YOS 04, 056 (P142120)

Administrative tablet excavated in Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem), 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 01805

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
1. [2(gesz2)] 2(gesz2) 2(u) kasz ninda gur
2. ensi2 umma{ki}
3. 3(gesz2) 2(u) 8(disz) ensi2 adab{ki}
4. 2(gesz'u) 9(gesz2) 2(u) 8(disz) ensi2 iri-sa12-rig7{ki}
5. 3(gesz'u) 3(gesz2) 4(u) szabra {d}al-la-tum
6. 5(gesz'u) 2(gesz2) i-mi-id-dingir
7. 3(gesz'u) 9(gesz2) szabra {d}utu larsa{ki}
8. 2(gesz2) 4(u) 9(disz) ensi2 szuruppak{ki}
9. 1(gesz2) 1(u) 8(disz) szabra {d}na-na-a
10. 3(szar'u) 1(szar2) 6(gesz2) 4(u) szabra uri5#{ki}-ma
11. 5(gesz'u) 2(gesz2) szabra ri-ba-a
12. 5(gesz'u) 6(gesz2) szabra {d}inanna
13. 1(gesz'u) 3(gesz2) ur-{d}ba-ba6
14. 2(gesz'u) 3(gesz2) 2(u) {d}szul-gi-i3-li2
reverse
  blank space
1. szunigin 1(asz) guru7 kasz ninda gur
2. masz2-da-re-a ku3-sig17 ku3#-babbar gu4 udu
3. u4 alan {d}szul-gi-e
4. in-gub-ba-gin7-am3 tum3-dam
5. ezem-mah-sze3 tum3-dam
6. gu2 i7 idigna gu2 i7 buranun-na!-sze3
  ERIM?

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P142120

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem)
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Museum Number YBC 01805
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 005099
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC) BC-016546
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) YBC.1805

References

  • primary: YOS 4, 56

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

  • history: ZA 80, 207

    [Heimpel1990ZA80] Heimpel, Wolfgang. 1990. “Ein Zweiter Schritt Zur Rehabilitierung Der Rolle Des Tigris in Sumer.” Zeitschrift Für Orient-Archäologie 80: 204–13.

  • history: ZA 091 (pp. 22-84), 28

    [Steinkeller2001ZA91] Steinkeller, Piotr. 2001. “New Light on the Hydrology and Topography of Southern Babylonia in the Third Millennium.” Zeitschrift Für Assyriologie 91: 22–84.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-09-03 at 08:02:09 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
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
2017-03-03 at 09:56:26 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:23:10 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2009-06-03 at 11:11:01 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

Cite this Artifacts

“YOS 04, 056 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 3, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P142120.
YOS 04, 056 artifact entry (No. P142120). (2024, September 3). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P142120 (Original work published 2001)
YOS 04, 056 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P142120 (Accessed: April 19, 2026).
@misc{2024YOS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-19]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 3},
	title = {YOS 04, 056 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P142120},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P142120},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/9/3/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P142120
LB  - CDLI:P142120
M1  - 2026/4/19/
TI  - YOS 04, 056 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P142120
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“YOS 04, 056 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 3, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P142120.
YOS 04, 056 artifact entry (No. P142120). (2024, September 3). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P142120 (Original work published 2001)
YOS 04, 056 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P142120 (Accessed: April 19, 2026).
@misc{2024YOS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-19]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 3},
	title = {YOS 04, 056 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P142120},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P142120},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/9/3/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P142120
LB  - CDLI:P142120
M1  - 2026/4/19/
TI  - YOS 04, 056 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P142120
ER  -
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