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YOS 02, 020 (P308055)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Larsa · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | YOS 02, 020 |
|---|---|
| ID | P308055 |
| Museum no. | YBC 07062 |
| 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-el-szu-nu | to their owner |
| 2 | qi2-bi2-ma | speak! |
| 3 | um-ma _{d}utu_-ha-zi-ir-ma | Thus (says) Šamaš-hazir: |
| 4 | _{d}utu_ li-ba-al-li-it,#-ka# | May Šamaš keep you alive! |
| 5 | asz-ta-na-pa-ra-kum#-ma# di-ha-at# a-wa-ti-ia | I constantly send you, and the anger of my words |
| 6 | u2-ul ta-sza#-al# | you will not ask |
| 7 | _gesz-hi-a_ u3 pu-UD-ri u2-sa3-ap#-pa#-hu-ma | he will remove the beams and the ... and |
| 8 | qa2-lum-ma ta-qa2-al# | a reed bundle you will weigh out. |
| 9 | a-na _gesz-hi-a_ ri-it-tam ki#-ma# le#-mu#-un _{d}marduk_ | for a reed bundle like the evil of Marduk |
| 10 | it-ti-ka a-ta-[x ...] | With you I ... . |
| 11 | ba-ab si2-im-mu-il#-tim# | the one who makes perfect(?) |
| 1 | lu ka-ni-ik | be sealed. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | ul-la-nu _1(disz)-ta-am3_ ku-ru-ul-li | Ullanu 1 each kurullu |
| 2 | a-na _ki-se3-ga_ ta-na-ad-di-nu | to the courtyard you will give. |
| 3 | isz-te-en _gesz_ la# ta-na-di-in# | You will not give a second tree. |
| 4 | wa-ar-ka-at _gesztin_ | after wine |
| 5 | pu-ru-us-ma szum-ma sze-um | if the barley |
| 6 | i-na qa2-ti _nu-kiri6_ i-ba-asz-szi | in the hand of the orchard there is |
| 7 | mu-hu-ur-szu | his heir |
| 8 | szum-ma la ki-a-am szu-ri-ib-szu-ma | If not, send him! |
| 9 | i-na _e2_ pa-a-as-su2 | in the house of his father |
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