YOS 04, 008 (P142072)

Administrative tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 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 01111

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 2(barig) 5(ban2) sze ur5-sze3
2. masz2 gur-ra 1(barig) 4(ban2)-ta
3. ki lugal-me-du10-ga-ta
4. nin-ad-da-ke4
5. szu ba-ti
6. 1(disz) ur-{d}szu-mah
reverse
1. 1(disz) szesz-da-da
2. lu2-inim-ma-bi
  1 line blank
3. iti du6-ku3-ga u4 1(u) 1(disz) ba-zal
4. mu si-mu-ru-um{ki} ba-hul

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Accounting Period

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P142072

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Museum Number YBC 01111
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 005051
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC) BC-015852
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) YBC.1111

References

  • primary: YOS 4, 8

    [Keiser1919YOS4] Keiser, Clarence E. 1919. Selected Temple Documents of the Ur Dynasty. Yale Oriental Series, Babylonian Texts, Vol. 4. New Haven: Yale University Press.

Revisions and credits

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

Cite this Artifact

“YOS 04, 008 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P142072.
YOS 04, 008 artifact entry (No. P142072). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P142072 (Original work published 2001)
YOS 04, 008 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P142072 (Accessed: May 3, 2026).
@misc{2023YOS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-03]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {YOS 04, 008 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P142072},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P142072},
}


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LB  - CDLI:P142072
M1  - 2026/5/3/
TI  - YOS 04, 008 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P142072
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“YOS 04, 008 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P142072.
YOS 04, 008 artifact entry (No. P142072). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P142072 (Original work published 2001)
YOS 04, 008 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P142072 (Accessed: May 3, 2026).
@misc{2023YOS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-03]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {YOS 04, 008 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P142072},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P142072},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P142072
LB  - CDLI:P142072
M1  - 2026/5/3/
TI  - YOS 04, 008 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P142072
ER  -
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