YNER 08, 08 (P112500)

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

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Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Museum Number

YBC 15333

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

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1. [n] gu2# siki-gi ku3-bi 2/3(disz) ma-na
2. 2(gesz2)#? 3(u) sze i3-szah2 gur
3. ku3#-bi 1(disz) ma-na 1(u) 5(disz) gin2
4. 3(szar2)# 1(gesz'u) 9(gesz2) 3(u) ku6 gir2-us2
5. ku3-bi# 1(u) 5(disz) 1/3(disz) gin2 3(disz) sze
6. 2(gesz'u) 3(gesz2) ku6 sza3-bar
7. ku3-bi 3(disz) 1/3(disz) gin2 2(u) 4(disz) sze
8. 3(gesz'u) 3(gesz2) ku6 sag-kur2
9. ku3#-bi 2(disz) gin2 igi-6(disz)-gal2 6(disz) sze
10. 1(gesz'u) ku6 sza3-bar sig ku3-bi 1/3(disz) gin2 1(u) la2 1(disz@t) sze
11. 1(gesz'u) 1(gesz2)? ku6 sag-kur2 sig ku3-bi 1/3(disz) gin2 1(u) 6(disz) sze
12. 4(asz) ku6-sze6 gur ku3-bi 2(disz) gin2
13. 1(gesz'u) 2(gesz2) ku6 gam-gam ku3-bi 2/3(disz) gin2 2(u) 4(disz) sze
14. 2(u) 5(disz) {kusz}ummu3 ku3-bi 1(disz) 1/3(disz) gin2 1(u) sze
15. 1(gesz2) 1(u) {kusz}a-ga2-la2 ku3-bi 1(disz) 5/6(disz) gin2 2(u) sze
16. 7(disz) kusz udu ku3-bi 4(disz) 2/3(disz) gin2
17. 4(u) {kusz}e-sir2 e2-ba-an 5(disz) {kusz}e-sir2 szu su-din e2-ba-an
18. ku3-bi 2(disz) 5/6(disz) gin2 1(u) 5(disz) sze
19. 3(barig) {gesz}pesz3 duru5 ku3-bi 1/2(disz) gin2
20. 2(gesz2) 4(u)? 2(barig) 3(ban2) 5(disz)! sila3 zu2-lum gur
  4(u) said to be erasure, but this give 2 gur per shekel
21. ku3-bi 1(disz) 1/3(disz) ma-na 1/3(disz) gin2 1(disz) 1/2(disz) sze
22. a-ra2 2(disz)-kam
23. 1(barig) i3-ku6 ku3-bi 2(disz) gin2
  blank space
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1. [szunigin 3(disz)] 5/6(disz)# ma#-na# 3(disz) 1/3(disz) gin2 8(disz) 1/2(disz) sze ku3-babbar
2. [sag]-nig2-gur11-ra-kam sza3-bi-ta
3. 3(barig)# i3-gesz ku3-bi 1(u) 3(disz) 1/2(disz) gin2
4. ur-{d}szul-pa-e3 szu ba-ti
5. 1(u) [n] ma#-na la2 1(disz@t) gin2 uruda
6. ku3#-[bi n] 4(disz)# 1/2(disz) gin2 1(u) sze
7. 1(disz) [n] ma#-na ku3-babbar
8. iti nesag
9. 1/2(disz) ma-na 5(disz) 2/3(disz) gin2 ku3
  some text moved to next line
10. iti szu-numun
11. 1/2(disz) ma-na ku3
  some text moved to next line
12. iti sig4-{gesz}i3-szub-ba-gar
13. mu us2-sa en-unu6-gal {d}inanna#
14. giri3 lu2-{d}en-lil2-la2
15. 9(disz) 1/2(disz) gin2 ku3 uruda uri5{ki}-ma
16. giri3 e2-lu2-bi-su?
17. kiszib3 lu2-kal-la
18. ur-{d}nun-gal u3 ur-{d}gu2-nu2-a-ke4 nig2-ka9-bi ib2-ak
19. szunigin 2(disz) 1/2(disz) ma-na 5(disz) gin2 igi-6(disz)-gal2 1(u) sze ku3-babbar
20. zi-ga-am3
21. la2-ia3 1(disz) ma-na 1(u) 8(disz) gin2 2(u) 8(disz) sze ku3-babbar
22. nig2-ka9-ak ku5-da dam-gar3
23. iti# sig4#-{gesz#}i3#-szub#-ba#-gar
24. mu# us2-sa en-unu6-gal {d}inanna ba-hun

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Consult sign list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: YNER 8, 8

    [Snell1982YNER8] Snell, Daniel C. 1982. Ledgers and Prices. Early Mesopotamian Merchant Accounts. Yale Near Eastern Researches 8. New Haven: Yale University Press.

  • citation: BBVO 10, p. 192

    [Englund1990Fischerei] Englund, Robert K. 1990. Organisation Und Verwaltung Der Ur III-Fischerei. Berliner Beiträge Zum Vorderen Orient, Band 10. Berlin: Dietrich Reimer.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: YBC 15333
  • Accession No.:

  • Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.06.02.00 (us2 year), Amar-Suen.06.04.00 (us2 year), Amar-Suen.06.06.00 (us2 year)
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  • Accounting Period: Amar-Suen.06.02.00 (us2 year) to Amar-Suen.06.06.00 (us2 year)

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-10-29 at 19:22:04 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-01-19 at 09:57:24 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2018-03-23 at 18:53:26 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2017-02-15 at 19:34:22 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2016-01-11 at 15:14:08 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2015-05-05 at 10:23:13 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2015-03-13 at 21:50:06 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2013-07-23 at 17:10:52 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2012-05-20 at 18:00:48 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:34:41 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:15:29 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:19:29 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“YNER 08, 08 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 29, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P112500.
YNER 08, 08 artifact entry (No. P112500). (2024, October 29). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P112500 (Original work published 2001)
YNER 08, 08 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P112500 (Accessed: July 11, 2025).
@misc{2024YNER,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-07-11]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 29},
	title = {YNER 08, 08 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P112500},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P112500},
}


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