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YOS 02, 083 (P308053)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Larsa · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | YOS 02, 083 |
|---|---|
| ID | P308053 |
| Museum no. | YBC 07060 |
| 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 u-bar-ru-um | to Ubarrum |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma _lu2-{d}nanna_ | thus Lu-Nanna: |
| 4 | ma-ru-ka-a-ma | Arukama, |
| 5 | a-na _dingir_-szu-i-bi-szu ba-ri-im | to Ilu-shu-ibbišu the sage |
| 6 | asz-t,u2-ur-ma | I wrote and |
| 7 | um-ma szu-u2-ma | Thus he: |
| 8 | a-na _{d}nin-gesz-zi-da_-ga-mil | to Ningešzida-gamil |
| 9 | asz!(ISZ)-pu-ur-ma um-ma szu-ma | I wrote, thus: |
| 10 | i-na szi-ri-im a-mu-ur-ma | I saw in the street, and |
| 11 | szi-ru-um sa3-hi-il | the širû-offerings of Saḫil |
| 12 | _gu4-hi-a_ u3 _u8-udu-hi-a_ DISZ? | oxen and sheep |
| 13 | a-na _gu2 id2 me-{d}en-lil2-la2_ | to the bank of the Me-Enlil canal |
| 14 | i-na-sa3-hu | they shall remove. |
| 15 | _gu4-hi-a_ us2-ha-ma | the oxen will be separated, and |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | a-szar wa-asz-ba-a-ta# | where he resides |
| 2 | li-zi-zu | may they stand. |
| 3 | u3 mi-di an-ni-ki-a-am | and all this |
| 4 | i-ba-u2-ka-a-ma | there is, and |
| 5 | al-pi2 a-na a-li-im | ... to the city |
| 6 | a-U2?-im-ma i-na-sa3-hu-ma | (If) it is raining and rains, and |
| 7 | bu-ur-tum i-ha-li-iq | he will destroy the crop. |
| 8 | al-kam-ma bu-ur-ta-am | Come, and I will send a message. |
| 9 | pu-ru-us2-ma ta-ru | “Pūrūšu means tarû. |
| 10 | ap-pu-tum | Apputum, |
| 11 | a-wa-tum da-an-na | a strong word |
Sources & licences
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