YOS 02, 034 (P305747)

Letter tablet excavated in Larsa (mod. Tell as-Senkereh), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Museum Collection(s)

Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Museum Number

YBC 04510

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Larsa (mod. Tell as-Senkereh)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Letter

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

87.0 mm × 50.0 mm × 28.0 mm

Text

tablet
obverse
1. a-na wa-tar-_{d}utu_ qi2-bi2-ma
2. um-ma _{d}suen_-mu-usz-ta-al-ma
3. _{d}utu_ li#-ba-al-li-it,-ka
4. sza-al-ma#-ku# mi-im-ma
5. la ta-na-zi-iq
6. asz-szum _{d}szul-pa-e3_-ba-ni
7. sza ta-asz-pu-ra-am
8. sza um-ma at-ta-ma
9. sza!(TA) ib#-t,i-lu-ma# u2-ku#-ul#-tam
10. la il-qu2#-u2
11. szu-up-ra-am-ma
12. _zu2-lum_ li-im-hu-ur
13. ka-ni-ik _ku6-a-ab-ba_
14. sza a-na {disz}i-GU?-rum
15. u3 _{d}marduk_-mu-sza-lim
16. [...] x-szum#
reverse
1. li#-bi-il-ma _ku6-<a>-ab-ba_
2. li-im-hu-ur
3. szum-ma _ku6-<a>-ab-ba_ la i-ba-asz-szi
4. qa2-at-ka mu-us,-s,i-ma
5. a-na ta-asz-pi-it zu-ti-ka
6. _zu2-lum_ mu-hu-ur
7. a-ah-ka la ta-na-ad-di
8. u3 a-we-le-e ka-ni-kam szu-zi-im-ma
9. la u2-ha-lu-ka
10. asz-szum mi-ih-hu-ri sza _{d}marduk_
11. AB?-ha-am#-ma# a-la-kam li-pu-sza-am

Text content

Genre(s) Letter
Language(s) Akkadian

Chronology

Period Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Accounting Period

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P305747

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions 87.0 mm × 50.0 mm × 28.0 mm
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Larsa (mod. Tell as-Senkereh)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Museum Number YBC 04510
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC) BC-018575
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) YBC.4510

References

  • primary: YOS 2, 34

    [Lutz1917YOS2] Lutz, Henry F. 1917. Early Babylonian Letters from Larsa. Yale Oriental Series, Babylonian Texts 2. New Haven: Yale University Press.

  • history: OECT 3, p. 44

    [Driver1924OECT3] Driver, Godfrey R. 1924. Letters of the First Babylonian Dynasty. Oxford Editions of Cuneiform Texts 3. London: Oxford University Press.

  • history: MAOG 16/1-2, 21f

    [Ebeling1943MAOG16] Ebeling, Erich. 1943. “Altbabylonische Briefe Amerikanischer Sammlungen Aus Larsa.” Mitteilungen Der Altorientalischen Gesellschaft 16 (1–2): 1943.

  • history: ZA 047 (pp. 135-180), 170f n. 89

    [Koschaker1942ZA47] Koschaker, Paul. 1942. “Zur Staatlichen Wirtschaftsverwaltung in Altbabylonischer Zeit, Insbesondere Nach Urkunden Aus Larsa.” Zeitschrift Für Assyriologie 47: 135–80.

  • history: AbB 9, 34

    [Stol1981AbB9] Stol, Marten. 1981. Letters from Yale. Altbabylonische Briefe in Umschrift Und Übersetzung, Heft 9. Leiden: Brill.

  • citation: CBCY 4, p. 40, YBC 4510

    [BeckmanCBCY4] Beckman, Gary. 2000. Old Babylonian Archival Texts in the Yale Babylonian Collection. Catalogue of the Babylonian Collections at Yale 4. Bethesda, Maryland: CDL Press.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-10-08 at 08:29:36 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-07-11 at 18:10:23 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-07-11 at 16:35:13 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-07-11 at 16:33:07 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-01-21 at 07:03:51 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2019-02-17 at 13:07:03 Johnson, J. Cale Transliteration Johnson, J. Cale CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2019-02-11 at 13:44:24 Johnson, J. Cale Transliteration Johnson, J. Cale CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2019-01-29 at 04:53:26 Johnson, J. Cale Transliteration Johnson, J. Cale CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2018-12-19 at 01:30:52 Johnson, J. Cale Transliteration de Ridder, Alba CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2006-02-08 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata Englund, Robert K.; Guerra, Dylan; Middeke-Conlin, Robert; Pace, Carl Yale Babylonian Collection CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“YOS 02, 034 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 8, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P305747.
YOS 02, 034 artifact entry (No. P305747). (2024, October 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P305747 (Original work published 2006)
YOS 02, 034 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P305747 (Accessed: October 23, 2026).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P305747},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“YOS 02, 034 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 8, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P305747.
YOS 02, 034 artifact entry (No. P305747). (2024, October 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P305747 (Original work published 2006)
YOS 02, 034 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P305747 (Accessed: October 23, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-23]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 8},
	title = {YOS 02, 034 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P305747},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P305747},
}


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TI  - YOS 02, 034 artifact entry
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