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YOS 02, 146 (P308005)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Larsa · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | YOS 02, 146 |
|---|---|
| ID | P308005 |
| Museum no. | YBC 07006 |
| 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 ZI?-ZI?-ia | for my life |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma i3-li2-i-din-nam-ma | Ilī-iddinam speaks thus: |
| 4 | _{d}utu_ u3 _{d}marduk_ li-ba-al-li-t,u2-ka# | May Šamaš and Marduk keep you alive! |
| 5 | iq-bu-nim-ma# a-ha-at-ka | said to me, and your brother |
| 6 | i-IA?-hu-[x]-ka a-as2-hu-ur-ki-ma | I prayed to you, and |
| 7 | u2-ul a-mu-ur-ki | I will not see you. |
| 8 | i-na-an-na ma-ha-ar | Now, before |
| 9 | na-ra-am-ti um-mi | My beloved mother, |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | {disz}i3-li2-a-bi | Ili-abī |
| 2 | u3 ri-ba-am-i3-li2 | and Ribam-ilī, |
| 3 | asz-ti na-ra-am#-i3-li2-szu | from Naram-ilišu |
| 4 | PI?-[x-x-x-x-x]-szu-ma | ... him |
| 5 | mi-im#-ma# la# ta-qa2#-bi | You shall not say anything |
| 6 | ku-ni-isz-tum i-na qa2-tim#-ma | kūništu-vessel in the hand |
| 7 | a-bu-ul-la a-s,a-am | “Abuʾulla means "aṣām." |
| 8 | u2-ul e-li-i | I did not go up. |
| 9 | szum-ma a-na-ku | If I |
| 10 | isz#-ti-szu t,up-pa-am | with him a tablet |
| 11 | ub-ba-la-ku-um | I will bring to you. |
| left | ||
| 1 | al-kam-ma i ni-na-mi-ir-ma | Come, and we will see. |
| 2 | lu-ta-al-kam | let me go! |
Sources & licences
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