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YOS 04, 023 (P142087)

Legal tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), 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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Chemical Data

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Museum Collection(s)

Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Museum Number

YBC 01132

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(disz) gin2 igi-6(disz)-gal2 ku3-babbar
2. a2 mu-ta mu lugal-he2-gal2-sze3
3. iti apin-du8-a-ta
4. iti apin-du8-a min-sze3
5. du-da mu lugal-bi in-pa3
6. ki ur-du6-ku3#-<ga>-ta
reverse
1. ur-{d}suen szu ba-ti
2. igi e2-ki-bi-sze3
3. igi ur-sukkal-sze3
4. igi lu2-{d}nanna-sze3
blank space
seal impression
5. mu si-mu-ru-um{ki} ba-hul
seal 1
1. ur-{d}suen#
2. dumu KU-x-nin-[x]

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

Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Legal
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: YOS 4, 23

[Keiser1919YOS4] Keiser, Clarence E. 1919. Selected Temple Documents of the Ur Dynasty. Yale Oriental Series, Babylonian Texts, Vol. 4. New Haven: Yale University Press.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: YBC 01132
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Elevation:
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Ibbi-Suen.03.08.00, Ibbi-Suen.03.08m.00 (intercalated)
Alternative Years:
Date Comments:
Accounting Period: Ibbi-Suen.03.08.00 to Ibbi-Suen.03.08m.00 (intercalated)

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-01-19 at 09:57:24	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2018-03-23 at 18:53:26	CDLI	Transliteration	CDLI		CDLI	Approved
2017-02-28 at 17:16:30	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Ozaki Tohru		CDLI	Approved
2011-07-22 at 14:23:08	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2006-10-12 at 12:31:01	CDLI	Transliteration	CDLI		CDLI	Approved
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	CDLI		CDLI	Approved

External Resources

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

Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (005066) (005066)
Yale Babylonian Collection (BC-015873) (BC-015873)
Electronic Babylonian Library (YBC.1132) (YBC.1132)

Seals

This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
CDLI Seals 005323 (composite) (P458033)	Nippur (mod. Nuffar)	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“YOS 04, 023 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P142087.

YOS 04, 023 artifact entry (No. P142087). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P142087 (Original work published 2001)

YOS 04, 023 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P142087 (Accessed: March 6, 2026).

@misc{2023YOS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-06]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {YOS 04, 023 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P142087},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P142087},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P142087
LB  - CDLI:P142087
M1  - 2026/3/6/
TI  - YOS 04, 023 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P142087
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“YOS 04, 023 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P142087.

YOS 04, 023 artifact entry (No. P142087). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P142087 (Original work published 2001)

YOS 04, 023 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P142087 (Accessed: March 6, 2026).

@misc{2023YOS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-06]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {YOS 04, 023 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P142087},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P142087},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P142087
LB  - CDLI:P142087
M1  - 2026/3/6/
TI  - YOS 04, 023 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P142087
ER  -