YOS 14, 016 (P299952)

Business / Contracts tablet & envelope excavated in Shaduppum (mod. Tell Harmal), dated to the Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC) period and now kept in Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Lineart

Museum Collection(s)

Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Museum Number

NBC 08604

Period

Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)

Provenience

Shaduppum (mod. Tell Harmal)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal > Business / Contracts (loan)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

47.0 mm × 36.0 mm × 19.0 mm

Text

tablet
obverse
1. _3(asz) gur sze ur5-ra_
2. _masz2 1(asz) gur 1(barig) 4(ban2)-ta_ u2-s,a-ab
3. _ki_ {d}utu u3 gi-da-nu-um
4. {disz}dumu-{i7}idigna#
5. _dumu_ {d}suen-i-qi2-sza-am
6. u3 i-ku-un-pi2-esz18-dar _dumu_ i3-li2-wa-tar _szu ba-an-ti_
7. a-na _iti_ sza-du-tim
8. sze-bi u3 _masz2-bi_
9. _i3-ag2-e_
10. i-ti sza-al-mi-im
11. u3 ki-ni-im _szu ba-an-ti#_
reverse
1. _igi_ iri-ma-gir
2. _dumu_ ad-da-ti-i3-li2
3. _igi_ {d}a-hu-ia-ga-mil
4. _dumu_ du-ni-{d}a-hu-ia
5. _igi_ sin-sze-me
6. _dumu_ pi5-{d}tiszpak
7. _igi_ a-pil-sin
8. _dumu_ sin-im-ma-tim
9. _igi_ im-gur-akszak!{ki}
10. _dumu_ dingir-szu-ba-ni
11. _mu alan ku3-sig17_ sza {d}na-ra-am-sin a-na e2 {d}tiszpak i-ru-bu
envelope
  (not given)

Text content

Genre(s) Legal > Business / Contracts (loan)
Language(s) Akkadian

Chronology

Period Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)
Accounting Period

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P299952

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet & envelope
Dimensions 47.0 mm × 36.0 mm × 19.0 mm
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Shaduppum (mod. Tell Harmal) [uncertain]
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Museum Number NBC 08604
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC) BC-011602
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) NBC.8604

References

  • primary: YOS 14, 16

    [Simmons1978YOS14] Simmons, Stephen D. 1978. Early Old Babylonian Documents. Yale Oriental Series, Babylonian Texts 14. New Haven: Yale University Press.

  • history: JCS 13, p.105-119, p. 112-113 no. 21

    [Simmons1959Harmal-2] Simmons, Stephen D. 1959. “Early Old Babylonian Tablets from Harmal and Elsewhere (Continued).” Journal of Cuneiform Studies 13 (4): 105–19. https://doi.org/10.2307/1359133.

  • citation: CBCY 2, p. 88, NBC 8604

    [Beckman1995CBCY2] Beckman, Gary. 1995. Old Babylonian Archival Texts in the Nies Babylonian Collection. Catalogue of the Babylonian Collections at Yale 2. Bethesda, Maryland: CDL Press.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-01-21 at 07:03:51 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2018-11-26 at 11:52:55 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Ozaki Tohru CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2018-06-29 at 07:55:12 Jagersma, Bram Transliteration Jagersma, Bram CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2018-05-19 at 15:39:28 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2018-05-12 at 21:01:35 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2018-04-29 at 09:17:51 Firth, Richard Transliteration Firth, Richard CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2018-03-16 at 04:08:46 Firth, Richard Transliteration Firth, Richard CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2018-02-15 at 09:22:44 Firth, Richard Transliteration Firth, Richard CDLI, CDLI Approved View
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 View

Cite this Artifact

“YOS 14, 016 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P299952.
YOS 14, 016 artifact entry (No. P299952). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P299952 (Original work published 2006)
YOS 14, 016 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P299952 (Accessed: November 1, 2026).
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	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {YOS 14, 016 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P299952},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P299952},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“YOS 14, 016 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P299952.
YOS 14, 016 artifact entry (No. P299952). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P299952 (Original work published 2006)
YOS 14, 016 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P299952 (Accessed: November 1, 2026).
@misc{2023YOS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-01]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {YOS 14, 016 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P299952},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P299952},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P299952
LB  - CDLI:P299952
M1  - 2026/11/1/
TI  - YOS 14, 016 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P299952
ER  -
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