YOS 02, 087 (P305779)

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 04542

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

58.0 mm × 40.0 mm × 20.0 mm

Text

tablet
obverse
1. a-na na-bi-_{d}utu_
2. qi2-bi2-ma
3. um-ma _{d}iszkur_-ri-im-i3-li2-ma
4. _{d}utu_ li-ba-al-li-it,-ka
5. [a]-nu-um-<ma> i3-li2-gim-la-an-ni
6. [at,]-t,ar#-da-ak-kum#
reverse
1. s,u2#-ha-ra-am#
2. it-ti i3-li2-gim-la-an#-ni#
3. t,u3-ur-da-am

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): 58.0 high × 40.0 wide × 20.0 thick
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Text Information

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

Related publications

primary: YOS 2, 87

[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. 56

[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, 49f

[Ebeling1943MAOG16] Ebeling, Erich. 1943. “Altbabylonische Briefe Amerikanischer Sammlungen Aus Larsa.” Mitteilungen Der Altorientalischen Gesellschaft 16 (1–2): 1943.
history: AbB 9, 87

[Stol1981AbB9] Stol, Marten. 1981. Letters from Yale. Altbabylonische Briefe in Umschrift Und Übersetzung, Heft 9. Leiden: Brill.
citation: CBCY 4, p. 42, YBC 4542

[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 04542
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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 16:35:13	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-07-11 at 16:33:07	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
2018-12-19 at 01:32:11	Johnson, J. Cale	Transliteration	de Ridder, Alba		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-018607) (BC-018607)
Electronic Babylonian Library (YBC.4542) (YBC.4542)

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Cite this Artifacts

“YOS 02, 087 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 11, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P305779.

YOS 02, 087 artifact entry (No. P305779). (2024, July 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P305779 (Original work published 2006)

YOS 02, 087 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P305779 (Accessed: April 2, 2026).

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	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 11},
	title = {YOS 02, 087 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P305779},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P305779},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“YOS 02, 087 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 11, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P305779.

YOS 02, 087 artifact entry (No. P305779). (2024, July 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P305779 (Original work published 2006)

YOS 02, 087 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P305779 (Accessed: April 2, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-02]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 11},
	title = {YOS 02, 087 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P305779},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P305779},
}

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LB  - CDLI:P305779
M1  - 2026/4/2/
TI  - YOS 02, 087 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P305779
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