YOS 04, 225 (P142289)

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

Lineart

Museum Collection(s)

Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Museum Number

YBC 03883

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
column 1
1. [...] 4(u) sar u2 {gesz}haszhur bu3-ra 2(u) sar-ta
2. a2#-bi u4 1(u) 7(disz)-kam
3. [...] 3(gesz'u) 3(gesz2) 3(u) sar {u2}kiszi17! ku5-a 1(u) 5(disz) sar-[ta]
4. a2#-bi u4 6(gesz2) 1(u) 6(disz)-kam
5. 6(gesz2) 4(u)# sar {u2}kiszi17 ku5-a 2(u) sar-ta
6. a2-bi u4 2(u)-kam
7. 2(gesz'u) 1(u) 5(disz) sar {u2}kiszi17 ku5-a 1(u) sar-ta
8. a2-bi u4 2(gesz2) 1(disz) 1/2(disz)-kam
9. 1(gesz'u) 1(gesz2) sar {u2}kiszi17 ku5-a 1(u) 2(disz) sar-ta
10. a2-bi u4 5(u) 5(disz)-[kam]
11. 2(gesz'u) 8(gesz2) 2(disz) 1/2(disz) sar 3(disz) sar-ta gi zex(SIG7)-a 1(u) 2(disz) <x>-ta
12. a2-bi u4 1(gesz2) 4(u) 9(disz) 1/2(disz)-kam
13. 7(gesz2) 1(u) 2(disz) sar gi zex(SIG7)-a 1(u) 2(disz) sar-ta
14. a2-bi u4 3(u) 6(disz)-kam
column 2
1. 1(gesz'u) sar gi zex(SIG7)-a 2(u) sar-ta
2. a2-bi u4 3(u)-kam
3. 1(u) 2(disz) 4(u) 5(disz)
4. giri3 ha-ba-lu5-ge2
5. 2(gesz'u) 7(gesz2) 6(disz) sar u2 {gesz}haszhur zex(SIG7)-a 1(u) 2(disz) sar-[ta]
6. a2-bi u4 2(gesz2) 1(u) 5(disz)-[kam]
7. 1(gesz'u) 3(gesz2) 2(u) sar u2 [{gesz}]haszhur bu3-ra 1(u) [sar-ta]
8. a2-bi u4# 2(u)-kam
9. 5(gesz'u) 2(gesz2) 7(disz) 1/2(disz) sar u2 {gesz}haszhur [x 1(u) 5(disz) sar]-ta#
10. a2-bi u4 3(gesz2) 2(u)-[kam]
11. 2(gesz'u) 2(gesz2) sar u2 gesz#-[x] 2(u) sar#-[ta]
12. a2-bi u4 1(gesz2) 4(disz)-[kam]
13. 1(gesz'u) 6(gesz2) 5(u) 2(disz) 1/2(disz) sar gi zex(SIG7)-a 1(u) 5(disz) [sar-ta]
14. a2-bi u4 1(gesz2) 7(disz) [...] 4(gesz2) 2(u) 5(disz) sar u2 [...]
reverse
column 1
1. a2#-[bi ...] x [...]
  n lines broken
2'. [...] x [...]
3'. [...] 5(disz) sar#-ta#
4'. [...] zex(SIG7)-a 1(u) [...]
5'. a2-bi u4 1(u) 3(disz)-[kam]
6'. 2(gesz'u) 3(gesz2) 3(u) 6(disz) sar {gesz}dih3 ku5-a [...] 3(u) la2 1(disz) sar-ta#
7'. a2-bi u4 1(gesz2) 5(u)-[kam]
8'. 2(gesz2) 3(u) 5(disz) sar {gesz}dih3# 1(u) sar#-[ta]
9'. a2-bi u4 1(u) 1(disz)-[kam]
10'. 1(gesz'u) 2(gesz2) 4(u) sar# x [...] 1(u) sar#-[ta]
11'. a2-bi u4 3(u) 7(disz)-kam
12'. 2(gesz'u) 8(gesz2) 1(u) sar {u2}kiszi17 ku5-[a ...] 1(u) 5(disz) sar-ta#
13'. a2-bi u4 1(gesz2) 5(u) 4(disz)-kam
14'. 9(gesz2) 2(u) sar {u2}kiszi17 ku5-a 1(u) sar-ta
15'. a2-bi u4 5(u) 6(disz)-kam
16'. 5(gesz'u) 8(gesz2) sar gi zex(SIG7)-a 2(u) sar-ta
column 2
1. [a2]-bi# [...] 3(gesz2) 1(u) 5(disz) sar#-[ta]
2. a2-bi [...]
3. 1(gesz2) 4(u) 8(disz) sar# [...] sar-ta#
4. a2-bi u4 1(u) 8(disz) [...] 5(u) 1/2(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3# ma2? gesz? DU sig4 la2 [x] x-a
5. 5(u) 2(disz) gurusz sza3-gu4 palil2
6. ugula lugal-iti#-da#
  blank space
7. a-sza3 {d}amar-{d}suen-{d}szara2-ki-ag2 a-sza3 ur-{d}ur3-gal a-sza3 ki#-duru5-dun u3 tug2-gesz x GAN2
8. a-sza3-ge kin ak
  1 line blank
9. x gu-u2-gu-a
10. giri3# lu2-{d}szara2
11. [mu] us2-sa {d}szu-{d}suen lugal#-e bad3 mar-tu mu#-du3
seal 1
1. gu-u2-gu-a
2. dub-sar
3. dumu ma-an-szum2

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 002372.2 (composite) (P533411) S002372.2 - -

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P142289

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 03883
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 005267
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC) BC-017948
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) YBC.3883

References

  • primary: YOS 4, 225

    [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
2015-08-04 at 15:46:22 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:23:30 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2009-06-03 at 11:12:08 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, 225 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P142289.
YOS 04, 225 artifact entry (No. P142289). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P142289 (Original work published 2001)
YOS 04, 225 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P142289 (Accessed: October 20, 2026).
@misc{2023YOS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-20]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {YOS 04, 225 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P142289},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P142289},
}


TY  - ELEC
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LB  - CDLI:P142289
M1  - 2026/10/20/
TI  - YOS 04, 225 artifact entry
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ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“YOS 04, 225 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P142289.
YOS 04, 225 artifact entry (No. P142289). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P142289 (Original work published 2001)
YOS 04, 225 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P142289 (Accessed: October 20, 2026).
@misc{2023YOS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-20]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {YOS 04, 225 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P142289},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P142289},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P142289
LB  - CDLI:P142289
M1  - 2026/10/20/
TI  - YOS 04, 225 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P142289
ER  -
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