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YOS 02, 120 (P308054)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Pī-Kasî · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | YOS 02, 120 |
|---|---|
| ID | P308054 |
| Museum no. | YBC 07061 |
| Collection | Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Letter |
| Find spot | Pī-Kasî (mod. Tell Abu Antiq) |
| Coordinates | 32.1311, 44.6393 |
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 {d}suen-sza-mu-uh | to Sîn-šamuḫ |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma e-tel-pi4-{d}amar-utu-ma | thus Etel-pî-Amarutu: |
| 4 | {d}utu li-ba-al-li-[it,]-ka# | May Šamaš keep you alive! |
| 5 | sza _1(szar2) sze gur gu2-un_ na-szu-u2-[ma] | of 1 car talents of barley he brought, and |
| 6 | na-ad-nu-[x] | gave. |
| 7 | i-na-an-na i-na qa2-ti-ka 1(disz) me-at _erin2-mesz_ | Now, by your command, 100 men |
| 8 | i-ba-asz-szi# | there is |
| 9 | am-mi-ni isz-tu _nu-{gesz}kiri6_ il-li-ka-kum | why has he come from the orchardist? |
| 10 | _2(u) erin2-mesz_ la te-el-qe2-e-ma | 20 labor-troops did not take, and |
| 11 | i-na ri-isz _a-sza3_ la ta-li-ik-ma | in the middle of the field do not go, and |
| 12 | [x (x)] te# szu# sza _nu-{gesz}kiri6_ i x x | ... of the orchard |
| 13 | [x]-na# na-pi2-isz-tim la ta BI [x] | ... life not ... |
| 14 | a-na-ku an-ni-ki-a-am | I, this |
| 15 | wa-asz-ba-a-ku | I shall serve. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | _{gesz}kiri6_ x [x x] ri im in x [x] x | the orchard ... ... |
| 2 | a? [...] na# _{gesz}kiri6_ [x] | ... the orchard |
| 3 | szu#-[up-ra]-am | send! |
| 4 | sza a-[...]-_mesz_ | of ... |
| 5 | u2 x [x x x] bi#-il-szu-nu-szi | and ... their ... |
| 6 | [(x x x x)] szu#-up-ra-am | send me ...... |
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