YOS 04, 232 (P142296)

Administrative 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

Lineart

Museum Collection(s)

Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Museum Number

YBC 03683

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
column 1
1. 1(asz@c) GAN2 lu2-saga szesz-tab-ba ugula usz-bar-ta
2. 1(disz) i-ta-e3-a dumu-ni
3. szu lugal-iri-ni-sze3
4. ($ blank space $) nir-gal2 ga-IL2 {d}amar-{d}suen-sze3
5. 1(asz) ab-ba-gi-na
6. dumu-ni-me
7. 1(disz) szesz-kal-la
8. 1(disz) lu2-inim-gi-na
9. dumu ba-al-li2-mu
10. 1(asz) 4(ban2) tug2 ug3 szesz-a-ni dumu ur-i7-edin-na
11. ($ blank space $) ur-{d}da-mu dumu ur-{d}ma-an-isz-di2-su2
12. sza3-gu4-sze3 da-du-mu i3-dab5
13. szu ur-nigar{gar}
14. 1/2(asz@c) GAN2 lu2-{d}nin-szubur
15. 1/2(asz@c) GAN2 ur-ab-zu
16. 1(asz) ab-<IL2> inim-{d}szara2
17. dumu-ni-me
18. ($ blank space $) a2-ni-ta giri17-dab5-sze3
19. lu2-{d}szara2 dumu-ni
20. ug3 nu-hi-dingir
21. szesz-a-ni dumu-ni
22. ur-{d}dumu-zi-da
23. ab-ba-gi-na
24. szesz-a-ni
25. 1/2(disz) inim-{d}szara2 dumu ur-sukkal-DI
26. 1(asz@c) ug3 1(barig) 1(ban2)! 5(disz) 4(disz) lugal-me-na
column 2
1. dumu-ni-me
2. sza3-gu4-sze3 lugal-e2-mah-e i3-dab5
3. a-a-lu2-du10
4. giri3-{d}szara2-i3-dab5
5. ur-{gesz}gigir
6. dumu-ni-me
7. sza3-gu4-sze3 lugal-nesag i3-dab5
8. dingir-ga2 ARAD2 gu-du-ni
9. ki ur-e11-e
10. u3-ma-ni
11. mu giri3-ni-i3-sa6-sze3
12. lu2-usz-gi-na dumu-ni dumu {d}utu-bi2-kusz2-me
13. sza3-gu4-sze3 lugal-ukken-ne2 i3-dab5
14. szu ug3 ur-zabala3{ki}
15. 1(asz@c) 1(barig) 1(ban2) 5(disz) 4(disz) ug3 lu2-kal-la
16. 1(asz) 4(ban2) tug2 ur-e2-an-na
17. 1(asz) 3(ban2) tug2 {d}szara2-kam
18. 1(disz) 2(ban2) 2(disz) lugal-an-ne2
19. dumu ur-zabala3{ki}-me
20. 1(asz@c) 1(barig) 1(ban2) 5(disz) 4(disz) ug3 e2-u6-e
21. dumu 1(asz) 2(ban2) 2(disz) inim-{d}szara2
22. dumu 1(asz) 2(ban2) 2(disz) ur-{d}dumu-zi-da
23. 1(disz) 1(ban2) 5(disz) 1(disz) 1/2(disz) lu2-he2-gal2
24. 1(disz) 1(ban2) 5(disz) 1(disz) 1/2(disz) ur-{d}szul-pa-e3
25. dumu-ni-me
  blank space
26. gaba [...]
27. [...]
reverse
column 1
1. lugal-du10-[...]
2. dumu gu-du-[du-me?]
3. ur-mes i3-dab5
4. lugal-bad3 sza3-gu4-sze3
5. ur-{d}szul-pa-e3 i3-dab5
6. ($ blank space $) ur-{d}nin-mug-ga gab2-us2 dumu {d}szara2-ba-zi-ge
7. kas4 i3-dab5
8. 1(asz@c) 1(disz) 4(disz) ug3 lu2-{d}nanna dumu geme2-{d}szara2
9. tu-ra a-kal-la
10. zah3 ARAD2-{d}szara2
11. dumu lugal-iti-da-me
12. 1/2(asz@c) GAN2 a-du-du dumu u3-ma-ni
13. 1/2(asz@c) GAN2 nu tul2-ta
14. 1(disz)? nu lu2-{d}li9-si4
15. 1(disz) nu ur-{d}szakkan
16. ur-{d}gilgamesx(|BIL3.GA.MES|) dumu sag-du
17. ur-e11-e i3-dab5
18. libir-am3
19. 1(asz@c) 1(disz) 4(disz) ug3 lugal-ma2-gur8-re
20. ki ur-{d}en-lil2-la2-ta
21. 1(asz@c) 1(disz) 4(disz) ug3 lugal-iti-da
22. 1(asz) 4(ban2) tug2 ur-{d}szakkan
23. 1(disz) 2(ban2) 2(disz) lu2-{d}szara2 dumu-ni-me
24. ki ur-mes-ta
25. 1(asz@c) 1(barig) tug2 ug3 {gesz}apin-ki-du10 u2-IL2 {d}szara2 |KI.AN|{ki}-ta
26. 1(asz) 4(ban2) tug2 ur-balag-ga2
27. dumu ha-ma-ti-me
28. 1/2(asz@c) GAN2 lu2-{d}szara2
29. dumu lu2-dingir-ra
column 2
1. 1(asz@c) 1(barig) 1(ban2) 5(disz) 4(disz) ug3 ur-{d}gilgamesx(|BIL3.GA.MES|)
2. dumu ur-{d}suen
3. 1(disz) 1(ban2) 5(disz) 1(disz) 1/2(disz) ur-{gesz}gigir dumu-ni
4. szu 4(ban2) tug2 ug3 lu2-eb-gal
5. 1(disz) 1(ban2) 5(disz) 1(disz) 1/2(disz) ur-{d}iszkur dumu-ni
6. szu-{d}x
7. 1/2(asz@c) GAN2 a-kal-la dumu-ni
8. 1(asz@c) 1(barig) 1(ban2) 5(disz) 4(disz) ug3 ur-{d}dumu-zi-da
9. 1(disz) 1(ban2) 5(disz) 1(disz) 1/2(disz) {d}amar-{d}suen-i3-gi-in dumu-ni
10. 1/2(asz@c) GAN2 ur-gi#-x-sukkal-x
11. 1(asz) szesz-kal-la
12. 1(disz) ur-{d}a-szar2 dumu-ni-me
13. ki lugal-mu-ma-ag2-ta-asz
14. 1/2(asz@c) GAN2 ur-in?-dub-ba
15. ki ur-{d}szara2-ta
16. 1/2(asz@c) GAN2# ur-e2-an-na
17. 1(asz) ARAD2-mu
18. dumu 1(asz) 2(ban2) 2(disz) {d}szara2-an-dul3
19. 1(disz) 1(ban2) 5(disz) 1(disz) 1/2(disz) ur-{d}nin-a-zu
20. 1(disz) 1(ban2) 5(disz) 1(disz) 1/2(disz) lu2-bala-saga dumu-ni-me
21. ki ur-{gesz}gigir nu-banda3-gu4-ta
22. 1(asz@c) 1(barig) 1(ban2) 5(disz) 4(disz) ug3 ur-gu2-de3-na
23. 1(disz) ur-mes dumu-ni
24. ki lugal-gu4-e-ta
  blank space
25. 1/2(asz@c) GAN2 me-pa-e3 ki a-gu-du-ta
26. szunigin 1(asz@c) GAN2 gurusz ugula
27. szunigin 1(u) 1(disz) GAN2 gurusz a2 1/2(disz)
28. szunigin 1(asz) ab-IL2 1(barig)
29. szunigin 3(asz) dumu-nita2 diri
30. szunigin 5(disz) dumu-nita2
31. szunigin tu-ra
32. szunigin# zah3 dumu-nita2
33. szunigin# 3(disz) szu-gi4 erin2-me
34. szunigin# 6(asz@c) gurusz 1(barig) 1(ban2) 5(disz) 4(disz)-ta
35. szunigin 4(asz@c) gurusz 1(barig) 4(disz)-ta
36. szunigin 4(asz) ug3 4(ban2) tug2
37. szunigin 1(asz) ug3 3(ban2) tug2
left
column 1
1. szunigin? dumu 3(asz) dumu-nita2 2(ban2) 2(disz)-ta
2. szunigin# 2(disz) dumu-nita2 2(ban2)
3. [szunigin] 7(disz) dumu-nita2 1(barig) 1(ban2) 5(disz) 1(disz) 1/2(disz)
4. [szunigin] 1(disz) dumu-nita2
column 2
1. szunigin 2(disz)? szu-gi4
2. ug3-IL2-me
3. 2(ban2) lu2-saga
4. iti {d}dumu-zi
column 3
1. mu sza-asz-ru{ki} ba-hul
  blank space

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/P142296

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Museum Number YBC 03683
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 005274
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC) BC-017748
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) YBC.3683

References

  • primary: YOS 4, 232

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

  • history: Care of the Elderly p.23-57, p. 36

    [Wilcke1998elderly] Wilcke, Claus. 1998. “Care of the Elderly in Mesopotamia in the Third Millennium B.C.” In The Care of the Elderly in the Ancient Near East, edited by Marten Stol and Sven P. Vleeming, 23–57. Studies in the History and Culture of the Ancient Near East, Volume 14. Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill.

  • citation: RA 73, p.101-120, 114

    [Sigrist1979ERÍN] Sigrist, Marcel. 1979. “ERÍN - UN-ÍL.” Revue d’Assyriologie et d’Archéologie Orientale 73: 101–20.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2026-07-22 at 16:59:28 Pottorf, Andrew Transliteration Pottorf, Andrew Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2026-07-18 at 15:08:42 Pottorf, Andrew Transliteration Pottorf, Andrew Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2025-07-23 at 12:21:42 Pottorf, Andrew Transliteration Pottorf, Andrew Lafont, Bertrand Approved View
2024-07-21 at 13:09:24 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-07-21 at 13:08:26 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
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
2022-10-07 at 13:07:16 Firth, Richard Transliteration Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2017-03-03 at 09:56:27 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:23:31 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2009-06-03 at 11:12:10 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2008-01-27 at 15:43:55 Dahl, Jacob L. Transliteration Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2008-01-03 at 20:06:25 Dahl, Jacob L. Transliteration Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“YOS 04, 232 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 21, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P142296.
YOS 04, 232 artifact entry (No. P142296). (2024, July 21). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P142296 (Original work published 2001)
YOS 04, 232 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P142296 (Accessed: November 4, 2026).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P142296},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“YOS 04, 232 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 21, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P142296.
YOS 04, 232 artifact entry (No. P142296). (2024, July 21). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P142296 (Original work published 2001)
YOS 04, 232 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P142296 (Accessed: November 4, 2026).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P142296},
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