YOS 05, 122 (P306761)

Administrative tablet excavated in Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar), dated to the Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 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 05709

Period

Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)

Provenience

Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

93.0 mm × 47.0 mm × 31.0 mm

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 2(u) 4(disz)? sar kislah
2. sza3 {gesz}kiri6 ka-la-la
3. da e2 za-am-ma-a-nu-um szu-i#
4. da e2 na-wi-ru-um-i3-li2
5. da e2 a-li2-illat-ti lu2-[x]
6. u3 da e2 {d}nanna-ma-an-szum2 dumu ur#?-[...]
7. e2 {d}nanna-ta
8. {disz}{d}suen-nu-ur2-ma-tim
9. u3 bala-mu-nam-he2 dumu-ni
10. in-szi-sa10-am3-e-ne
11. 2(disz) ma-na ku3-babbar na4 e2 {d}nanna#?
12. sa10-am3 til-la-ni-sze3
13. i3-la2-e-ne
14. ku3-bi ku3-sig17 ga2 e2? nun? x [...]
  blank space
15. igi ip-qu2-sza x [...]
16. igi sze20-ep-{d}suen gu-[za-la2]
17. igi im-gur-{d}suen szesz ad#?-[...]
18. igi a-pil-{d}suen muhaldim#
19. igi {d}suen-ga-mi-il dumu ti-[...]
20. igi zu-ni-ba-la [x?] szesz im#-[...]
21. igi i-szar-a-li-ki sza3-tam#
reverse
1. igi mu-sza-bu-um sza3-[tam]
2. igi u-bar-{d}utu dumu# AN-szu-[...]
3. igi na-bi-DINGIR#-[...]
4. igi na-an-[...]
5. igi ar-bi-x-[...]
6. igi za-am-ma-[a-nu-um su-i]
7. igi a-ap-pa-[...]
8. igi nu-ur2-[...]
9. igi lugal-URUDA?-[...]
10. igi pa-ti-[...]
11. igi za-ab-[...]
12. igi ip-[...]
13. kiszib lu2#-[inim-ma-bi-mesz]
14. iti
15. mu alan ku#-[du-ur-ma-bu-uk] ku3-sig17 [...] e2 {d}utu#-[sze3 i-ni-in]-ku4-[re]
seal 1
1. ur-{d}nanna gudu4-abzu!
2. sza13-dub-ba {d}nanna
3. dumu [ku3 {d}]nin-gal
4. [ARAD2 ARAD2-{d}suen]
  line 4 so RIME4.2.13.2003
seal 2
1. an-pi4-szu
2. dumu ur-mes#-ukken#?-na
3. ARAD2 ARAD-{d}suen
seal 3
1. {d}suen-pi-la-ah
2. ugula dam-gar3
3. dumu i-bi-iq-{d}nu-nu
seal 4
1. a-[...]
2. dumu en-{d}x [...]
3. en#? {d}[x]-x-[...]
seal 5
1. {d}en-ki
2. u3 {d}nirah
  (other faint seal impressions)

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Seals

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

Seal Seal Number Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 012836 (composite) (P509134) S012836 Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar) Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC) Warad-Sin.00.00.00
CDLI Seals 012837 (composite) (P509135) S012837 Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar) Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC) Warad-Sin.00.00.00

Record

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Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions 93.0 mm × 47.0 mm × 31.0 mm
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s) Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Museum Number YBC 05709
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC) BC-019774
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) YBC.5709

References

  • primary: YOS 5, 122

    [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.

  • history: OrNS 01 (pp. 231-256), 249 (seal a)

    [Burrows1932OrNS1] Burrows, Eric. 1932. “Problems of the Abzu.” Orientalia NS 1: 231–56.

  • history: RIME 4, .02.13.2003, ex. 01

    [Frayne1990RIME4] Frayne, Douglas R. 1990. Old Baylonian Period (2003-1595 BC). Royal Inscriptions of Mesopotamia Early Periods 4. University of Toronto Press.

  • history: RIME 4, .02.13.2004, ex. 01 (seals)

    [Frayne1990RIME4] Frayne, Douglas R. 1990. Old Baylonian Period (2003-1595 BC). Royal Inscriptions of Mesopotamia Early Periods 4. University of Toronto Press.

  • history: SKFZ, 64f(seal b)

    [Karki1968SKFZ] Kärki, Ilmari. 1968. Die Sumerischen Königsinschriften Der Frühaltbabylonischen Zeit, in Umschrift Und Übersetzung. Helsinki.

  • history: SLB 1/1, p. 15-16

    [Leemans1952SLB1/1] Leemans, Wilhelmus F. 1952. Ishtar of Lagaba and Her Dress. Studia Ad Tabulas Cuneiformas Collectas a F. M. Th. de Liagre Böhl Pertinentia 1/1. Leiden: E. J. Brill.

  • history: Reiter diss., 63-66

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

  • history: Matou$, FsRypka 179ff

    [sec69694] N.d.

  • citation: CBCY 4, p. 84, YBC 5709

    [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: Charpin Clergé d'Ur, p. 49-50

    [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.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-10-07 at 18:26:29 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-07-14 at 19:03:00 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 18:25:22 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
2022-06-21 at 12:46:45 Jagersma, Bram Transliteration Jagersma, Bram CDLI Approved View
2022-04-24 at 16:18:59 Foxvog, Daniel A. Transliteration Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI Approved View
2006-02-08 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Englund, Robert K.; Guerra, Dylan; Middeke-Conlin, Robert; Pace, Carl Yale Babylonian Collection CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“YOS 05, 122 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 7, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P306761.
YOS 05, 122 artifact entry (No. P306761). (2024, October 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P306761 (Original work published 2006)
YOS 05, 122 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P306761 (Accessed: April 24, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-24]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 7},
	title = {YOS 05, 122 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P306761},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P306761},
}


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Cite this Artifacts

“YOS 05, 122 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 7, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P306761.
YOS 05, 122 artifact entry (No. P306761). (2024, October 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P306761 (Original work published 2006)
YOS 05, 122 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P306761 (Accessed: April 24, 2026).
@misc{2024YOS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-24]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 7},
	title = {YOS 05, 122 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P306761},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P306761},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/7/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P306761
LB  - CDLI:P306761
M1  - 2026/4/24/
TI  - YOS 05, 122 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P306761
ER  -
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