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USP 56 (P217412)

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

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Museum Collection(s)

Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Museum Number

YBC 08442

Period

Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)

Provenience

Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

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Measurements

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tablet
obverse
1. 4(gesz2@c) 4(u@c) la2 3(asz@c) udu-nita
2. 2(gesz2@c) 3(asz@c) u8
3. 2(gesz2@c) 2(u@c) 4(asz@c) sila4
4. udu la2-ia3 ur-{d}szara2-ka-kam
5. ur-{d}en#-lil2
6. lugal#-kur szusz3
reverse
1. [...] x
2. 3(u@c) [...]-x-ka-kam
3. ezem x-i3-gu7
  blank space
4. 5(disz@t) mu 8(disz@t) iti

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: USP, 56

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

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  • Museum No.: YBC 08442
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  • Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-01-19 at 10:11:27 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2015-05-05 at 10:22:34 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2012-11-16 at 12:05:31 Brumfield, Sara Atf Brumfield, Sara CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:34:19 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
1970-01-01 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Ajango, Kelsey M.; Englund, Robert K.; Friberg, Jöran; Goetze, Albrecht; Kienast, Burkhart; Kraus, Nicholas CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“USP 56 Artifact Entry.” (1970) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P217412.
USP 56 artifact entry (No. P217412). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P217412 (Original work published 1970)
USP 56 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P217412 (Accessed: April 18, 2025).
@misc{2023USP,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-04-18]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {USP 56 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P217412},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P217412},
}


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