YOS 04, 224 (P142288)

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 01310

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

-

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(u) 2(asz) sze gur lugal
2. ha-ri2
3. 9(asz) 4(barig) gur bu3-zu-lum
4. 1(u) 2(asz) gur da-a
5. 1(u) 4(asz) gur da-a-a
6. 2(asz) gur szu-{d}nerah
7. 1(u) 2(asz) gur na-an-na
8. 1(u) 1(asz) gur bu3-za-ra-a
9. 1(u) 2(asz) gur i-szar-la2-ni
reverse
1. 9(asz) 3(barig) gur bu3-u2-ga
2. 3(asz) 2(barig) gur a-da-lal3
  blank space
3. szunigin 1(gesz2) 3(u) 7(asz) 4(barig) sze gur
4. sze ur5-ra mu-kux(DU)
5. ki i7-pa-e3-ta
6. lu2-gi-na szu ba-ti
7. ki-sur?-ra gu2 i7 gir2-su{ki}
8. iti dal
  some text moved to next line
9. mu us2-sa ki-masz{ki} ba-hul
  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/P142288

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Museum Number YBC 01310
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 005266
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC) BC-016051
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) YBC.1310

References

  • primary: YOS 4, 224

    [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: From the 21st Century BC (pp. 347-424), 411 21

    [Steinkeller2013CorvéeLabor] Steinkeller, Piotr. 2013. “Corvée Labor in Ur III Times.” Edited by Steven J. Garfinkle and Manuel Molina. From the 21st Century B.C. to the 21st Century A.D. : Proceedings of the International Conference on Neo-Sumerian Studies Held in Madrid 22-24 July 2010.

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
2017-03-03 at 09:56:27 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:23:30 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:31:08 CDLI, CDLI Transliteration CDLI, CDLI 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, 224 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P142288.
YOS 04, 224 artifact entry (No. P142288). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P142288 (Original work published 2001)
YOS 04, 224 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P142288 (Accessed: October 27, 2026).
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	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {YOS 04, 224 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P142288},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P142288},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“YOS 04, 224 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P142288.
YOS 04, 224 artifact entry (No. P142288). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P142288 (Original work published 2001)
YOS 04, 224 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P142288 (Accessed: October 27, 2026).
@misc{2023YOS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-27]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {YOS 04, 224 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P142288},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P142288},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P142288
LB  - CDLI:P142288
M1  - 2026/10/27/
TI  - YOS 04, 224 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P142288
ER  -
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