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YOS 02, 149 (P308006)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Larsa · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | YOS 02, 149 |
|---|---|
| ID | P308006 |
| Museum no. | YBC 07007 |
| 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-bu-wa-qar | to Abu-waqar |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma a-hu-wa-qar-ma | Ahu-waqar speaks thus: |
| 4 | asz-szum am-tum | because of Amtum |
| 5 | sza ta-asz-pu-ra-am | which you wrote me |
| 6 | sza um-ma at-ta-a-ma | Thus you: |
| 7 | a-na s,e-er s,i#-li2-_{d}iszkur_ | to Ṣillī-Adad |
| 8 | a-li-ik-ma | went, and |
| 9 | am-tam li-di-kum | “Let me give you a wild bull! |
| 10 | al-li-ik#-szum-ma | I went to him, and |
| 11 | um-ma a-na-ku-u2-ma | thus I: |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | a-qa2#-ab#-[bi]-szu-[um] | I shall speak to him |
| 2 | {disz}a-bu-wa-qar | Abu-waqar |
| 3 | isz-pu-ur-ra-an-ni | wrote to me: |
| 4 | am-tam id-nam | a wild bull gave |
| 5 | um-ma szu-u2-ma | Thus he: |
| 6 | i-pa-la-an-ni | he will examine me. |
| 7 | a-di be-el am-tim | until the lord of the wild animals |
| 8 | la il!(AL)-li-kam | did not come |
| 9 | am-tam a-na ma-am-ma-an | “Alas, to no one’s |
| 10 | u2-ul a-na-ad-di-in | I shall not give. |
| 11 | ma-ar szi-ip-ri-ka | before your work |
| 12 | szu-up-ra-am-ma | send me, and |
| 13 | am-tam li-di-nam | let him give me a wild bull! |
| 14 | ap-pu-tum | Apputum, |
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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