YBC 12343 (P312286)

Administrative tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Cite

Museum Collection(s)

Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Museum Number

YBC 12343

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (messenger text)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Administrative (messenger text)
Language(s)	Sumerian

Chronology

Period	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced	Šū-Suen.04.05.05
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P312286
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P312286

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience	Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Museum Number	YBC 12343
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC)	BC-026138
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	YBC.12343

References

history: Yale Messenger, 425

[McNeil1970YaleMessenger] McNeil, Robert Clayton. 1970. “The ‘Messenger Texts’ of the Third Ur Dynasty.” Phdthesis, University of Pennsylvania.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-07-07 at 13:59:26	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-07-07 at 13:53:01	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
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
2015-10-11 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifacts

“YBC 12343 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 7, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P312286.

YBC 12343 artifact entry (No. P312286). (2024, July 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P312286 (Original work published 2015)

YBC 12343 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P312286 (Accessed: April 21, 2026).

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Cite this Artifacts

“YBC 12343 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 7, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P312286.

YBC 12343 artifact entry (No. P312286). (2024, July 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P312286 (Original work published 2015)

YBC 12343 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P312286 (Accessed: April 21, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-21]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 7},
	title = {YBC 12343 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P312286},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P312286},
}

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