YOS 02, 113 (P305786)

Letter tablet excavated in Pī-Kasî (mod. Tell Abu Antiq), 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 04549

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Pī-Kasî (mod. Tell Abu Antiq)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Letter

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

77.0 mm × 47.0 mm × 27.0 mm

Text

tablet
obverse
1. [a-na] nu-ur2-{d}utu
2. {disz}a-wi-il-{d}iszkur
3. {disz}{d}suen-pi2-lah3
4. {disz}s,il2-li2-{d}iszkur
5. u3 _ugula nam 1(u) erin2!(UD)-mesz_
6. qi2-bi2-ma
7. um-ma {d}utu-na-s,ir-ma
8. da-mi-iq e-pe2-szum an-nu#-um#
9. _nu-{gesz}kiri6-mesz e2-i3-dub zu2#-lum#_
10. ip-te-ne2-tu-u2-ma
11. _zu2-lum_ il-te-ne2-qu2-u2
12. u3 at-tu-nu a-wa-tim
reverse
1. tu-uk-ta-na-ta-ma-ma
2. a-na s,e-ri-ia u2-ul ta-sza-pa-ra-nim
3. a-nu-um-ma tup-pi2 usz-ta-bi-la-ku-nu-szi
4. isz-tu _zu2-lum_ a-pa-li-im
5. a-wi-le-e a-na s,e-ri-ia
6. szu-ri-a-nim
7. u3 a-wi-lu#-u2 x na#? WI KI
8. ID-x-[...] USZ#? ASZ?
9. x [...]
10. [...] x
11. [(...)]

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/P305786

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions 77.0 mm × 47.0 mm × 27.0 mm
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Pī-Kasî (mod. Tell Abu Antiq)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Museum Number YBC 04549
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC) BC-018614
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) YBC.4549

References

  • primary: YOS 2, 113

    [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. 63

    [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, 63

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

  • history: MVAG 35/2, 61ff

    [Kraus1931MVAG35/2] Kraus, Paul. 1931. “Altbabylonische Briefe : Aus Der Vorderasiatischen Abteilung Der Preussischen Staatsmuseen Zu Berlin,” Mitteilungen der Vorderasiatischen, 35/2.

  • history: LFM, 95

    [Oppenheim1967LFM] Oppenheim, Adolf Leo. 1967. Letters from Mesopotamia: Official Business, and Private Letters on Clay Tablets from Two Millennia. Chicago, University of Chicago Press.

  • history: AbB 9, 113

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

  • citation: CBCY 4, p. 42, YBC 4549

    [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
2024-09-02 at 16:35:45 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-07-26 at 10:47:15 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-07-26 at 10:46:27 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
2022-06-06 at 13:36:46 Jagersma, Bram Transliteration Jagersma, Bram 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, 113 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 2, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P305786.
YOS 02, 113 artifact entry (No. P305786). (2024, September 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P305786 (Original work published 2006)
YOS 02, 113 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P305786 (Accessed: October 28, 2026).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P305786},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“YOS 02, 113 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 2, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P305786.
YOS 02, 113 artifact entry (No. P305786). (2024, September 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P305786 (Original work published 2006)
YOS 02, 113 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P305786 (Accessed: October 28, 2026).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P305786},
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