YOS 04, 305 (P142369)

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 01782

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. 6(gesz2) 2(u) la2 1(asz) sze gur lugal
2. lu2-{d}szara2 engar
3. 3(gesz2) 1(u) 6(asz) la2 1(disz) gur engar-gu-la engar
4. 6(asz) sze ur5-ra sze gur10-gur10-ta su-ga
5. a-ab-ba szabra
6. 5(gesz2) 2(u) 6(asz) 3(barig) 1(ban2) gur ur-sa6-sa6-ga engar
7. 3(gesz2) 5(u) 4(asz) 2(barig) 3(ban2) gur lugal-a2-zi-da engar
8. 2(gesz2) 5(u) 3(ban2) gur nig2-du7-pa-e3 engar
9. lugal-ku3-ga-ni szabra
  blank space
10. szunigin 2(gesz'u) 1(gesz2) 5(u) 2(asz) gur
11. sze GAN2-gu4
12. 4(barig) 4(ban2) u3-ma-ni
13. 1(asz) 3(barig) 2(ban2) tir-gu engar
14. 1(asz) 3(barig) lugal-ka
15. [x] 6(asz) 4(barig) a-x-[...]
reverse
1. 1(u) 2(asz) [x] x-[...]
2. 5(asz) an-dul3-zi
3. 2(barig) 3(ban2) lugal-hi-li
4. 1(u) 5(asz) ur-su4-su4
5. 7(asz) 3(barig) 2(ban2) lu2-{d}szara2
6. 7(asz) ur-dun
7. 3(asz) 2(barig) usz-mu nagar
8. 1(u) 2(asz) a-ab-ba
9. 1(u) 4(barig) x-i3-li2
10. 2(asz) 2(barig) engar-gu-la
11. 8(asz) ur-{d}nu-musz-da
12. 2(barig) ur-dingir-ra
13. szunigin 2(gesz2) 4(u) 4(asz) 4(barig) 5(ban2) gur
  blank space
14. sze apin-la2
15. szunigin 2(gesz'u) 4(gesz2) 3(u) 6(asz) 4(barig) 5(ban2) sze gur
16. sze gesz e3-a
17. ki-su7 usz-gid2-da
18. iti nesag
  some text moved to next line
19. mu us2-sa an-sza-an{ki} ba-hul mu us2-sa-a-bi

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/P142369

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 01782
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 005347
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC) BC-016523
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) YBC.1782

References

  • primary: YOS 4, 305

    [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
2017-03-03 at 09:56:29 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2016-10-30 at 12:08:43 Firth, Richard Transliteration Firth, Richard CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2013-06-30 at 10:29:42 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:23:37 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:31:10 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, 305 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P142369.
YOS 04, 305 artifact entry (No. P142369). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P142369 (Original work published 2001)
YOS 04, 305 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P142369 (Accessed: October 30, 2026).
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	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {YOS 04, 305 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P142369},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P142369},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“YOS 04, 305 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P142369.
YOS 04, 305 artifact entry (No. P142369). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P142369 (Original work published 2001)
YOS 04, 305 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P142369 (Accessed: October 30, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-30]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {YOS 04, 305 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P142369},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P142369},
}


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PY  - 2023
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LB  - CDLI:P142369
M1  - 2026/10/30/
TI  - YOS 04, 305 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P142369
ER  -
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