YOS 02, 011 (P305783)

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 04546

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

78.0 mm × 46.0 mm × 25.0 mm

tablet
obverse
1. a-na na-bi-_{d}utu#_ [qi2-bi2-ma]
2. um-ma _{d}lal3#_-[na-s,i-ir-ma]
3. _{d}utu_ u3 _{d}marduk_ li#-[ba-al-li]-t,u2#-ka
4. asz-szum 1/2(disz) _ma-na ku3#-[babbar_ ... x]-ia
5. a-na _i3-gesz_ sza-[mi-im]
6. u2-sza-bi-la-ak#-kum#-ma#
7. t,up-pa-ka sza tu#-sza#-bi-lam esz-[me]
8. isz-tu-ma _i3-gesz#_ ta-as2-hu-ru#-[ma]
9. la ta-mu-ru _ku3-babbar_ szu-a-ti
10. i-na qa2-ti-ka-ma u2-s,u2-ur
11. a-na _ku3-babbar_ na-s,a-ri-im
12. la te-eg-gu
13. [ki-ma asz]-pu-ra-ak-kum
14. [x _sze]-gesz#-i3_ i-na bi-tim
bottom
1. [e-zi]-im#-ma#
reverse
1. [szi]-ta#-at _sze-gesz-i3_ sza#-[...]
2. u3 sza isz-tu sa-am#-[ni-i{ki}]
3. ub-lu-ni-ik-kum#
4. i-nu-ma a-na 1(asz) _gur sze-gesz-i3_ s,a-ha-tim
5. sza# 1/2(disz) _gin2 ku3-babbar_ sze-am
6. ta#-na-ad-di-nu
7. [x x] _sze-gesz-i3_ sza asz-pu-ra-ak-kum
8. [i]-na# bi-tim e-zi-im-ma
9. ga#-me-er _sze-gesz-i3_
10. a-na s,a-ha-tim i-di-in
11. lu ti-de u3 t,e4-em _sze-gesz-i3_
12. ma-la a-na s,a-ha-tim
13. ta-na-ad-di-nu
14. pa-nam szu-ur-szi-a-am-ma
15. szu-up-ra-am
top
1. _dumu_ ma-an-nu-um-ki-ma-_{d}iszkur sur-ra_
2. at,-t,ar-da-ak-[kum]
3. 2(asz) _gur sze-gesz-i3_ [...]
left
1. i#-[di-im-ma] li-is,-hu-ut
2. [...]

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Consult sign list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Consult word list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
  • Measurements (mm): 78.0 high × 46.0 wide × 25.0 thick
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  • primary: YOS 2, 11

    [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. 38

    [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, 9f

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

  • history: AbB 9, 11

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

  • citation: CBCY 4, p. 42, YBC 4546

    [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.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: YBC 04546
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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
2023-03-09 at 12:32:19 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Gacia, Veronika; Sallaberger, Walther Vegetable Oils and Animal Fats in Early Urban Societies of Syro-Mesopotamia Pagé-Perron, Émilie 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
2019-06-23 at 13:17:12 Johnson, J. Cale Transliteration Johnson, J. Cale CDLI Approved View
2019-02-19 at 09:11:00 Johnson, J. Cale Transliteration Johnson, J. Cale CDLI Approved View
2019-02-19 at 09:09:01 Johnson, J. Cale Transliteration Johnson, J. Cale CDLI Approved View
2019-02-17 at 14:40:11 Johnson, J. Cale Transliteration Johnson, J. Cale 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

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Cite this Artifacts

“YOS 02, 011 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 11, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P305783.
YOS 02, 011 artifact entry (No. P305783). (2024, July 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P305783 (Original work published 2006)
YOS 02, 011 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P305783 (Accessed: January 27, 2026).
@misc{2024YOS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-27]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 11},
	title = {YOS 02, 011 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P305783},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P305783},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/11/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P305783
LB  - CDLI:P305783
M1  - 2026/1/27/
TI  - YOS 02, 011 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P305783
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“YOS 02, 011 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 11, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P305783.
YOS 02, 011 artifact entry (No. P305783). (2024, July 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P305783 (Original work published 2006)
YOS 02, 011 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P305783 (Accessed: January 27, 2026).
@misc{2024YOS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-27]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 11},
	title = {YOS 02, 011 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P305783},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P305783},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/11/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P305783
LB  - CDLI:P305783
M1  - 2026/1/27/
TI  - YOS 02, 011 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P305783
ER  -
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