YOS 18, 009 (P142403)

Administrative tablet excavated in Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem), 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

BC 002938

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

47.0 mm × 37.0 mm × 19.0 mm

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 3(disz) udu a-lum
2. 2(disz) udu a-lum gesz-du3
3. 1(disz) sila4
4. pa3-da-mu
5. 1(disz) sila4
6. ensi2 ka-zal-lu{ki}
7. 1(disz) sila4
8. ur-{d}nin-sun2
9. 2(disz) udu niga 1(disz) sila4 niga
reverse
1. ur-nigar{gar#}
2. 2(disz) sila4 szesz-da-da# sanga#
3. 2(disz) sila4 lugal-me-lam2
4. 1(disz) sila4#? lu2-sa6-ga
  1 line blank
5. mu-kux(DU)
6. iti u5-bi2-gu7
7. mu us2-sa ur-bi2-lum{ki} ba-hul
left
1. u4 1(u) 1(disz)-kam

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P142403

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions 47.0 mm × 37.0 mm × 19.0 mm
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem)
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Museum Number BC 002938
Accession Number Lager 00032

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 034644
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC) BC-002938
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) Lager.32

References

  • primary: YOS 18, 9

    [Snell1991YOS18] Snell, Daniel C., and Carl H. Lager. 1991. Economic Texts from Sumer. Yale Oriental Series, Babylonian Texts, Vol. 18. New Haven: Yale University Press.

    sheep, mu-DU

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
2011-07-22 at 14:23:39 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:31:11 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“YOS 18, 009 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P142403.
YOS 18, 009 artifact entry (No. P142403). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P142403 (Original work published 2001)
YOS 18, 009 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P142403 (Accessed: April 10, 2026).
@misc{2023YOS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-10]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {YOS 18, 009 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P142403},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P142403},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P142403
LB  - CDLI:P142403
M1  - 2026/4/10/
TI  - YOS 18, 009 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P142403
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“YOS 18, 009 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P142403.
YOS 18, 009 artifact entry (No. P142403). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P142403 (Original work published 2001)
YOS 18, 009 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P142403 (Accessed: April 10, 2026).
@misc{2023YOS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-10]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {YOS 18, 009 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P142403},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P142403},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P142403
LB  - CDLI:P142403
M1  - 2026/4/10/
TI  - YOS 18, 009 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P142403
ER  -
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