YOS 08, 045 (P306751)

Administrative tablet excavated in Larsa (mod. Tell as-Senkereh), 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 05691

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Larsa (mod. Tell as-Senkereh)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Akkadian, Sumerian

Measurements

81.0 mm × 49.0 mm × 28.0 mm

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. {disz}du10-bu-ul-lu-sa3 _mu-ni-im_
2. ARAD2 bala-mu-nam-he2
3. _ki_ bala-mu-nam-he2
4. _lugal-a-ni-ir_
5. {disz}{d}suen-ub-lam _lu2-azlag2_
6. _szu-du3-a-ni szu ba-an-ti_
7. _ba-zah2 u2-gu ba-an-de2_
8. _e2-gal_ kab-ta-am _e2 munus_
9. i-szi-hi#-i-ma
10. _ur-mah_ i-ik-ka-al-szu
11. na-ak-rum i-le-eq-qe2-szu-u2
12. {disz}{d}suen-ub-lam
13. _1(disz) [ma-na] ku3-babbar_
14. _i3-la2-e_
reverse
1. _igi_ [wa]-ra#-a-a _lu2-kurun-na_
2. _igi_ {d}suen-ga-mil _muszen-du3_
3. _igi_ it-ti-e2-a-mil-ki
4. _igi_ {d}suen-mu-ba-li2-it, _lu2-niga_
5. _[igi]_ {d}suen-ma-gir _nar_
6. _[igi]_ {d}utu-ga-mil _lunga_
7. _[igi]_ nu-ur2-i3-li2-szu _tibira_
8. _igi_ a-li2-illat-ti
9. _igi_ ARAD2-{d}nanna _lu2-azlag2_
10. _kiszib3 lu2 inim-ma-ab-bi-mesz_
11. _iti ab-e3 u4 1(u) 5(disz)-kam_
12. _mu a2 mah an {d}en-lil2 {d}en-ki-ga-ta iri{ki} da-mi-iq-i3-li2-szu in-dab5-ba_
seal 1
1. {d}AN-mar-tu
2. {d}a-szi-ra-tum
seal 2
1. {d}suen-ga-mi-il
2. dumu a-bi-t,a3-bu-um
3. ARAD {d}en-ki
seal 3
1. ARAD-[{d}]utu
2. dumu na-bi-[i3-li2-szu]
3. ARAD {d}mar-tu

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Akkadian, Sumerian

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/P306751

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions 81.0 mm × 49.0 mm × 28.0 mm
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Larsa (mod. Tell as-Senkereh) [uncertain]
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Museum Number YBC 05691
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC) BC-019756
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) YBC.5691

References

  • primary: YOS 8, 45

    [Faust1941YOS8] Faust, David E. 1941. Contracts from Larsa Dated in the Reign of Rîm-Sin. Yale Oriental Series, Babylonian Texts 8. New Haven: Yale University Press.

  • history: BBDCP, 24

    [Grant1919BBDCP] Grant, Elihu. 1919. Babylonian Business Documents of the Classical Period. Philadelphia.

  • history: Hammurabi's Gesetz 6, no. 1479

    [Koschaker1923HG6] Koschaker, Paul, and Arthur Ungnad. 1923. Hammurabi’s Gesetz. Band VI: Übersetzte Urkunden Mit Rechtserläuterungen. Leipzig: Eduard Pfeiffer.

  • history: Reiter diss., thesis B 211-13

    [Reiterdiss.] Reiter, Karin. n.d.

  • history: ArOr 89 (pp. 513-529), p. 524-526

    [Spada2021ArOr89] Spada, Gabriella. 2021. “If a Lion Eats Him….” Archiv Orientální 89: 513–29.

  • citation: CBCY 4, p. 83, YBC 5691

    [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
2024-10-07 at 18:39:38 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-07-11 at 18:27:18 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-07-11 at 18:22:17 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-05-25 at 15:38:35 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
2022-07-26 at 12:15:22 Jagersma, Bram Transliteration Jagersma, Bram CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2021-04-24 at 05:39:07 Jagersma, Bram Transliteration Jagersma, Bram CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2021-04-16 at 03:45:08 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 08, 045 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 7, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P306751.
YOS 08, 045 artifact entry (No. P306751). (2024, October 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P306751 (Original work published 2006)
YOS 08, 045 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P306751 (Accessed: October 22, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-22]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 7},
	title = {YOS 08, 045 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P306751},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P306751},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/7/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P306751
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M1  - 2026/10/22/
TI  - YOS 08, 045 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P306751
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“YOS 08, 045 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 7, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P306751.
YOS 08, 045 artifact entry (No. P306751). (2024, October 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P306751 (Original work published 2006)
YOS 08, 045 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P306751 (Accessed: October 22, 2026).
@misc{2024YOS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-22]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 7},
	title = {YOS 08, 045 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P306751},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P306751},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/7/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P306751
LB  - CDLI:P306751
M1  - 2026/10/22/
TI  - YOS 08, 045 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P306751
ER  -
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