YOS 14, 004 (P311402)

Business / Contracts tablet excavated in Shaduppum (mod. Tell Harmal), dated to the Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC) period and now kept in Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Lineart

Museum Collection(s)

Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Museum Number

YBC 11157

Period

Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)

Provenience

Shaduppum (mod. Tell Harmal)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal > Business / Contracts (loan)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

56.0 mm × 42.0 mm × 22.0 mm

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(gesz2) 1(u) szu-szi _gur sze ur5-ra_
2. _masz2 1(asz) gur 1(barig) 4(ban2)-am3_
3. u2-s,a-ab
4. _ki_ ARAD2-{d}tiszpak
5. _dumu_ u2-qa-il3
6. {disz}ib-ni-{d}mar-tu
7. _dumu_ akszak-i-din-nam
reverse
1. _szu ba-an-ti_
2. a-na sza-du-tim
3. sze-a-am u2 _masz2-bi_
4. _i3-ag2-e_
5. _igi_ szum-ma-il3
6. _dumu_ na-ra-am-i3-li2-szu
7. _igi_ ib-ni-{d}hu-da-bu-um
8. _igi_ e-ri-ba-am-{d}suen
9. _dumu_ sza-{d}esz18-dar
10. _igi_ ku-bu-lum
11. _dumu_ x-x-ta-x
12. u3 il3-szu-a-hi _dub-sar_
left
1. _mu_ sa-am-si-e-{d}iszkur _ba-usz2_

Text content

Genre(s) Legal > Business / Contracts (loan)
Language(s) Akkadian

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P311402

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions 56.0 mm × 42.0 mm × 22.0 mm
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Shaduppum (mod. Tell Harmal) [uncertain]
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Museum Number YBC 11157
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC) BC-024951
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) YBC.11157

References

  • primary: YOS 14, 4

    [Simmons1978YOS14] Simmons, Stephen D. 1978. Early Old Babylonian Documents. Yale Oriental Series, Babylonian Texts 14. New Haven: Yale University Press.

  • history: JCS 13, p.105-119, p. 106 no. 4

    [Simmons1959Harmal-2] Simmons, Stephen D. 1959. “Early Old Babylonian Tablets from Harmal and Elsewhere (Continued).” Journal of Cuneiform Studies 13 (4): 105–19. https://doi.org/10.2307/1359133.

  • citation: CBCY 4, p. 226, YBC 11157

    [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
2023-01-21 at 07:05:30 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2021-05-20 at 08:01:08 Jagersma, Bram Transliteration Jagersma, Bram CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2018-05-12 at 21:01:35 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2018-02-21 at 10:16:12 Firth, Richard Transliteration Firth, Richard 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 14, 004 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P311402.
YOS 14, 004 artifact entry (No. P311402). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P311402 (Original work published 2006)
YOS 14, 004 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P311402 (Accessed: November 5, 2026).
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	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {YOS 14, 004 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P311402},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P311402},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“YOS 14, 004 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P311402.
YOS 14, 004 artifact entry (No. P311402). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P311402 (Original work published 2006)
YOS 14, 004 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P311402 (Accessed: November 5, 2026).
@misc{2023YOS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-05]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {YOS 14, 004 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P311402},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P311402},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P311402
LB  - CDLI:P311402
M1  - 2026/11/5/
TI  - YOS 14, 004 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P311402
ER  -
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