YOS 04, 055 (P142119)

Legal 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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Museum Collection(s)

Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Museum Number

YBC 01275

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

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tablet
obverse
1. 1(asz) sze gur masz2 nu-tuku
2. ki ur-{d}su4-an-na-ta
3. inim ga-ga-mu nagar-ta
4. a-hu-ni szu ba#-[ti]
5. tukum-bi#
reverse
1. a-hu-ni nu-[su]
2. ga-ga-mu su-su#-[dam]
3. mu lugal-bi in#-pa3
4. igi ur4-sza3-ta-ur4?-sze3
5. igi lu2-dingir-ra-sze3
6. igi al-la-mu [(x)] szul-gi-sze3
7. iti sze-<kar>-gal2-la ag2-dam
8. ki-su7 a-ba-a-<ge6>-i3-gi4-gi4
left
1. mu {d}i-bi2-{d}suen lugal
seal 1
1. a-hu-[ni]
2. dumu ur-[ku?]

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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: YOS 4, 55

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

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  • Museum No.: YBC 01275
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  • Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Ibbi-Suen.01.03.00
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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
2013-06-10 at 18:15:17 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:23:10 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:31:02 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

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

Seal Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 001758 (composite) (P454468) Nippur (mod. Nuffar) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifacts

“YOS 04, 055 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P142119.
YOS 04, 055 artifact entry (No. P142119). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P142119 (Original work published 2001)
YOS 04, 055 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P142119 (Accessed: March 23, 2026).
@misc{2023YOS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-23]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {YOS 04, 055 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P142119},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P142119},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P142119
LB  - CDLI:P142119
M1  - 2026/3/23/
TI  - YOS 04, 055 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P142119
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“YOS 04, 055 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P142119.
YOS 04, 055 artifact entry (No. P142119). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P142119 (Original work published 2001)
YOS 04, 055 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P142119 (Accessed: March 23, 2026).
@misc{2023YOS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-23]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {YOS 04, 055 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P142119},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P142119},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P142119
LB  - CDLI:P142119
M1  - 2026/3/23/
TI  - YOS 04, 055 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P142119
ER  -
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