YOS 02, 085 (P306174)

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

Lineart

Museum Collection(s)

Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Museum Number

YBC 05050

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

71.0 mm × 46.0 mm × 25.0 mm

Text

tablet
obverse
1. a-na# be-el-szu#-nu#
2. [qi2]-bi2#-ma
3. [um-ma ...]-ma
4. [_{d}]utu#_ li-ba-al-[li-it,]-ka
5. it#-ti {disz}[x-x-x] a-na# [x-x]-DI?#-KI?
6. a-li-ik-ma _a-sza3_ [x-x-x]-li#
7. wa-ar-ka-at _a-sza3_-lim
8. pu-ur-sa3-ma#
9. u3 [a]-hu#-wa-qar
10. ki-ma is-sa3-an#-qa2-kum
11. i-ni-a-tim [x-x]-ra
reverse
1. la-ma e-bu-ri-im
2. szu-ba-al-ki-ta-ma
3. sze-e ba-ab-tim
4. szu-ud-di-na
5. a-na bi-tim la te-eg-gi-i
6. _kusz-hi-a munus-asz2-gar3-mesz_
7. u3 _kusz-hi-a u8-udu-hi-a_ szu-ku-lu-tim
8. u3 la-a szu-ku-lu-tim
9. sza i-na bi-tim i-ba-asz-szu-u2
10. szu-bi-lam

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/P306174

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions 71.0 mm × 46.0 mm × 25.0 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 05050
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC) BC-019114
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) YBC.5050

References

  • primary: YOS 2, 85

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

  • history: AbB 9, 85

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

  • citation: CBCY 4, p. 58, YBC 5050

    [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
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
2018-12-19 at 01:32:11 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, 085 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P306174.
YOS 02, 085 artifact entry (No. P306174). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P306174 (Original work published 2006)
YOS 02, 085 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P306174 (Accessed: October 28, 2026).
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	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {YOS 02, 085 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P306174},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P306174},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“YOS 02, 085 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P306174.
YOS 02, 085 artifact entry (No. P306174). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P306174 (Original work published 2006)
YOS 02, 085 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P306174 (Accessed: October 28, 2026).
@misc{2023YOS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-28]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {YOS 02, 085 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P306174},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P306174},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P306174
LB  - CDLI:P306174
M1  - 2026/10/28/
TI  - YOS 02, 085 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P306174
ER  -
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