YNER 08, 17 (P112509)

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

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Museum Collection(s)

Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Museum Number

NBC 00228

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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Text

tablet
obverse
1. [...]
2. ku3#-bi# [...]
3. 4(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 [...]
4. ku3-bi igi-3(disz)-gal2# 1(u) 2(disz) [sze]
5. 4(asz) gu2 4(u) 5(disz) ma-na im#-babbar2#
6. ku3-bi igi-4(disz)-gal2
7. nig2-dab5 du6-ku3#
8. 3(disz) 1/3(disz) ma-na SZIM
9. ku3-bi 2(disz) gin2 igi-6(disz)-gal2 1(u) sze
10. 3(disz) 1/3(disz) ma-na szu-tum-me
11. ku3-bi 2/3(disz) gin2
12. 3(disz) 1/3(disz) ma-na GIR2@g
13. ku3-bi 2/3(disz) gin2
14. 3(disz) 1/3(disz) sila3 sze-li
15. ku3-bi 2/3(disz) gin2
16. 3(disz) 1/3(disz) ma-na gi
17. ku3-bi igi-3(disz)-gal2
18. 3(barig) 2(ban2) gu2-gal
19. ku3-bi 1(disz) 1/3(disz) gin2
20. 4(ban2) {u2}gamun2 ge6
21. ku3-bi 1(disz) gin2 igi-4(disz)-gal2
22. 2(ban2) 3(disz) 1/3(disz) sila3 {u2}gamun2 babbar
reverse
1. ku3-bi 2/3(disz) gin2 2(u) sze
2. 1(asz) 3(barig) 2(ban2) {gesz}haszhur duru5 gur
3. ku3-bi 1(disz) 2/3(disz) gin2
4. 4(barig) kasz kur-ku-du3
5. 2(barig) kasz KWU475
6. ku3-bi 2(disz) gin2
7. 2(ban2) esir2# E2-A
8. ku3-bi igi-6(disz)-gal2 6(disz) sze
9. nig2-dab5 ur3 lugal-ka
double ruling
10. ki pa3-da-ta
11. kiszib3 lugal-bad3#
12. mu si-mu-ru-um{ki#} lu-lu-bum2 a-ra2 1(u) la2 1(disz)-kam-asz ba#-hul

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Collections

Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: YNER 8, 17

[Snell1982YNER8] Snell, Daniel C. 1982. Ledgers and Prices. Early Mesopotamian Merchant Accounts. Yale Near Eastern Researches 8. New Haven: Yale University Press.
citation: CBCY 3, p. 015, NBC 00228

[Sigrist2001CBCY3] Sigrist, Marcel. 2001. Neo-Sumerian Archival Texts in the Nies Babylonian Collection. Catalogue of the Babylonian Collections at Yale 3. Bethesda, Maryland: CDL Press.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: NBC 00228
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Šulgi.44.00.00
Alternative Years: SH25 SH32 IS03
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-10-29 at 19:22:04	Firth, Richard	Artifact, Other Entity	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
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
2018-03-23 at 18:53:26	CDLI	Atf	CDLI		CDLI	approved
2011-07-22 at 13:34:48	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2011-05-02 at 14:15:33	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2009-06-03 at 10:09:57	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2008-01-27 at 19:34:51	Dahl, Jacob L.	Atf	Dahl, Jacob L.		CDLI	approved
2008-01-03 at 18:40:48	Dahl, Jacob L.	Atf	Dahl, Jacob L.		CDLI	approved
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	CDLI		CDLI	approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (024123) (024123)
Yale Babylonian Collection (BC-003199) (BC-003199)
Electronic Babylonian Library (NBC.228) (NBC.228)

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Cite this Artifact

“YNER 08, 17 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 29, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P112509.

YNER 08, 17 artifact entry (No. P112509). (2024, October 29). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P112509 (Original work published 2001)

YNER 08, 17 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P112509 (Accessed: January 18, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-18]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 29},
	title = {YNER 08, 17 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P112509},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P112509},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“YNER 08, 17 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 29, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P112509.

YNER 08, 17 artifact entry (No. P112509). (2024, October 29). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P112509 (Original work published 2001)

YNER 08, 17 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P112509 (Accessed: January 18, 2026).

@misc{2024YNER,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-18]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 29},
	title = {YNER 08, 17 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P112509},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P112509},
}

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DA  - 2024/10/29/
PY  - 2024
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LB  - CDLI:P112509
M1  - 2026/1/18/
TI  - YNER 08, 17 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P112509
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