YOS 13, 098 (P295039)

Letter tablet excavated in Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in J. Pierpont Morgan Library Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Lineart

Museum Collection(s)

J. Pierpont Morgan Library Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Museum Number

MLC 00231

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Letter

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

54.0 mm × 49.0 mm × 22.0 mm

Text

tablet
obverse
1. {d}utu li-ba-al-li-it,-ka
2. lu sza-al-ma-ta
3. i-nu-ma isz-tu kisz{ki} u2-sze-sze-ru/ra#
4. asz-szum it-ti i3-li2-i-qi2-sza-am _dumu_ {d}iszkur-ma-an#-szum2
5. u3 it-ti i3-li2-i-qi2-sza-am _lu2-kurun2-na_
6. szu-ta-ti-im-ma t,e4-mi sza-pa-ri
7. u3 _munu4_ a-na a-wi-lim _gal-ukken-na_
8. szu-bu-lim aq-bi-ku
9. dam-qa2 u3 ma-as2-ka
10. ma-la im-hu-ra-ka
reverse
1. t,e4-em-ka u2-ul ta-asz-pu#-ur#
2. asz-szum _sze-musz5_ u3 _ziz2-an-na_
3. sza i-na _e2_ a-wi-lim am-hu-ru
4. ki-ma {d}amar-utu-mu-ba-li2-it, _dumu# e2-dub-ba#-a_
5. sza _gal-ukken-na_ la im-hu-ru#
6. asz-pu-ra-ak-ku
7. t,e4-em ma-la asz-pu-ra-ak-ku
8. i-na tup-pi2-ka pa-nam szu-ur-szi-a-am-ma
9. szu-up-ra
  single ruling

Text content

Genre(s) Letter
Language(s) Akkadian

Chronology

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

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P295039

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions 54.0 mm × 49.0 mm × 22.0 mm
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) J. Pierpont Morgan Library Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Museum Number MLC 00231
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC) BC-000237
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) MLC.231

References

  • primary: YOS 13, 98

    [Finkelstein1972YOS13] Finkelstein, Jacob J. 1972. Late Old Babylonian Documents and Letters. Yale Oriental Series, Babylonian Texts 13. New Haven: Yale University Press.

  • history: AbB 9, 154

    [Stol1981AbB9] Stol, Marten. 1981. Letters from Yale. Altbabylonische Briefe in Umschrift Und Übersetzung, Heft 9. Leiden: Brill.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
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
2022-07-15 at 14:20:11 Jagersma, Bram Transliteration Jagersma, Bram CDLI Approved View
2006-02-08 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Englund, Robert K.; Guerra, Dylan; Middeke-Conlin, Robert; Pace, Carl Yale Babylonian Collection CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“YOS 13, 098 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P295039.
YOS 13, 098 artifact entry (No. P295039). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P295039 (Original work published 2006)
YOS 13, 098 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P295039 (Accessed: April 12, 2026).
@misc{2023YOS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-12]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {YOS 13, 098 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P295039},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P295039},
}


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Cite this Artifacts

“YOS 13, 098 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P295039.
YOS 13, 098 artifact entry (No. P295039). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P295039 (Original work published 2006)
YOS 13, 098 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P295039 (Accessed: April 12, 2026).
@misc{2023YOS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-12]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {YOS 13, 098 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P295039},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P295039},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P295039
LB  - CDLI:P295039
M1  - 2026/4/12/
TI  - YOS 13, 098 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P295039
ER  -
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