YOS 12, 329 (P306464)

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

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Museum Collection(s)

Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Museum Number

YBC 05388

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

64.0 mm × 43.0 mm × 24.0 mm

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tablet
obverse
1. _[mu 1(disz)]-kam# [iti] 1(disz)-kam [u4 1(u) 5(disz)-kam?]_
2. _mar-za e2_ {d}ba-ba6 u3 {d}nergal
3. i-na _mu_ [...]
4. sza in-bi-i3-li2-[szu]
5. _dumu_ e2-ra*-[bi]
6. isz-tu _nig2-ka9-ak til-la-ba_
7. tu-ur-szu-um-mi-szu x
8. sza ib-ba-szu-u2 le-qu2-u2
9. li-ib-ba-szu t,u3-ub
10. a-di _iti sze-sag11-ku5_
11. _sza3 mu_ sa-am-su-i-lu-na _ugnim i-da-[ma-ra-az] u3 ma-da e-mu-ut-ba-lum {gesz}tukul ba-an-sag3_
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3. _3(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar_
4. a-na _sza3 mu bala_
5. a-na tu-ur-su-um-mi-szu#
6. _szu ti-a_ in-bi-i3-li2-[szu]
7. _ki_ {d}suen-isz-me#-[ni]
8. _igi_ i-bi-{d}li9-[si4]
9. {disz}be-li2-i-din#-[nam]
10. _kiszib#-a-ni ib2-ra_
11. _[iti sze-sag11]-ku5 u4 3(u)-kam_
12. [_mu_ sa-am]-su#-i-lu-na _lugal-[e] ugnim# i-da-[ma-ra-az u3 ma]-da e-mu-ut-ba-lum_
seal 1
1. in-bi-i3-[li2-szu]
2. _dumu_ e2-ra-[bi]
3. _ARAD_ {d}a-pa-kum#

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
  • Measurements (mm): 64.0 high × 43.0 wide × 24.0 thick
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  • primary: YOS 12, 329

    [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. 166

    [Charpin1986Clergé] 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: MVS 17, no. 75

    [Colbow1995MVS17] Colbow, Gudrun. 1995. Die Spätaltbabylonische Glyptik Südbabyloniens. Münchener Vorderasiatische Studien 17. München, Wien: Profil Verlag.

    (seals)

  • citation: CBCY 4, p. 70, YBC 5388

    [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. 534

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

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  • Museum No.: YBC 05388
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  • Provenience: Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-08-15 at 10:05:58 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-01-21 at 07:03:51 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2019-07-13 at 07:37:52 Foxvog, Daniel A. Atf Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI approved View
2006-02-08 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Englund, Robert K.; Guerra, Dylan; Middeke-Conlin, Robert; Pace, Carl Yale Babylonian Collection CDLI approved View

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This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal Provenience Period Date
dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185) - -

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Cite this Artifact

“YOS 12, 329 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 15, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P306464.
YOS 12, 329 artifact entry (No. P306464). (2024, August 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P306464 (Original work published 2006)
YOS 12, 329 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P306464 (Accessed: July 31, 2025).
@misc{2024YOS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-07-31]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {aug 15},
	title = {YOS 12, 329 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P306464},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P306464},
}


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DA  - 2024/8/15/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P306464
LB  - CDLI:P306464
M1  - 2025/7/31/
TI  - YOS 12, 329 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P306464
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“YOS 12, 329 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 15, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P306464.
YOS 12, 329 artifact entry (No. P306464). (2024, August 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P306464 (Original work published 2006)
YOS 12, 329 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P306464 (Accessed: July 31, 2025).
@misc{2024YOS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-07-31]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {aug 15},
	title = {YOS 12, 329 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P306464},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P306464},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/8/15/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P306464
LB  - CDLI:P306464
M1  - 2025/7/31/
TI  - YOS 12, 329 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P306464
ER  -
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