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YOS 02, 049 (P307177)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Larsa · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | YOS 02, 049 |
|---|---|
| ID | P307177 |
| Museum no. | YBC 06141 |
| 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 be-li2-ia | To my lord |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma s,i-li2-_{d}utu_-ma | Thus Ṣillī-Šamaš: |
| 4 | asz-szum a-wa-a-tim sza um-mi {disz}i3-li2-tu-ra-am | Concerning the words of the mother of Ilī-turam |
| 5 | im-hu-ru-u2-ka | received from you, |
| 6 | um-ma szi-i-ma ka-al-la-a-ti | Thus (says) Shēya, the chief cook: |
| 7 | u3 bi-ti a-na na-am-ri-a-tim# | and the house for the steles |
| 8 | usz-te-ri-ib e-zi-ib la ka-al-la-ti-sza# | I have returned, I have left behind its insubmissiveness. |
| 9 | i-na _geme2_ u3 _sag-ir3_ sza bi-ti-i-sza | from the slave woman and slave-girl of her husband |
| 10 | a-na bi-ti-i-ka szu-ru-bi-im | Send it to your house! |
| 11 | u2-ka-an-nu-ni-in-ni-i-ma | they shall hold me back, and |
| 12 | a-na ia-mu-ut-ba-li-im ka-li-szu# | to Iamutbalam his whole body |
| 13 | u2-um-ma-qu2-ni-in-ni | he made perfect for me, |
| 14 | a-we-el-tum-ma _iti du6-ku3 u4-6(disz)-kam_ isz-[x]-a-am | Awe-eltum, the month of Tašrītu, the fourth day, ... |
| 15 | _iti du6-ku3 u4-8(disz)-kam_ a-na-ku#-[ma] | The month of Tašrītum, the day 8 I am |
| 16 | eg-ri-szi-i-ma um#-ma# a-na-ku#-[ma] | “I will go to her, thus I: |
| 17 | 1(disz) 1/2(disz) _ma-na 5(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar_ sza 3(disz) [x x x] | 1 1/2 minas 5 shekels of silver for 3 ... |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | it-ti# [...] | with ... |
| 2 | ma-ha-ar {d}[x ...] | before ... |
| 3 | u3 szu-ut [te]-re#-tim# | and those of extispicies |
| 4 | {disz}e2-a-na-s,i-ir | Eanna-ṣir, |
| 5 | u3 szi-bu-ut a-li-i-im | and the life of the city |
| 6 | eg-ri-szi-i-ma it-ta-ke#-e-er | he smote her, |
| 7 | u3 szi-bi-i-sza sza _ku3-babbar_-im | and her witnesses of silver |
| 8 | u3 sze-im ma-du-tim i-szu-u2 | and much barley he has |
| 9 | ur-ra-am e-re-de-kum-ma | In the future I will come to you, and |
| 10 | pi-szu-nu ta-sza-a-al | you will ask them. |
| 11 | a-wi-lu-u2 ma-du-u2-tum ip-hu-ru-u2-ma# | (If) a man receives a lot of food and |
| 12 | um-ma szu-nu-u2-ma isz-tu a-we-el-tum | Thus they: From Awiltum |
| 13 | it-ta-ak-ru-u2 u3 szi-bi-i-sza | they have turned, and her witnesses |
| 14 | ti-szu-u2 u3 ni-i-ni pi-i szi-i-bi | Tišû and Nīni speak the truth! |
| 15 | ni-isz-te-mu-u2 ma-ha-ar a-hi-i-ka | We heard before your brother. |
| 16 | at-wa-a-am szu-ku-um-ma [x]-bu#-ut-ni i ni-iq-bi | I am a ..., and we shall say ... |
| 17 | i-na-an-na um-ma-szu i-na li-IB?-ti-sza | Now, his mother in her womb |
| 18 | a-na# ma-am-ma-an la#-a il-pu-tu-szi | Nobody has taken it away. |
| 19 | ul#-ta-am-mi-id-ka a-wi#-li!(IB)-e | I have sent to you, the man |
| 20 | [x] lu-hu-za-am u3 a-na-ku-u2 | ... let me eat, and I |
| 21 | lu#-ul-li-kam-ma a-na szi-ge-el-ti | Let me go and to the šigēltu. |
| 22 | sza#-la-an-ni | he presented it to me. |
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