YOS 02, 140 (P307172)

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 06136

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

81.0 mm × 44.0 mm × 24.0 mm

tablet
obverse
1. a-na be-li2-ia
2. qi2-bi2-ma
3. um-ma a-wi-il-_dingir_
4. wa-ra-ad-ka-a-ma
5. szi-ni-szu na-ak-ru-um
6. il-li-kam-ma
7. dam-qu2-ti-ka i-na qa2-ti
8. usz-te-s,i
9. u3 i-na ma-ak _aga-usz-mesz_
10. i-na _sag-da-in-pa3{ki}_
11. ha-al-s,a-am#
12. ma-am-ma-an
13. u2-ul u2-ka-al
14. [x]-na# li-ib-bi
15. [x-x-x-x]
16. [...]
reverse
1. li-it,-ru-dam-ma
2. _5(disz) me erim_ i-na _sag-da-in-pa3<ki>_
3. _5(disz) me erim_ i-na _du10-gar{ki}_
4. ha-al-s,a-[am]
5. li-ki-il
6. ha-al-s,u2-um
7. la in-na-ad-di
8. ap-pu-tum

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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): 81.0 high × 44.0 wide × 24.0 thick
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  • primary: YOS 2, 140

    [Lutz1917YOS2] Lutz, Henry F. 1917. Early Babylonian Letters from Larsa. Yale Oriental Series, Babylonian Texts 2. New Haven: Yale University Press.

  • history: RA 72, p.13-40, p. 19

    [Charpin1978dynastie] Charpin, Dominique. 1978. “Recherches Sur La «dynastie de Mananâ» (I): Essai de Localisation et de Chronologie.” Revue d’Assyriologie et d’Archéologie Orientale 72: 13–40.

  • history: OECT 3, p. 68-69

    [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: JCS 15 (pp. 121-124), 122

    [Reiner1961JCS15] Reiner, Erica. 1961. “The Year Dates of Sumu-Jamūtbāl.” Journal of Cuneiform Studies 15 (4): 121–24. https://doi.org/10.2307/1359522.

  • history: Ungnad, OLZ 24, 1921, 71f

    [sec70289] N.d.

  • history: AbB 9, 140

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

  • citation: CBCY 4, p. 104, YBC 6136

    [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.

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  • Museum No.: YBC 06136
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-08-04 at 19:12:44 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-07-11 at 18:10:23 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-07-11 at 16:35:13 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-07-11 at 16:33:07 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-01-21 at 07:03:51 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2019-02-07 at 09:50:16 Johnson, J. Cale Atf de Ridder, Alba CDLI approved View
2006-02-08 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Englund, Robert K.; Guerra, Dylan; Middeke-Conlin, Robert; Pace, Carl Yale Babylonian Collection CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact

“YOS 02, 140 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 4, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P307172.
YOS 02, 140 artifact entry (No. P307172). (2024, August 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P307172 (Original work published 2006)
YOS 02, 140 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P307172 (Accessed: August 5, 2025).
@misc{2024YOS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-08-05]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {aug 4},
	title = {YOS 02, 140 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P307172},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P307172},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/8/4/
PY  - 2024
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M1  - 2025/8/5/
TI  - YOS 02, 140 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P307172
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“YOS 02, 140 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 4, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P307172.
YOS 02, 140 artifact entry (No. P307172). (2024, August 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P307172 (Original work published 2006)
YOS 02, 140 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P307172 (Accessed: August 5, 2025).
@misc{2024YOS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-08-05]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {aug 4},
	title = {YOS 02, 140 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P307172},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P307172},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/8/4/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P307172
LB  - CDLI:P307172
M1  - 2025/8/5/
TI  - YOS 02, 140 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P307172
ER  -
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