USP 48 (P217405)

Administrative tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 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 16544

Period

Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)

Provenience

Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

-

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
  beginning broken
1'. [...] gala#
2'. [...]-ama-[x]
3'. [...]-du11-ga-ni
4'. [...] lugal#-{gesz}gigir2#-[e]
5'. [...]-ama-ni
6'. [...] al#-lu#
7'. [...]-du11-ga-[x]
8'. [...] ur#-{d}x-x
9'. [...]
10'. [...] ur#?-{d}[x (x)]
11'. [...] ba [...]
12'. [...] x-i7-x
13'. [...] lugal#-gaba
14'. [...] x-zu
15'. [...]-ni
16'. [...] dub#-sar-mah-me
17'. [...] x-ku3 1(asz@c) ur-x [(x)]
  rest broken
reverse
  beginning broken
1'. [x] ur#-{d}ir3?-ra
2'. [x] nam-MIR
3'. [x] lugal#-ti
4'. ARAD2# ad-da-tur
5'. 1(asz@c) en-an-ne2 dumu e2-musz
6'. 1(asz@c) mes#?-e2 dumu ur-en-nun-na#?
7'. 1(asz@c) bar-ra-dingir ARAD2 KA-ku3
8'. [...]
9'. [...]-KAL
10'. dumu# lugal-{gesz}gigir2-e
11'. nu#-banda3 en-MI
12'. me-sag2
13'. e2#-gidri umma{ki}-ka
14'. gurumx(|IGI.GAR|)#-bi i3-AG#
  rest broken

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s)

Chronology

Period Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)
Accounting Period

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P217405

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Museum Number YBC 16544
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC) BC-029782
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) YBC.16544

References

  • primary: USP, 48

    [Foster1982USP] Foster, Benjamin R. 1982. Umma in the Sargonic Period. Memoirs of the Connecticut Academy of Arts & Sciences, Volume 20. Hamden, Connecticut: Archon Books.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-01-19 at 10:11:27 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2021-04-26 at 08:09:29 Lafont, Bertrand Transliteration Lafont, Bertrand CDLI Approved View
2015-05-30 at 12:57:48 Foxvog, Daniel A. Transliteration Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI Approved View
1970-01-01 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Ajango, Kelsey M.; Englund, Robert K.; Friberg, Jöran; Goetze, Albrecht; Kienast, Burkhart; Kraus, Nicholas CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“USP 48 Artifact Entry.” (1970) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P217405.
USP 48 artifact entry (No. P217405). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P217405 (Original work published 1970)
USP 48 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P217405 (Accessed: April 17, 2026).
@misc{2023USP,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-17]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {USP 48 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P217405},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P217405},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P217405
LB  - CDLI:P217405
M1  - 2026/4/17/
TI  - USP 48 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P217405
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“USP 48 Artifact Entry.” (1970) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P217405.
USP 48 artifact entry (No. P217405). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P217405 (Original work published 1970)
USP 48 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P217405 (Accessed: April 17, 2026).
@misc{2023USP,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-17]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {USP 48 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P217405},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P217405},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P217405
LB  - CDLI:P217405
M1  - 2026/4/17/
TI  - USP 48 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P217405
ER  -
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