YOS 08, 012 (P306765)

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 05717

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 × 53.0 mm × 27.0 mm

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. {disz}s,i-li2-{d}mar-tu
2. u3 ia-ap-ha-tum _nin-a-ni_
3. _ki_ wa-ra-a-a _lu2-kurun_
4. {disz}{d}suen-re-me-ni _szusz3_
5. {disz}li-pi2-it-{d}mar-tu _nagar_
6. {disz}e2-a-ra-bi
7. {disz}dingir-lam-uru4
8. [x] ZI-in-ni ta? x
9. [x] _szu ba-an-ti-esz#_
10. [x?] x u2-ul-la i-ba-aq#?-[qa2-ar]
11. [_sag]-mesz#_ an-nu-u2-[ti]
12. [{disz}]bala-mu-nam-he2#
13. _in#-szi-sa10_
14. [n] _gin2 ku3-babbar_
15. _sa10 til-la-bi-sze3_
reverse
1. [_in]-na-an-[la2_]
2. [_igi_] x-{d}nanna# [...]
3. _igi_ a#-bi-el-la-lum#
4. _igi_ {d#}utu-ma-gir
5. _igi_ {d}suen-ga-mil _muszen#-[du3]
6. _igi_ a-hu-wa-qar _muhaldim_
7. _igi_ a-hu-u2-wa-aq#-ru
  for restorations cf. P306753, P306885
8. _igi_ KUM-{d}suen _lu2-kasz4?_
9. _kiszib lu2-inim-ma-bi-mesz ib2-ra_
  blank space
10. _iti szu-numun-a u4 2(u) 5(disz)-kam_
11. _mu du11 {d}en-lil2 {d}en-ki-ga-ta i7 buranun-na di4-lim-da ku3-ga {d}nanna-ke4 nesag tum3 e2-kur-ra esz3 nam-ti-la-ke4? sipa zi {d}ri-im-{d}suen ki unu{ki}-ga za3! a-ab-ba-sze3! mu-ba-al#_
seal 1
1. {d}suen-ga-mi-il#
2. dumu a-bi-t,a3-bu-um
3. ARAD {d}en!-ki
  (= seal of P292730, P306751, P306760)

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/P306765

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions 81.0 mm × 53.0 mm × 27.0 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 05717
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC) BC-019782
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) YBC.5717

References

  • primary: YOS 8, 12

    [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, 64

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

  • history: Hammurabi's Gesetz 6, no. 1633

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

  • history: Reiter diss., thesis B141-42

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

  • history: AfO 34, p. 1-29,, 8

    [vdMieroop1987Balmunamhe] Van De Mieroop, Marc. 1987. “The Archive of Balmunamḫe.” Archiv Für Orientforschung 34. https://www.jstor.org/stable/41661613.

  • citation: CBCY 4, p. 84, YBC 5717

    [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
2024-07-11 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
2021-06-30 at 16:01:26 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 08, 012 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 11, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P306765.
YOS 08, 012 artifact entry (No. P306765). (2024, July 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P306765 (Original work published 2006)
YOS 08, 012 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P306765 (Accessed: October 20, 2026).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 11},
	title = {YOS 08, 012 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P306765},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P306765},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“YOS 08, 012 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 11, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P306765.
YOS 08, 012 artifact entry (No. P306765). (2024, July 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P306765 (Original work published 2006)
YOS 08, 012 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P306765 (Accessed: October 20, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-20]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 11},
	title = {YOS 08, 012 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P306765},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P306765},
}


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DA  - 2024/7/11/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P306765
LB  - CDLI:P306765
M1  - 2026/10/20/
TI  - YOS 08, 012 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P306765
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