}marduk_ li-ba-al-li-t,u2-ka | May Šamaš and Marduk keep you alive! |
| 5 | _sze-gesz-i3_ sza tu-sza-ab-ba-lam | sesame that you have poured out |
| 6 | lu-ut#-ti#-ik-ma | let me keep safe, and |
| 7 | _ib2-taka4 sze-gesz-i3_ sza _i7#_ ma#-as,-ha-at-_ir3-ra_ | he will measure out the sesame of the river Mashhat-irra |
| 8 | u3 _sze#-gesz#-i3_ sza _lu2-[x x x]-mesz_ | and sesame of the ...s |
| 9 | u2-te#-er-ru-ni-ik-kum | have returned to you |
| 10 | 6(asz) _gur sze-gesz-i3_ ka-ab-ru-tim# | 6 gur of sesame for the kabrūtu-festival |
| 11 | szu-ta-ti-a-am-ma | “Seize me’, |
| 12 | a-na ma-ah-ri-ia | to my presence |
| 13 | szu-bi-lam | send me! |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | u3 asz-szum _mi2-esz3-nun-na{ki}-mesz_ | and concerning the women of Ešnunna |
| 2 | t,up-pi2 usz-ta-bi-la#-ak#-kum# | I have sent you my tablet. |
| 3 | s,u2#-ha#-ra-tum szi-na | those ṣuharatum-vessels |
| 4 | isz#-tu# u2-ri a-na ba-bi-im | from the city to the city |
| 5 | la ip#-pa#-al#-la-sa | he shall not look at her |
| 6 | u3 as2-ku-pa-at# [ba-bi-im] la i-ka-[x-x] | and the scepter of the other one does not ... |
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