YOS 02, 133 (P305750)

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

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Museum Collection(s)

Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Museum Number

YBC 04513

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

89.0 mm × 51.0 mm × 22.0 mm

Text

tablet
obverse
1. a-na# a-bi-ia [qi2]-bi2#-ma
2. um-ma [...x]-ma
3. _{d}utu_ u3 _{d}da-gan_ da#-[ri-isz u4-mi]
4. li#-ba#-al#-li#-t,u2-[ka]
5. ki-ma ti-du-u2
6. _a-sza3 szuku_-i a-na me#-e ne-si2-ma
7. a-um e-er-re-szu# u2-ul i-ba-asz-szi
8. asz-szum _a-sza3_-ka-[x]-MA?/KU?-ru-um DA?-ma#-lu
9. _nig2-gal2-la_ sza _{d}suen_-ip-pa-al-sa3-am
10. i-te-er-ri-szu
11. asz-szum _a-sza3_ szu-u2 sza pi2-ha-ti-ka
12. a-na a-wi-lim aq-bi-ma
13. t,up-pi2 a-wi-lim ra-HI?-mi-ka
14. it-ta-al-ka-ak-kum
15. a-na sza-at-ti-ia
reverse
1. _esze3-2(asz)-iku a-[sza3_ ...]
2. [...] szu-a-ti
rest missing
left
1. i-na [...]

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Consult word list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Collections

Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
Measurements (mm): 89.0 high × 51.0 wide × 22.0 thick
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Text Information

Genre(s): Letter
Language(s): Akkadian

Related publications

primary: YOS 2, 133

[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. 67

[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, 71f

[Ebeling1943MAOG16] Ebeling, Erich. 1943. “Altbabylonische Briefe Amerikanischer Sammlungen Aus Larsa.” Mitteilungen Der Altorientalischen Gesellschaft 16 (1–2): 1943.
history: AbB 9, 133

[Stol1981AbB9] Stol, Marten. 1981. Letters from Yale. Altbabylonische Briefe in Umschrift Und Übersetzung, Heft 9. Leiden: Brill.
citation: CBCY 4, p. 40, YBC 4513

[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.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: YBC 04513
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Larsa (mod. Tell as-Senkereh)
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Chronology

Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-07-11 at 18:10:23	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-07-11 at 18:08:57	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
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
2019-02-11 at 13:52:31	Johnson, J. Cale	Transliteration	Johnson, J. Cale		CDLI	Approved
2019-02-07 at 09:50:17	Johnson, J. Cale	Transliteration	Johnson, J. Cale		CDLI	Approved
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

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Yale Babylonian Collection (BC-018578) (BC-018578)
Electronic Babylonian Library (YBC.4513) (YBC.4513)

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Cite this Artifacts

“YOS 02, 133 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 11, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P305750.

YOS 02, 133 artifact entry (No. P305750). (2024, July 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P305750 (Original work published 2006)

YOS 02, 133 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P305750 (Accessed: January 26, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P305750},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“YOS 02, 133 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 11, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P305750.

YOS 02, 133 artifact entry (No. P305750). (2024, July 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P305750 (Original work published 2006)

YOS 02, 133 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P305750 (Accessed: January 26, 2026).

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	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 11},
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P305750},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P305750},
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