YOS 05, 009 (P305887)

Administrative tablet excavated in Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar), 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 04735

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

84.0 mm × 56.0 mm × 25.0 mm

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 5(gesz2) 4(u) 6(disz) u8 2(gesz2) 1(u) 8(disz) kir11 ASZ-ur4
2. 5(gesz2) 3(u) 4(disz) udu-nita2 1(gesz2) 5(u) 8(disz) sila4 ASZ-ur4 [5(disz)] masz2#-gal#
3. ($ blank space $) 1(geszu) 5(gesz2) 3(u) 6(disz) u8 udu hi-a 5(disz) masz2-gal
4. SZID-si-ga ku4-ra na-<gada> a-bi-t,a3-bu-um
5. 5(gesz2) 3(u) 8(disz) u8 2(gesz2) 1(u) 5(disz) kir11# ASZ-ur4
6. 7(gesz2)# 1(disz) udu-nita2 1(gesz2) 4(u) 8(disz) sila4 [ASZ]-ur4#
7. 2(disz) ud5 2(disz) masz2-gal#
8. ($ blank space $) 1(geszu) 6(gesz2) 4(u) 2(disz) u8 udu hi-a 4(disz)# ud5# masz2 hi-a
9. na-gada u-bar-{d}suen szesz-[a]-ni
10. ($ blank space $) szu-nigin2 3(geszu) 2(gesz2)# 2(u) u8 udu# hi-a 9(disz)# ud5# masz2 hi-a
11. i3-dab5 a-bi#-t,a3#-bu-um
12. 2(gesz) 5(u) 7(disz) u8 1(gesz) 3(u)# 2(disz)# kir11 ASZ-ur4
13. 5(gesz) 1(u) 3(disz) udu-nita2 1(gesz2) 2(u) sila4 ASZ-ur4
14. 3(disz) ud5 5(disz) masz2-gal
15. ($ blank space $) 1(geszu) 1(gesz2) 2(disz) u8 udu hi-a 8(disz)# ud5 masz2 hi-a
16. na-gada im-gur-{d}suen dumu a-hu-ni
reverse
1. 1(gesz2) 1(u) 4(disz) u8 5(u) 8(disz) kir11 ASZ-ur4
2. 1(gesz2) 3(u) 6(disz) udu-nita2 2(u) sila4 ASZ-ur4
3. 7(disz) ud5 5(disz) {munus}<asz2>-gar3 gub 8(disz) masz2-gal 5(disz) masz2 gub
4. ($ blank space $) 4(gesz2) 8(disz) u8 udu hi-a 2(u) 5(disz) ud5 masz2 hi-a
5. na-gada ARAD2-{d}suen dumu im-gur-{d}suen
6. ($ blank space $) szu-nigin2 1(geszu) 5(gesz2) 1(u) u8 udu hi-a 3(u) 3(disz) ud5 masz2 hi-a
7. nig2-szu im-gur-{d}suen dumu a-hu-ni
8. i3-dab5 ib-ni-e2-a dumu ur-e2-an-na
  blank space
9. ($ blank space $) szu-nigin2-nigin2 4(geszu) 7(gesz2) 2(u) 9(disz) u8 udu hi-a 4(u) 2(disz) ud5 masz2 hi-a
10. a-ra2 9(disz)-kam
11. giri3 ip-qu2-{d}iszkur u2-tul2
12. szu sza3-tam-e-ne
13. iti sze-sag11-ku5
14. mu s,i-li2-{d}iszkur nam-lugal-ta sir2-ra

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P305887

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions 84.0 mm × 56.0 mm × 25.0 mm
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s) Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Museum Number YBC 04735
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC) BC-018799
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) YBC.4735

References

  • primary: YOS 5, 9

    [Grice1919YOS5] Grice, Ettalene M. 1919. Records from Ur and Larsa Dated in the Larsa Dynasty. Yale Oriental Series, Babylonian Texts 5. New Haven: Yale University Press.

  • citation: CBCY 4, p. 45, YBC 4735

    [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
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
2021-04-09 at 05:20:05 Jagersma, Bram Transliteration Jagersma, Bram 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 05, 009 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P305887.
YOS 05, 009 artifact entry (No. P305887). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P305887 (Original work published 2006)
YOS 05, 009 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P305887 (Accessed: October 27, 2026).
@misc{2023YOS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-27]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {YOS 05, 009 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P305887},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P305887},
}


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DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P305887
LB  - CDLI:P305887
M1  - 2026/10/27/
TI  - YOS 05, 009 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P305887
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“YOS 05, 009 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P305887.
YOS 05, 009 artifact entry (No. P305887). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P305887 (Original work published 2006)
YOS 05, 009 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P305887 (Accessed: October 27, 2026).
@misc{2023YOS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-27]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {YOS 05, 009 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P305887},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P305887},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P305887
LB  - CDLI:P305887
M1  - 2026/10/27/
TI  - YOS 05, 009 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P305887
ER  -
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