YOS 08, 079 (P292722)

Administrative 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

Museum Collection(s)

Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Museum Number

YBC 05563

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Larsa (mod. Tell as-Senkereh)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

80.0 mm × 48.0 mm × 24.0 mm

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. x x x {gesz}kiri6 x [x x x?]
2. [...] x x x
3. [...] x ZI x
4. {gesz}kiri6 a-li-tum
5. ki a-li-tum
6. {disz}{d}kab-ta-nu-ri
7. u3 {d}suen-pa-t,e4-er
8. {disz}a-bu-wa-qar
9. in-szi-sa10
10. 5(disz)# 1/2(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar sa10 til-la-an-ni
11. in-szi-sa10
  Feuerherm: error for in-na-(an)-la2
12. u4-kur2-sze3 u4 nu-me-a-ak
13. {disz}a-li-tum
14. {d}kab-ta-nu-ri
15. u3 {d}suen-pa-t,e4-er
16. {gesz}kiri6-mu nu-ub-be2-a
17. inim-gar-ra-ni#-sze3
18. ba-ni-ib-gi4-gi4#
reverse
1. [nu]-mu-un-gi-gi-e#-[de3]
2. mu {d}nanna {d}utu u3 ri-im-{d}suen#
3. lugal# in-pa3
4. igi i3-li2-s,i-li2
5. igi i-bi-{d}suen
6. igi e2-a-ra-bi
7. igi ti-isz-qar-ru-um
8. igi a-ta-a-a
9. igi du10-TAR-dingir
  Feuerherm reads: du10-szar7-dingir = ṭāb-šār-ilī/i
10. igi sze-rum-i3-li2
11. igi {d}pa4-nigar{gar}-ra-qar-ra-ad
  blank space
12. kiszib lu2-inim-ma-bi-mesz
13. iti szu-numun-a u4 5(disz)-kam
14. mu i7# buranun-na mu-ba-al
  illegible seal impression

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Accounting Period

Seals

This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal Seal Number Provenience Period Date
dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185) S999999 - -

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P292722

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions 80.0 mm × 48.0 mm × 24.0 mm
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Larsa (mod. Tell as-Senkereh) [uncertain]
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Museum Number YBC 05563
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC) BC-019628
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) YBC.5563

References

  • primary: YOS 8, 79

    [Faust1941YOS8] Faust, David E. 1941. Contracts from Larsa Dated in the Reign of Rîm-Sin. Yale Oriental Series, Babylonian Texts 8. New Haven: Yale University Press.

  • history: Feuerherm diss., K86

    [Feuerherm2004Abum-waqar] Feuerherm, Karljürgen Gabriel. 2004. “Abum-Waqar and His Circle: A Prosopographical Study. Volume 1-2.” Phdthesis, Toronto: University of Toronto.

  • history: BBDCP, 10

    [Grant1919BBDCP] Grant, Elihu. 1919. Babylonian Business Documents of the Classical Period. Philadelphia.

  • history: Hammurabi's Gesetz 6, no. 1602

    [Koschaker1923HG6] Koschaker, Paul, and Arthur Ungnad. 1923. Hammurabi’s Gesetz. Band VI: Übersetzte Urkunden Mit Rechtserläuterungen. Leipzig: Eduard Pfeiffer.

  • citation: CBCY 4, p. 78, YBC 5563

    [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.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-05-25 at 15:38:35 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-01-21 at 07:01:26 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2021-06-28 at 19:02:39 Foxvog, Daniel A. Transliteration Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI Approved View
2006-02-07 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI Yale Babylonian Collection CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“YOS 08, 079 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). May 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P292722.
YOS 08, 079 artifact entry (No. P292722). (2024, May 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P292722 (Original work published 2006)
YOS 08, 079 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P292722 (Accessed: May 3, 2026).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {may 25},
	title = {YOS 08, 079 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P292722},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P292722},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“YOS 08, 079 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). May 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P292722.
YOS 08, 079 artifact entry (No. P292722). (2024, May 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P292722 (Original work published 2006)
YOS 08, 079 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P292722 (Accessed: May 3, 2026).
@misc{2024YOS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-03]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {may 25},
	title = {YOS 08, 079 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P292722},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P292722},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/5/25/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P292722
LB  - CDLI:P292722
M1  - 2026/5/3/
TI  - YOS 08, 079 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P292722
ER  -
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