YOS 02, 141 (P305815)

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 04578

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

82.0 mm × 50.0 mm × 28.0 mm

Text

tablet
obverse
1. a-na _dingir_ a-bi-ia
2. qi2-bi2-ia
3. um-ma a-pil-_{d}iszkur_ wa-ra-ad-ka-ma
4. am-mi-ni tu-usz-ta-hi-a-am
5. sza ki-ma ia-ti
6. a-na ka-szi-im
7. ma-an-nu-um li-id#-di#-in
8. a-na _{d}marduk_ ra-hi#-mi#-ka
9. szu-up-ra-am#-[ma]
10. i-hi-il#-ti#-x
11. li-ip-t,u3#-[ur]
reverse
1. pa-ni-ka lu#-mur#
2. szi-pi2-ka lu-usz-szi-iq#
3. u3 qi-in-ni
4. s,e-he-ra-bi a-mu-ur#
5. asz-szu-mi-szu-nu
6. re-ma-an-ni
7. na-ah-ra-ar-ka
8. li-ik-szu-da-an-ni

Text content

Genre(s) Letter
Language(s) Akkadian

Chronology

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

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P305815

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions 82.0 mm × 50.0 mm × 28.0 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 04578
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC) BC-018643
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) YBC.4578

References

  • primary: YOS 2, 141

    [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. 69

    [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, 75

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

  • history: Treasures of Darkness, 160

    [Jacobsen1976] Jacobsen, Thorkild. 1976. The Treasures of Darkness: A History of Mesopotamian Religion.

  • history: Stamm, MVAG 44, 54f

    [sec68509] N.d.

  • history: Jacobsen, IntellectualAdventure 205f

    [sec68512] N.d.

  • history: AOAT 213, 127f

    [Sommerfeld1982AOAT213] Sommerfeld, Walter. 1982. Der Aufstieg Marduks : Die Stellung Marduks in Der Babylonischen Religion Des Zweiten Jahrtausends v. Chr. Vol. 213. Alter Orient Und Altes Testament.

  • history: AbB 9, 141

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

  • history: van Dijk Sagesse, 13f

    [vanDijk1953SSA] Dijk, Johannes J. A. van. 1953. La Sagesse Suméro-Accadienne. Recherchers Sur Les Genres Littéraires Des Texts Sapientiaux. Avec Choix de Textes. Commentationes Orientales. Quas Edidit Fundatio C. N. 1. Leiden: E. J. Brill.

  • history: JNES 48, 154f

    [Westenholz1989JNES48] Goodnick Westenholz, Joan. 1989. “Reviewed Work: Briefe Aus Dem Iraq Museum (TIM II) by L. Cagni.” Journal of Near Eastern Studies 48 (2): 150–55. https://doi.org/10.1086/373386.

  • citation: CBCY 4, p. 44, YBC 4578

    [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
2024-09-28 at 14:54:49 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-08-30 at 08:52:33 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-08-30 at 08:39:51 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
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
2019-02-11 at 13:44:24 Johnson, J. Cale Transliteration Johnson, J. Cale CDLI Approved View
2019-02-07 at 09:50:18 Johnson, J. Cale Transliteration de Ridder, Alba 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, 141 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 28, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P305815.
YOS 02, 141 artifact entry (No. P305815). (2024, September 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P305815 (Original work published 2006)
YOS 02, 141 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P305815 (Accessed: April 16, 2026).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P305815},
}


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Cite this Artifacts

“YOS 02, 141 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 28, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P305815.
YOS 02, 141 artifact entry (No. P305815). (2024, September 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P305815 (Original work published 2006)
YOS 02, 141 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P305815 (Accessed: April 16, 2026).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 28},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P305815},
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