YOS 02, 005 (P307171)

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

Lineart Photo

Museum Collection(s)

Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Museum Number

YBC 06135

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

52.0 mm × 42.0 mm × 24.0 mm

Text

tablet
obverse
1. a-na nu-ur-_{d}utu_
 en: To Nur-Šamaš
2. qi2-bi2-ma
 en: speak!
3. um-ma _{d}suen_-be-el-ap-lim-ma
 en: Thus (says) Sin-bēl-aplim:
4. _{d}utu_ li-ba-al-li-it,-ka
 en: "May Šamaš keep you in good health,"
5. _u8-udu-hi-a dumu-{d}iszkur dam-gar3#_
 en: "The sheep of Mār-Adad, the merchant,
6. sza u2-da!(MA)-an-ni-<nu>-kum
 en: "about which I have put pressure on you,"
7. te!(TA)-er-szum
 en: "return (them)!
lower edge
1. 1(disz) _udu_ la-a i-ma-t,i
 en: "not one sheep should be missing."

Text content

Genre(s) Letter
Language(s) Akkadian

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P307171

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions 52.0 mm × 42.0 mm × 24.0 mm
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Larsa (mod. Tell as-Senkereh)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Museum Number YBC 06135
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC) BC-020200
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) YBC.6135

References

  • primary: YOS 2, 5

    [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. 36

    [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, 7

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

  • history: AbB 9, 5

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

  • citation: CBCY 4, p. 104, YBC 6135

    [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
2019-09-09 at 02:12:32 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 Artifact

“YOS 02, 005 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 11, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P307171.
YOS 02, 005 artifact entry (No. P307171). (2024, July 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P307171 (Original work published 2006)
YOS 02, 005 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P307171 (Accessed: May 18, 2026).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 11},
	title = {YOS 02, 005 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P307171},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P307171},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“YOS 02, 005 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 11, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P307171.
YOS 02, 005 artifact entry (No. P307171). (2024, July 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P307171 (Original work published 2006)
YOS 02, 005 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P307171 (Accessed: May 18, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-18]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 11},
	title = {YOS 02, 005 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P307171},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P307171},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/11/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P307171
LB  - CDLI:P307171
M1  - 2026/5/18/
TI  - YOS 02, 005 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P307171
ER  -
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