YOS 04, 160 (P142224)

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 00626

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. 1/2(disz) lu2-bala-saga
2. dumu ur-{gesz}gigir
3. 1/2(disz) du-u2-du#
4. dumu lugal-ku3#-zu sipa ansze#
reverse
1. iti {d}li9-si4-ta
2. u4 1(u)-am3 ba-ra-zal-la-ta
3. ki szir-ga-ta
4. lugal-igi-husz i3-dab5
  blank space
  seal impression
5. mu {d}szu-{d}suen lugal-e na-ru2-a-mah mu-du3
seal 1
1. lugal-igi-husz
2. dub-[sar]
3. dumu ba#-[sa6]

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 003505.2 (composite) (P533711) S003505.2 - -

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P142224

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 00626
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 005203
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC) BC-015367
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) YBC.626

References

  • primary: YOS 4, 160

    [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
2019-09-20 at 23:18:28 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2013-06-20 at 12:27:46 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:23:17 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:31:04 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, 160 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P142224.
YOS 04, 160 artifact entry (No. P142224). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P142224 (Original work published 2001)
YOS 04, 160 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P142224 (Accessed: April 21, 2026).
@misc{2023YOS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-21]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {YOS 04, 160 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P142224},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P142224},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P142224
LB  - CDLI:P142224
M1  - 2026/4/21/
TI  - YOS 04, 160 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P142224
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“YOS 04, 160 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P142224.
YOS 04, 160 artifact entry (No. P142224). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P142224 (Original work published 2001)
YOS 04, 160 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P142224 (Accessed: April 21, 2026).
@misc{2023YOS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-21]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {YOS 04, 160 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P142224},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P142224},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P142224
LB  - CDLI:P142224
M1  - 2026/4/21/
TI  - YOS 04, 160 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P142224
ER  -
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