YOS 04, 116 (P142180)

Letter tablet excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), 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 00909

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Letter

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
1. lu2-{d}nin-szubur-ra
2. u3-na-a-du11
3. gu4-mu
4. {gesz}kiri6 e2-duru5 lu2-igi-ma-sze3-ka
reverse
1. u2 he2-en-gu7-e
2. a-na-asz-am3
3. ur-{d}lamma-ke4
4. u2 gu7-de3
5. nu-ub-sze-ge
6. u3 {gesz}GAN2-ur3 1(disz)-am3
7. ur-szusz3-{d}ba-ba6-ra
8. ha-na-ab-szum2-mu

Text content

Genre(s) Letter
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P142180

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Girsu (mod. Tello)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Museum Number YBC 00909
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 005159
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC) BC-015650
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) YBC.909

References

  • primary: YOS 4, 116

    [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: Michalowski Letters, 106:208

    [Michalowski1993Letters] Michalowski, Piotr. 1993. Letters from Early Mesopotamia. Vol. 3. Writings from the Ancient World.

  • history: TCS 1, 121

    [Sollberger1966TCS1] Sollberger, Edmond. 1966. The Business and Administrative Correspondence under the Kings of Ur. Texts from Cuneiform Sources 1. Locust Valley, New York: J.J. Augustin.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-07-04 at 08:40:46 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-07-04 at 08:39:26 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other 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
2011-07-22 at 14:23:14 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:31:03 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“YOS 04, 116 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 4, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P142180.
YOS 04, 116 artifact entry (No. P142180). (2024, July 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P142180 (Original work published 2001)
YOS 04, 116 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P142180 (Accessed: May 3, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-03]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 4},
	title = {YOS 04, 116 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P142180},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P142180},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“YOS 04, 116 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 4, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P142180.
YOS 04, 116 artifact entry (No. P142180). (2024, July 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P142180 (Original work published 2001)
YOS 04, 116 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P142180 (Accessed: May 3, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-03]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 4},
	title = {YOS 04, 116 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P142180},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P142180},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/4/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P142180
LB  - CDLI:P142180
M1  - 2026/5/3/
TI  - YOS 04, 116 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P142180
ER  -
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