YOS 02, 089 (P305802)

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 04565

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

84.0 mm × 54.0 mm × 29.0 mm

Text

tablet
obverse
1. a-na ap-lum
2. qi2-bi2-ma
3. um#-ma _ibila-ud-unu{ki}_-ma
4. [x-x] li-ba-al-li-it,-ka
5. [a-na]-ku u3 at-ta ki-i ni-id-bu-ub
6. [ki]-a-am aq-bi-kum um-ma a-na-ku-ma
7. [x] _ab2_ a-hu-wa-qar it-ti 2(disz) _amar-mu_ 1(asz) ub-la-ak-kum
8. [i]-na#-an-na um-ma at-ta-ma
9. [x] _ab2_ u2-ul ub-lu-nim
10. _ab2-ga_ lu 5(disz) lu 6(disz) _ab2-ga [x] amar_
11. it-ta-al-ku-ni-ik-kum
12. u3 ta-asz-pi2-it 1(u) 2(disz) _ab2-ga_
13. mu-ul-li-ma
reverse
1. a-na s,u2-ha-ri-im sza mu-na-wi-rum _gu-za-la2_
2. i-di-in-ma
3. [a-na] szar#-ri#-im t,u2-ru-ud
4. u3 a-hu-wa-qar it-ti _ab2-ga_ szi-na-ti
5. li#-sza-li-ik

Text content

Genre(s) Letter
Language(s) Akkadian

Chronology

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

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P305802

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions 84.0 mm × 54.0 mm × 29.0 mm
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s) Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Museum Number YBC 04565
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC) BC-018630
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) YBC.4565

References

  • primary: YOS 2, 89

    [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. 57

    [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, ,50f

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

  • history: AbB 9, 89

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

  • citation: CBCY 4, p. 44, YBC 4565

    [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
2024-07-11 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
2019-01-28 at 14:04:59 Johnson, J. Cale Transliteration Johnson, J. Cale CDLI Approved View
2018-12-19 at 01:32:11 Johnson, J. Cale Transliteration de Ridder, Alba CDLI Approved View
2006-02-08 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Englund, Robert K.; Guerra, Dylan; Middeke-Conlin, Robert; Pace, Carl Yale Babylonian Collection CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“YOS 02, 089 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 11, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P305802.
YOS 02, 089 artifact entry (No. P305802). (2024, July 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P305802 (Original work published 2006)
YOS 02, 089 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P305802 (Accessed: April 10, 2026).
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P305802},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P305802},
}


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Cite this Artifacts

“YOS 02, 089 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 11, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P305802.
YOS 02, 089 artifact entry (No. P305802). (2024, July 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P305802 (Original work published 2006)
YOS 02, 089 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P305802 (Accessed: April 10, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-10]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 11},
	title = {YOS 02, 089 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P305802},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P305802},
}


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PY  - 2024
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LB  - CDLI:P305802
M1  - 2026/4/10/
TI  - YOS 02, 089 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P305802
ER  -
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