YOS 05, 147 (P307241)

Administrative tablet & envelope 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 06205

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Larsa (mod. Tell as-Senkereh)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

63.0 mm × 43.0 mm × 25.0 mm

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 6(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar
2. szu-la2
3. ki bala-mu-nam-he2
4. {disz}a-bu-wa-qar
5. dumu ip-qu2-er3-ra
6. szu ba-an-ti
7. iti du6-ku3
8. ki-sig7-lam i3-DU-a
  Feuerherm: "at the then prevailing rate"
9. sze-gesz-i3 i3-ag2-e
reverse
1. igi ARAD-{d}nanna dumu si?-da?
2. igi lu2-ga-tum lu2-x-x
3. igi x ne lu2-usz?-bar
4. igi ha-zi-rum x nagar
5. igi a-pi2-il-la-num2
6. igi sa3-a-sum2 USZ? dumu {d}suen-pa-la-szu
7. igi s,i-li2-{d}ku-u2#? dumu a-ha-mar-ti
  blank space
8. iti udru{duru5}
9. mu ugnim unu{ki} i3-si-in#{ki} tin-tir{ki} ra-pi2-qum su-ti-um{ki} u3 ARAD2-ne-ne lugal unu{ki} {gesz}tukul ba-an-sig3
  illegible seal impression
envelope
  (2 fragments with illegible traces)

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) 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/P307241

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet & envelope
Dimensions 63.0 mm × 43.0 mm × 25.0 mm
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s) Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Museum Number YBC 06205
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC) BC-020271
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) YBC.6205

References

  • primary: YOS 5, 147

    [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: Feuerherm diss., K103

    [Feuerherm2004Abum-waqar] Feuerherm, Karljürgen Gabriel. 2004. “Abum-Waqar and His Circle: A Prosopographical Study. Volume 1-2.” Phdthesis, Toronto: University of Toronto.

  • history: Reiter diss., thesis B 97-98 (C)

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

  • history: AfO 34, p. 1-29,, 23 n110, 27 (coll)

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

  • citation: CBCY 4, p. 107, YBC 6205

    [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
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
2021-07-17 at 15:08:00 Jagersma, Bram Transliteration Jagersma, Bram CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2021-06-28 at 19:16:27 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 05, 147 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 11, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P307241.
YOS 05, 147 artifact entry (No. P307241). (2024, July 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P307241 (Original work published 2006)
YOS 05, 147 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P307241 (Accessed: October 28, 2026).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P307241},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“YOS 05, 147 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 11, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P307241.
YOS 05, 147 artifact entry (No. P307241). (2024, July 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P307241 (Original work published 2006)
YOS 05, 147 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P307241 (Accessed: October 28, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-28]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 11},
	title = {YOS 05, 147 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P307241},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P307241},
}


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DA  - 2024/7/11/
PY  - 2024
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LB  - CDLI:P307241
M1  - 2026/10/28/
TI  - YOS 05, 147 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P307241
ER  -
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