YOS 12, 354 (P306454)

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

Lineart

Museum Collection(s)

Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Museum Number

YBC 05376

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

60.0 mm × 43.0 mm × 24.0 mm

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. _kaskal {d}iszkur ka2_ {d}nin-a-zu
2. sza sin-isz-me-ni
3. _ki_ sin-isz-me-ni
4. {disz}ba-a-a-mu
5. u2-sze-s,i2
6. sze-a-am u3 mi-im-ma
7. sza# [i-ba-asz]-szu#
reverse
1. a-hu-um ma-la a-hi
2. i-zu-zu-u2
3. _igi_ a-pil-ia-tum
  Charpin reads: a-pi2-, that is a-bi2- ?
  blank space
4. _iti sze-sag11-ku5 u4 1(u) 1(disz)-kam#_
5. _mu_ sa-am-su-i-lu-na _lugal-e us2-sa ugnim!(|KI.SU|) i7_ <i-da>-ma-ra-[az] u3 ia-mu-ut-ba-lum#
seal 1
1. dingir-ma-AN
2. _dumu_ i-ku#-un#-pi4-{d}suen
3. _gudu4_ {d}nin#-urta
4. _ARAD_ {d}iszkur

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Akkadian

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/P306454

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions 60.0 mm × 43.0 mm × 24.0 mm
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s) Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Museum Number YBC 05376
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC) BC-019440
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) YBC.5376

References

  • primary: YOS 12, 354

    [Feigin1979YOS12] Feigin, Samuel I. 1979. Legal and Administrative Texts of the Reign of Samsu-Iluna. Yale Oriental Series, Babylonian Texts 12. New Haven: Yale University Press.

  • history: Charpin Clergé d'Ur, p. 167

    [Charpin1986Clerge] Charpin, Dominique. 1986. Le Clergé d’Ur Au Siècle d’Hammurabi (XIXe-XVIIIe Siècles Av. J.-C.). Hautes Études Orientales 22. Genève - Paris: Librairie Droz.

  • history: Schwemer, Wettergottgestalten (2001) 325

    [sec69223] N.d.

  • citation: CBCY 4, p. 70, YBC 5376

    [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.

  • citation: BiOr 38 (pp. 517-548), p. 547

    [Charpin1981YOS12] Charpin, Dominique. 1981. “La Babylonie de Samsu-Iluna à La Lumière de Nouveaux Documents.” Bibliotheca Orientalis 38: 517–48.

  • citation: AS 16, p.217-224, p. 224

    [Harris1965weapon] Harris, Rivkah. 1965. “The Journey of the Divine Weapon.” In Studies in Honor of Benno Landsberger on His Seventy-Fifth Birthday, April 21, 1965, 217–24. Assyriological Studies 16. Chicago, Illinois: The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-08-15 at 10:05:58 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
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
2019-07-13 at 07:37:53 Foxvog, Daniel A. Transliteration Foxvog, Daniel A. 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 12, 354 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 15, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P306454.
YOS 12, 354 artifact entry (No. P306454). (2024, August 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P306454 (Original work published 2006)
YOS 12, 354 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P306454 (Accessed: October 26, 2026).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {aug 15},
	title = {YOS 12, 354 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P306454},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P306454},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“YOS 12, 354 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 15, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P306454.
YOS 12, 354 artifact entry (No. P306454). (2024, August 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P306454 (Original work published 2006)
YOS 12, 354 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P306454 (Accessed: October 26, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-26]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {aug 15},
	title = {YOS 12, 354 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P306454},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P306454},
}


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DA  - 2024/8/15/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P306454
LB  - CDLI:P306454
M1  - 2026/10/26/
TI  - YOS 12, 354 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P306454
ER  -
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