YOS 04, 211 (P142275)

Administrative tablet excavated in Uncertain (mod. uncertain), 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 03620

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

uncertain (mod. uncertain)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
column 1
1. 1(asz@c) GAN2 gurusz kuruszda
2. 3(asz@c) GAN2 gurusz dub-sar
3. 3(asz) GAN2 gurusz szesz-tab-ba
4. 3(asz@c) GAN2 gurusz
5. 3(asz) GAN2 gurusz szesz-tab-ba
6. 4(asz@c) gurusz 1(barig) sze 4(disz)-ta
7. 1(asz@c) gurusz 5(ban2) 4(disz)
8. 1(asz) gurusz 2(ban2) 2(disz)
9. 1(disz) dumu-nita 1(ban2) 5(disz) 1(disz) 1/2(disz)
  sic nita
10. 1(disz) dumu-nita 1(ban2) 1(disz)
  sic nita
11. aga3-us2-me
12.a. ($ blank space $) 1(disz) gurusz kuruszda
12.b. ($ blank space $) 8(disz) 1/3(disz) gurusz aga3-us2
12.c. ($ blank space $) 3(disz) gurusz szesz-tab-ba
12.e. ($ blank space $) 3(disz) gurusz dub-sar
12.f. ($ blank space $) 3(disz) gurusz szesz-tab-ba
12.g. ($ blank space $) 1(disz) dumu-nita 1(ban2) 5(disz) 1(disz) 1/2(disz)
  sic nita
12.h. ($ blank space $) 1(disz) dumu-nita 1(ban2) 1(disz)
  sic nita
13. kuruszda i3-dab5
14. 1(asz@c) GAN2 gurusz dub-sar
15. 1(asz) GAN2 gurusz szesz-tab-ba
16. 4(asz@c) gurusz 1(barig) sze 4(disz)-ta
17.a. ($ blank space $) 1(disz) gurusz dub-sar
17.b. ($ blank space $) 1(disz) gurusz szesz-tab-ba
17.c. ($ blank space $) 4(disz) gurusz
18. lu2 ka2 e2-gal-me
19. 1(asz@c) GAN2 gurusz dub-sar gu4
20. 1(asz) GAN2 gurusz szesz-tab-ba
21. 4(asz@c) GAN2 gurusz
22. 4(asz) GAN2 gurusz szesz-tab-ba
column 2
1. 1(asz@c) GAN2 gurusz ma2-lah5
2. 1(asz) GAN2 gurusz szesz-tab-ba
3. 1(asz@c) GAN2 gurusz 1/2(asz@c)
4. 2(asz@c) gurusz 1(barig) sze 4(disz)-ta
5. 1(asz@c) gurusz 4(ban2) 3(disz)
6. 2(asz) gurusz 3(ban2) 3(disz)-ta
7. 1(disz) dumu-nita 1(ban2) 5(disz) 1(disz) 1/2(disz)
  sic nita
8.a. ($ blank space $) 1(disz) gurusz dub-sar
8.b. ($ blank space $) 1(disz) gurusz szesz-tab-ba
8.c. ($ blank space $) 8(disz) 1/2(disz) gurusz
8.d. ($ blank space $) 4(disz) gurusz szesz-tab-ba
8.e. ($ blank space $) 1(disz) gurusz ma2-lah5
8.f. ($ blank space $) 1(disz) gurusz szesz-tab-ba
8.g. ($ blank space $) 1(disz) dumu-nita 1(ban2) 5(disz) 1(disz) 1/2(disz)
  sic nita
9. dub-sar gu4 i3-dab5
10. 1(asz@c) GAN2 gurusz dub-sar-udu
11. 1(asz) GAN2 gurusz szesz-tab-ba
12. 6(asz@c) GAN2 gurusz
13. 4(asz) GAN2 gurusz szesz-tab-ba
14. 1(asz@c) GAN2 gurusz 1/2(asz@c)
15. 1(asz) ama gurusz
16. 1(asz@c) GAN2 gurusz 1/2(asz@c) ma2-lah5
17. 2(asz@c) gurusz 1(barig) sze 4(disz)-ta
18. 1(asz) gurusz 4(ban2) 3(disz)
19. 2(asz) gurusz 2(ban2) 2(disz)-ta
20. 1(disz) dumu-nita 1(ban2) 1(disz)
  sic nita
21.a. ($ blank space $) 1(disz) gurusz dub-sar
21.b. ($ blank space $) 1(disz) gurusz szesz-tab-ba
21.c. ($ blank space $) 9(disz) 1(u) gin2 gurusz
  1(asz) gurusz 4(ban2) 3(disz) = 2/3 ?
21.d. ($ blank space $) 4(disz)? gurusz szesz-tab-ba
21.e. ($ blank space $) 1/2(asz@c) gurusz ma2-lah5
21.f. ($ blank space $) 2(disz) dumu-nita 2(ban2) 2(disz)
  sic nita
21.g. ($ blank space $) 1(disz) dumu-nita 1(ban2) 1(disz)
  sic nita
21.h. ($ blank space $) 1(asz) ama gurusz
reverse
column 1
1. dub-sar-udu i3-dab5
2. 1(asz@c) GAN2 gurusz ugula
3. 1(bur3) GAN2 gurusz szesz-tab-ba
4. 4(asz@c) GAN2 gurusz
5. 2(asz) GAN2 gurusz szesz-tab-ba
6. 1(asz@c) GAN2 gurusz 1/2(asz@c)
7. 2(asz@c) gurusz 1(barig) sze 4(disz)-ta
8. 1(asz@c) gurusz 5(ban2) 4(disz)
9. 1(asz) gurusz 2(ban2) 2(disz)
10. 4(disz) dumu-nita 1(ban2) 5(disz) 1(disz) 1/2(disz)-ta
  sic nita
11.a. ($ blank space $) 1(disz) gurusz ugula
11.b. ($ blank space $) 1(disz) gurusz szesz-tab-ba
11.c. ($ blank space $) 8(disz) 5/6(disz) gurusz
11.d. ($ blank space $) 2(disz) gurusz szesz-tab-ba
11.e. ($ blank space $) 1(disz) dumu-nita 2(ban2) 2(disz)
  sic nita
11.f. ($ blank space $) 4(disz) dumu-nita 1(ban2) 5(disz) 1(disz) 1/2(disz)
  sic nita
12 gu-za-la2 ka2 e2-gal-me
13. 4(asz@c) GAN2 gurusz
14. 3(asz) GAN2 gurusz szesz-tab-ba
15. 4(asz@c) GAN2 gurusz 1/2(asz@c)
16. 1(asz) ama gurusz
column 2
1. 3(asz@c) gurusz 1(barig) sze 4(disz)-ta
  written 1(barig) sze 4(disz) gurusz-ta
2.a. ($ blank space $) 1(u) gurusz
2.b. ($ blank space $) 3(disz) gurusz szesz-tab-ba
2.c. ($ blank space $) 1(asz) ama gurusz
3. gu-za-la2 didli-me
4. 1(asz@c) GAN2 gurusz engar erin2-na
5. 1(asz) GAN2 gurusz szesz-tab-ba
  blank space
6. engar erin2-na-me
7. 6(asz@c) GAN2 gurusz
8. 1(bur3) GAN2 gurusz szesz-tab-ba
9.a. ($ blank space $) 6(disz) gurusz
9.b. ($ blank space $) 1(disz) gurusz szesz-tab-ba
10. sipa na-gab2-tum-me
  blank space
11. szunigin 1(asz@c) GAN2 gurusz kuruszda
12. szunigin 6(asz@c) GAN2 gurusz dub-sar
13. szunigin 6(asz) GAN2 gurusz szesz-tab-ba
14. szunigin 3(u@c) la2 1(asz@c) GAN2 gurusz
15. szunigin# 2(u) la2 1(disz@t) GAN2 gurusz szesz-tab-ba
16. szunigin 7(asz@c) GAN2 gurusz a2 1/2(asz@c)
17. szunigin 1(asz@c) GAN2 gurusz ma2-lah5
18. szunigin 1(asz@c) GAN2 gurusz ma2-lah5 a2 1/2(asz@c)
19. szunigin 1(asz) GAN2 gurusz szesz-tab-ba
20. szunigin# 2(asz) ama gurusz
21. szunigin 1(u@c) 7(asz@c) gurusz 1(barig) sze 4(disz)-ta
left
column 1
1. szunigin 2(asz@c) gurusz 5(ban2) 4(disz)-ta
2. szunigin# 2(asz) gurusz 4(ban2) 3(disz)-ta
column 2
1. szunigin 2(asz) gurusz 3(ban2) 3(disz)-ta
2. szunigin 4(asz) gurusz 2(ban2) 2(disz)-ta
3. szunigin 6(disz) dumu-nita 1(ban2) 5(disz) 1(disz) 1/2(disz)-ta
  sic nita
column 3
1. szunigin 2(disz) dumu-nita 1(ban2) 1(disz)-ta
  sic nita
  blank space

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P142275

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s) Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Museum Number YBC 03620
Accession Number

External resources

References

  • primary: YOS 4, 211

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

  • citation: RA 73, p.101-120, 101

    [Sigrist1979ERÍN] Sigrist, Marcel. 1979. “ERÍN - UN-ÍL.” Revue d’Assyriologie et d’Archéologie Orientale 73: 101–20.

  • citation: AOS 68, p. 117-141, p. 128 n. 90

    [Waetzoldt1987compensation] Waetzoldt, Hartmut. 1987. “Compensation of Craft Workers and Officials in the Ur III Period.” In Labor in the Ancient Near East, edited by Marvin A. Powell, 117–41. American Oriental Series, Volume 68. New Haven, Connecticut: American Oriental Society.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2025-07-23 at 12:15:02 Pottorf, Andrew Transliteration Pottorf, Andrew Lafont, Bertrand Approved View
2024-07-21 at 13:09:24 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-07-21 at 13:08:26 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
2020-05-01 at 03:36:45 Firth, Richard Transliteration Firth, Richard CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2018-10-19 at 18:19:42 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Transliteration Pagé-Perron, Émilie CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2018-06-22 at 05:59:27 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Transliteration Pagé-Perron, Émilie CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2017-03-03 at 09:56:27 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2015-05-05 at 10:23:16 CDLI, CDLI Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2015-01-30 at 09:56:16 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2012-08-06 at 13:31:48 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:23:29 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2009-06-03 at 11:12:02 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2008-02-01 at 13:27:54 Dahl, Jacob L. Transliteration Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2008-02-01 at 12:16:17 Dahl, Jacob L. Transliteration Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2008-01-03 at 20:06:20 Dahl, Jacob L. Transliteration Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“YOS 04, 211 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 21, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P142275.
YOS 04, 211 artifact entry (No. P142275). (2024, July 21). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P142275 (Original work published 2001)
YOS 04, 211 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P142275 (Accessed: October 19, 2026).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P142275},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“YOS 04, 211 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 21, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P142275.
YOS 04, 211 artifact entry (No. P142275). (2024, July 21). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P142275 (Original work published 2001)
YOS 04, 211 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P142275 (Accessed: October 19, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-19]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 21},
	title = {YOS 04, 211 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P142275},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P142275},
}

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