YOS 04, 280 (P142344)

Administrative tablet & envelope 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

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Museum Collection(s)

Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Museum Number

YBC 03912

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

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Text

tablet
obverse
1. 6(asz) 1(barig) sze gur lugal
2. sa2-du11 kasz saga-sze3
3. iti UR-ta
4. iti pa4-u2-e
reverse
1. iti-bi 2(disz)-am3
2. ki-su7 ur-gu-ta
3. lugal-an-ne2 szu ba-ti
4. iti e2-iti-6(disz)
5. mu en eridu{ki} ba-hun-ga2
envelope
obverse
1. 6(asz) 1(barig) sze gur lugal
blank space
2. sa2-du11 kasz saga-sze3
3. iti UR-ta
4. iti pa4-u2-e
5. iti-bi 2(disz)-am3
reverse
1. ki-su7 ur-gu-ta
blank space
2. lugal#-an-ne2 lu2 lunga-ke4 szu ba-ti
3. iti e2-iti-6(disz)
4. mu en eridu{ki} ba-hun-ga2
seal 1
1. lugal-an-ne2
2. dumu ur-{d}nin-urta
3. lu2 lunga3
(following Yale on-line cat.)

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Collections

Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet & envelope
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: YOS 4, 280

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

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: YBC 03912
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Šulgi.28.08.00, Šulgi.28.10.00, Šulgi.28.11.00
Alternative Years:
Date Comments:
Accounting Period: Šulgi.28.08.00 to Šulgi.28.11.00

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
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
2022-01-06 at 11:30:41	Firth, Richard	Transliteration	Firth, Richard		CDLI	Approved
2016-01-09 at 12:10:49	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2016-01-09 at 12:09:45	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2015-06-24 at 09:42:39	CDLI	Transliteration	CDLI		CDLI	Approved
2012-11-02 at 11:38:26	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2012-11-02 at 11:27:39	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2011-07-22 at 14:23:35	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2009-06-03 at 11:12:27	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2006-10-12 at 12:31:10	CDLI	Transliteration	CDLI		CDLI	Approved
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	CDLI		CDLI	Approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (005322) (005322)
Yale Babylonian Collection (BC-017977) (BC-017977)
Electronic Babylonian Library (YBC.3912) (YBC.3912)

Seals

This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
CDLI Seals 003380 (composite) (P456090)	Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifacts

“YOS 04, 280 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P142344.

YOS 04, 280 artifact entry (No. P142344). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P142344 (Original work published 2001)

YOS 04, 280 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P142344 (Accessed: February 28, 2026).

@misc{2023YOS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-28]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {YOS 04, 280 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P142344},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P142344},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P142344
LB  - CDLI:P142344
M1  - 2026/2/28/
TI  - YOS 04, 280 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P142344
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“YOS 04, 280 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P142344.

YOS 04, 280 artifact entry (No. P142344). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P142344 (Original work published 2001)

YOS 04, 280 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P142344 (Accessed: February 28, 2026).

@misc{2023YOS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-28]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {YOS 04, 280 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P142344},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P142344},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P142344
LB  - CDLI:P142344
M1  - 2026/2/28/
TI  - YOS 04, 280 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P142344
ER  -