YBC 14697 (P210690)

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 14697

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
1. 1(disz) masz2-nita gal
2. ki ma-an-szum2-ta
3. kiszib3 ur-{d}isztaran
4. iti diri
reverse
1. mu ki-masz{ki} ba-hul
seal 1
1. ur-{d}sag-ku5
2. dumu lugal-nig2-sa6-ga
3. aga3-us2 ensi2

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):

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P210690

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 14697
Accession Number

External resources

References

  • history: ENES, 0536 (seal)

    [Buchanan1981ENES] Buchanan, Briggs. 1981. Early Near Eastern Seals in the Yale Babylonian Collection. Yale University Press.

  • history: Mayr, PhD diss, p. 466

    [Mayr1997diss] Mayr, Rudolf H. 1997. “The Seal Impressions of Ur III Umma.” Phdthesis, Rijksuniversiteit Leiden.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-01-19 at 10:02:26 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2021-08-02 at 13:05:50 Firth, Richard Transliteration Firth, Richard CDLI Approved View
2002-07-11 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Alivernini, Sergio; Alster, Bendt; Englund, Robert K.; Molina, Manuel; Reid, Nicholas CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“YBC 14697 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P210690.
YBC 14697 artifact entry (No. P210690). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P210690 (Original work published 2002)
YBC 14697 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P210690 (Accessed: June 15, 2026).
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Cite this Artifact

“YBC 14697 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P210690.
YBC 14697 artifact entry (No. P210690). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P210690 (Original work published 2002)
YBC 14697 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P210690 (Accessed: June 15, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-06-15]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P210690},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P210690},
}

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PY  - 2023
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