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

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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

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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

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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, 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.

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  • Museum No.: YBC 00909
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  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-07-04 at 08:40:46 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-07-04 at 08:39:26 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-01-19 at 09:57:24 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact 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. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:31:03 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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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 23, 2025).
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	month = {jul 4},
	title = {YOS 04, 116 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P142180},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P142180},
}


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