YOS 14, 338 (P296047)

Administrative tablet & envelope excavated in Uruk (mod. Warka), 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

Cite

Lineart

Museum Collection(s)

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

Museum Number

MLC 01284 & MLC 01297

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Uruk (mod. Warka)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (bit asiri people)

Language(s)

Akkadian, Sumerian

Measurements

81.0 mm × 54.0 mm × 26.0 mm

Has fragments

Text

tablet
obverse
1. [1(disz) ...]-x
2. [1(disz) ... _lu2_ ...]-x{ki}
3. [1(disz) ... _lu2_ ...]-x{ki}
4. [1(disz) ...] _szesz#-a-ni_
5. [1(disz) ...] x x x{ki}
6. [1(disz) ... _lu2_ ...]-x{ki}
7. [1(disz)] pir#-hi#-i3-li2 _lu2_ su-bir4#{ki}
8. 1(disz) [li]-pi2#-it#-isz8-tar2 _lu2_ esz3-nun-na{ki}
9. ($ blank space $) _8(disz)# erin2 lu2_ a-si-ru#-[u2]
10. sza ARAD-{d}suen _lu2_ gu-tu-u2
11. [u3] {d}amar-utu-na-s,ir _ugula mar-tu_
12. [u2-te-ru-ni-szu]-nu-ti
reverse
1. a-na _e2 agrig_ x
2. nam-ha-ar-ti
3. dumu-babila2{ki}
4. u3 a-na-pa-ni-dingir
5. _giri3_ a-pil-{d}mar-tu
6. u3 {d}suen-nu-ur2-ma-tim x x (x)
7. _zi-ga nig2-szu#_ {d#}suen#-sze#-mi
8. _ugula_ a-si-ri
9. _iti NE-NE-gar u4 2(u)-kam_
10. _mu_ ri-im-{d}a-nu-um _lugal unu{ki} u3 a2-dam-bi_
envelope
obverse
beginning broken
1'. [...] a-hi e2-ra-bi{ki}
2'. [...] _lu2_ su-bir4{ki}
3'. [...] _lu2_ esz3-nun-na{ki}
4'. [...] _lu2_ a-si-ru
5'. sza ARAD2-{d}suen _lu2_ gu-tu-u2
6'. u3 {d}amar-utu-na-s,ir _ugula mar-tu_
7'. u2-te-ru-ni-szu-nu-ti
rest broken
reverse
beginning broken
1'. _iti NE-NE-gar u4 2(u)-kam_
2'. _mu_ ri-im-{d}a-nu-um _lugal unu!{ki} u3 a2-dam-bi_

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Consult word list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Text content

Genre(s)	Administrative (bit asiri people)
Language(s)	Akkadian, Sumerian

Chronology

Period	Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Dates Referenced	Rim-Anum.02.05.20 unu{ki} u3 a2-dam-bi
Accounting Period

Record

P296057P296057

CDLI number	P296047 P296057 (retired)
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P296047

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet & envelope
Dimensions	81.0 mm × 54.0 mm × 26.0 mm
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation	Fragmented

Provenance

Provenience	Uruk (mod. Warka)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	J. Pierpont Morgan Library Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Museum Number	MLC 01284 & MLC 01297
Accession Number

References

primary: YOS 14, 338

[Simmons1978YOS14] Simmons, Stephen D. 1978. Early Old Babylonian Documents. Yale Oriental Series, Babylonian Texts 14. New Haven: Yale University Press.
history: RA 55, p.57-76, p. 69

[Leemans1961asiru] Leemans, Wilhelmus F. 1961. “The Asīru.” Revue d’Assyriologie et d’Archéologie Orientale 55: 57–76.
history: RT 20 (pp. 55-71), 064-065

[Scheil1898RT20] Scheil, Vincent. 1898. “Notes d’épigraphie et d’archéologie Assyriennes, [7] .” Recueil de Travaux Relatifs à La Philologie et à l’archéologie Égyptiennes et Assyriennes 20: 55–71.

(MLC 01297)

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-10-11 at 09:54:45	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2022-07-28 at 15:50:07	Jagersma, Bram	Transliteration	Jagersma, Bram		CDLI, CDLI	Approved
2022-07-28 at 15:25:39	Jagersma, Bram	Transliteration	Jagersma, Bram		CDLI, CDLI	Approved
2022-07-28 at 15:18:40	Jagersma, Bram	Transliteration	Jagersma, Bram		CDLI, CDLI	Approved
2006-02-08 at 00:00:00	CDLI, CDLI	Artifact metadata	Englund, Robert K.; Guerra, Dylan; Middeke-Conlin, Robert; Pace, Carl	Yale Babylonian Collection	CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“YOS 14, 338 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 11, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P296047.

YOS 14, 338 artifact entry (No. P296047). (2024, October 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P296047 (Original work published 2006)

YOS 14, 338 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P296047 (Accessed: November 6, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P296047},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“YOS 14, 338 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 11, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P296047.

YOS 14, 338 artifact entry (No. P296047). (2024, October 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P296047 (Original work published 2006)

YOS 14, 338 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P296047 (Accessed: November 6, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-06]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 11},
	title = {YOS 14, 338 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P296047},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P296047},
}

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