YOS 04, 025 (P142089)

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

Museum Collection(s)

Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Museum Number

YBC 01002

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

Measurements

-

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 2(asz) 2(barig) sze gur ur5-ra
2. masz2 nu#-tuku
3. ki ur-{d}nin-su4-ta
4. szesz-kal-la
5. szu ba-ti
6. iti sze-kar-gal2
7. su-su-da
reverse
1. mu# [lugal]-bi# in-pa3#
2. [1(disz) x]-bala-ru?-saga
3. [1(disz) x]-{d}szara2
4. iti {d}dumu-zi
  blank space
  seal impression
5. mu {d#}i#-bi2#-[{d}]suen# lugal
seal 1
1. szesz-kal-la
2. dumu ur-lugal

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Accounting Period

Seals

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

Seal Seal Number Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 004140 (composite) (P456850) S004140 Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P142089

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 01002
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 005068
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC) BC-015743
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) YBC.1002

References

  • primary: YOS 4, 25

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

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
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 View
2018-01-01 at 09:38:46 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:23:08 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2009-06-03 at 11:10:58 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2008-01-03 at 20:06:09 Dahl, Jacob L. Transliteration Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“YOS 04, 025 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P142089.
YOS 04, 025 artifact entry (No. P142089). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P142089 (Original work published 2001)
YOS 04, 025 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P142089 (Accessed: April 13, 2026).
@misc{2023YOS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-13]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {YOS 04, 025 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P142089},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P142089},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P142089
LB  - CDLI:P142089
M1  - 2026/4/13/
TI  - YOS 04, 025 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P142089
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“YOS 04, 025 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P142089.
YOS 04, 025 artifact entry (No. P142089). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P142089 (Original work published 2001)
YOS 04, 025 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P142089 (Accessed: April 13, 2026).
@misc{2023YOS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-13]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {YOS 04, 025 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P142089},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P142089},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P142089
LB  - CDLI:P142089
M1  - 2026/4/13/
TI  - YOS 04, 025 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P142089
ER  -
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