YOS 01, 22 (P142061)

Plan or Drawing tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 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 03900

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Scholarly or scientific > Plan or Drawing (field plan (drawing))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
1.a.1. 5(disz)
1.a.2. 5(disz)
1.b. 1(gesz2) 4(u) 1(disz) 1/2(disz)
1.c. ka gal2-la
2.a. 3(u) 5(disz)
2.b. 1(gesz2) 4(u) 1(disz)
2.c. 2(bur3) 1/2(iku) 1/4(iku) GAN2
  calculation: (35 + (20 + 17.5) × (101.5 + 101)/2 = 3670.3125 = 2b 70/100i
  in this scenario, the scribe added 20 + 17.5 but did not subtract the 5n of the adjoining rectangle
3.a.1. 2(u)
3.a.2. 4(u) 5(disz)
3.b. 1(gesz2)
3.c. 1(bur3) 1(iku) 1/2(iku) GAN2
  calculation: (20 + 45) × 60 = 1950 = 1b 1.5i
4.a. 4(u) 5(disz)
4.b. 4(u) 1(disz)
4.c. 1(esze3) 3(iku) 1/4(iku) GAN2
  calculation: (45 × 41) ÷ 2 = 922.5 = 1e 3.225i
5.a. 2(u)
5.b. 2(u) 6(disz)
5.c. 2(iku) 1/2(iku) GAN2
  calculation: (20 × 26) ÷ 2 = 260 = 2.6i
6.a. 1(u) 7(disz) 1/2(disz)
5.b.1. 2(u) 6(disz)
6.b.2 4(u) 3(disz) 1/2(disz)
6.c. 1(esze3) GAN2#
  calculation: (17.5) × (26 + 43.5)/2 = 608.125 = 1e .08125i
reverse
1. 4(bur3) 2(iku) GAN2
  calculation: 36.75i + 19.5i + 9.25i + 2.5i + 6i = 74i = 4b 2i
  therefore surface 1 not included
2. {d}nin-ur4-ra
3. a-sza3 e gu2-ru-a
4. lugal-e-a2-na in-gid2
  blank space
5. mu {d}amar-{d}suen lugal-e ur-bi2-i3-lum#[{ki}] mu-hul#

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: YOS 1, 22

    [Clay1915YOS1] Clay, Albert T. 1915. Miscellaneous Inscriptions in the Yale Babylonian Collection. Yale Oriental Series, Babylonian Texts, Vol. 1. New Haven: Yale University Press.

  • history: MCS 2, 021-023

    [Fish1952MCS2] Fish, Thomas. 1952. Manchester Cuneiform Studies 2.

  • history: Stephens, JCS 07, 001

    [Stephens1953Map] Stephens, Ferris J. 1953. “A Surveyor’s Map of a Field.” Journal of Cuneiform Studies 7 (1): 1–4. https://doi.org/10.2307/1359476.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: YBC 03900
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  • Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.02.00.00
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  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-01-19 at 09:57:24 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2014-10-15 at 10:00:28 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:23:05 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:31:00 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“YOS 01, 22 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P142061.
YOS 01, 22 artifact entry (No. P142061). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P142061 (Original work published 2001)
YOS 01, 22 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P142061 (Accessed: April 28, 2025).
@misc{2023YOS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-04-28]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {YOS 01, 22 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P142061},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P142061},
}


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