YOS 04, 305 (P142369)

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

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Museum Collection(s)

Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Museum Number

YBC 01782

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

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tablet
obverse
1. 6(gesz2) 2(u) la2 1(asz) sze gur lugal
2. lu2-{d}szara2 engar
3. 3(gesz2) 1(u) 6(asz) la2 1(disz) gur engar-gu-la engar
4. 6(asz) sze ur5-ra sze gur10-gur10-ta su-ga
5. a-ab-ba szabra
6. 5(gesz2) 2(u) 6(asz) 3(barig) 1(ban2) gur ur-sa6-sa6-ga engar
7. 3(gesz2) 5(u) 4(asz) 2(barig) 3(ban2) gur lugal-a2-zi-da engar
8. 2(gesz2) 5(u) 3(ban2) gur nig2-du7-pa-e3 engar
9. lugal-ku3-ga-ni szabra
  blank space
10. szunigin 2(gesz'u) 1(gesz2) 5(u) 2(asz) gur
11. sze GAN2-gu4
12. 4(barig) 4(ban2) u3-ma-ni
13. 1(asz) 3(barig) 2(ban2) tir-gu engar
14. 1(asz) 3(barig) lugal-ka
15. [x] 6(asz) 4(barig) a-x-[...]
reverse
1. 1(u) 2(asz) [x] x-[...]
2. 5(asz) an-dul3-zi
3. 2(barig) 3(ban2) lugal-hi-li
4. 1(u) 5(asz) ur-su4-su4
5. 7(asz) 3(barig) 2(ban2) lu2-{d}szara2
6. 7(asz) ur-dun
7. 3(asz) 2(barig) usz-mu nagar
8. 1(u) 2(asz) a-ab-ba
9. 1(u) 4(barig) x-i3-li2
10. 2(asz) 2(barig) engar-gu-la
11. 8(asz) ur-{d}nu-musz-da
12. 2(barig) ur-dingir-ra
13. szunigin 2(gesz2) 4(u) 4(asz) 4(barig) 5(ban2) gur
  blank space
14. sze apin-la2
15. szunigin 2(gesz'u) 4(gesz2) 3(u) 6(asz) 4(barig) 5(ban2) sze gur
16. sze gesz e3-a
17. ki-su7 usz-gid2-da
18. iti nesag
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19. mu us2-sa an-sza-an{ki} ba-hul mu us2-sa-a-bi

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Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: YOS 4, 305

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

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  • Museum No.: YBC 01782
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  • Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šulgi.36.04.00 (us2-us2 year)
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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
2017-03-03 at 09:56:29 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2016-10-30 at 12:08:43 Firth, Richard Transliteration Firth, Richard CDLI Approved View
2013-06-30 at 10:29:42 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:23:37 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:31:10 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

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Cite this Artifacts

“YOS 04, 305 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P142369.
YOS 04, 305 artifact entry (No. P142369). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P142369 (Original work published 2001)
YOS 04, 305 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P142369 (Accessed: April 4, 2026).
@misc{2023YOS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-04]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {YOS 04, 305 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P142369},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P142369},
}

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DA  - 2023/2/1/
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M1  - 2026/4/4/
TI  - YOS 04, 305 artifact entry
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ER  - 

Cite this Artifacts

“YOS 04, 305 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P142369.
YOS 04, 305 artifact entry (No. P142369). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P142369 (Original work published 2001)
YOS 04, 305 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P142369 (Accessed: April 4, 2026).
@misc{2023YOS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-04]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {YOS 04, 305 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P142369},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P142369},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P142369
LB  - CDLI:P142369
M1  - 2026/4/4/
TI  - YOS 04, 305 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P142369
ER  - 
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