YOS 02, 008 (P305777)

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 04540

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

47.0 mm × 40.0 mm × 22.0 mm

Text

tablet
obverse
1. a-na szu-mu-um-_dingir_
 en: To Šumûm-ilum
2. qi2-bi2-ma
 en: speak!
3. um-ma szu-mu-um-li-ib-szi-ma
 en: Thus (says) Šumum-libšima:
4. _{d}utu_ li-ba-al-li-it,-ka
 en: "May Shamash keep you in good health!"
5. 2(barig) sze-a-am
 en: "Two barig of barley"
6. a-na {disz}i3-li2-i-din-nam
 en: "to Ilī-idinam"
lower edge
1. i-di-in
 en: "give!"
2. sze-um a-na sa3-bu-tim
 en: "The bales is for brewing,"
3. la ta-ka-la-szu
 en: "do not withhold it."

Text content

Genre(s) Letter
Language(s) Akkadian

Chronology

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

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P305777

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions 47.0 mm × 40.0 mm × 22.0 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 04540
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC) BC-018605
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) YBC.4540

References

  • primary: YOS 2, 8

    [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. 37

    [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, 8

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

  • history: AbB 9, 8

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

  • citation: CBCY 4, p. 42, YBC 4540

    [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
2019-09-08 at 01:22:47 Dahl, Jacob L. Transliteration Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI Approved View
2019-09-08 at 01:19:14 Dahl, Jacob L. Transliteration Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI Approved View
2019-02-17 at 14:32:06 Johnson, J. Cale Transliteration Johnson, J. Cale 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, 008 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 11, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P305777.
YOS 02, 008 artifact entry (No. P305777). (2024, July 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P305777 (Original work published 2006)
YOS 02, 008 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P305777 (Accessed: April 7, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-07]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 11},
	title = {YOS 02, 008 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P305777},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P305777},
}


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TI  - YOS 02, 008 artifact entry
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ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“YOS 02, 008 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 11, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P305777.
YOS 02, 008 artifact entry (No. P305777). (2024, July 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P305777 (Original work published 2006)
YOS 02, 008 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P305777 (Accessed: April 7, 2026).
@misc{2024YOS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-07]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 11},
	title = {YOS 02, 008 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P305777},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P305777},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/11/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P305777
LB  - CDLI:P305777
M1  - 2026/4/7/
TI  - YOS 02, 008 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P305777
ER  -
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