BIN 08, 082 (P221565)

Administrative tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 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 05672

Period

ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)

Provenience

Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative [identification uncertain]

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
column 1
1. 1(iku@t) TAR@v USZ GAN2 a-zu-zu ab-ba-iri
2. 2(iku@t) TAR@v USZ e2-ni-sze3
3. 4(iku@t) |TAB.BA| lugal-ezem ugula
4. 1/2(iku) |TAB.BA| ur-{d}en-lil2
5. 4(iku@t) TAR [x x] a-zu-zu ab#-ba-iri
6. 1(esze3) 2(iku@t) TAR@v USZ lugal-ezem ugula
7. 1(esze3) 2(iku@t) sze 1(esze3) mah ur-ki dam!-gar3
8. 1(esze3) 1(iku@t) |ESZ16.BA| ama-bara2-abzu
9. 4(iku@t) ur-{d}en-lil2 dam!-gar3
10. 2(iku@t) la2 1/4(iku) gesz-sza3 sza3-nu-gal2
11. 2(iku@t) la2 1/4(iku) ur-{d}TAG-nun
12. 3(iku@t) USZ lugal-[x?]-x-a
  rest broken
column 2
1. 1(iku@t) |TAB.BA| ur-sag-en-SZA
2. 1/2(iku) |TAB.BA| gala
3. 1(iku@t) |ESZ16.BA| ur-en-nun
4. 2(iku@t) la2 1/4(iku) mah# a2-kal-le
5. 2(iku@t) la2 1/4(iku) sze ur-e2-LI#?
6. 5(iku@t) a2-ni-sikil
7. 4(iku@t) USZ lugal-ezem ugula
8. 1(iku@t) ama-tir
9. 5(iku@t) TAR@v ur-{d}ki-nu2-zi sa12-du5
10. 5(iku@t) 1/2(iku) e2-kur-SAHAR
11. 3(iku@t) e2-kur-SAHAR
12. 1(bur3@v) 1(iku@t) e2-ni
13. 2(esze3) sze 4(iku@t) la2 1/4(iku) mah lugal-ib2-ta-ni-e3
14. 1(iku@t) 1/2(iku) ka5!-a-bi2
15. 1(iku@t) ur-KAM-ur4
16. 4(iku@t) gesz-sza3 lu2 lunga2!
17. lugal#-ildu3# [lu2-esz2]-gid2#
column 3
1. ur-{d}[x x?] dam#-[gar3]
2. 2(iku@t) x [x x?] nagar#-[x]
3. 5(iku@t) mah x [x]
4. 1(esze3) 3(iku@t) la2 1/4(iku) e2-kur-sahar
5. 2(iku@t) 1/2(iku) ur-abzu#
6. 1(iku@t)? 1/2(iku) ur-ib#?
7. 1(esze3)!? 2(iku@t) mu-NI-NI
8. 1(esze3)!? 1/2(iku) u2-a
9. 1(esze3)!? 3(iku@t) tir-ku3 nimgir
10. 1(esze3)!? 4(iku@t) ur-tul2-sag
11. 4(iku@t) bara2-gu#!?
12. 4(iku@t) 1/2(iku) ur-abzu
13. 2(bur3) 3(iku@t) ensi2 nibru
14. 2(esze3) 1/2(iku) lugal-pa-e3
15. 1(bur3) 1/2(iku)! 1/4(iku) tir-ku3 e2-ne-ne
16. 1(bur3)!? 1(esze3) 3(iku@t) 1/2(iku) e2-kur-SAHAR#
17. 2(esze3) lugal-lu2
18. 2(iku@t) 1/2(iku) gissu
19. 1(esze3) 4(iku@t) e2-kur-SAHAR
20. 3(iku@t) la2 1/4(iku) ig-gi#
21. 3(iku@t) la2 1/4(iku) mes-U4-[ba]
22. [...] x
23. [...] x
column 4
1. n 1(iku@t) 1/2(iku) sze 1/2(iku) mah# ur#-sag
2. [n] 1/4(iku)! |TAB.BA|# ur-i7-de3-sag
3. [x?] nin-bara2-dingir
4. dur#?-szum2?-da
5. gesz#-sza3 [x] me-x{ki}
6. ur#?-{d}en-lil2
7. [n mes]-UD-ba
8. [n] x-ga nu-banda3
9. [n] mu-NI-NI
10. [n] lugal-KA
11. [n] 1(esze3) lugal-ma2#-gan{ki}
12. [n] TAR USZ lu2#-da
13. 1(iku@t) 1/4(iku) |TAB.BA| szesz-ki-na
14. 5(iku@t) 1/2(iku) gala-SIG15@v
15. 2(iku@t) 1/2(iku) e2-nig2
16. 5(iku@t) lugal-ezem ugula
17. n 2(iku@t) 1/2(iku)#? nigar
18. 1(esze3) 4(iku@t) di-utu erisz-dingir inanna
19. 2(iku@t) amar-ig-gal
column 5
1. [...] x x x
2. 2(iku@t) mu-NI-NI
3. 1(iku@t) 1/2(iku) |ESZ16.BA| e2-kur-SAHAR
4. 1(esze3) 1/4(iku) tir-ku3 sa-ne-ne
5. 4(iku@t) a#-igi-gal nu-banda3
6. 2(iku@t) e2-lu-a
7. 2(iku@t) la2? 1/4(iku) il2 iszib
8. 2(iku@t) la2? 1/4(iku) a-zu-zu ab-ba-iri
9. 1(esze3) sag-{d}en-lil2-da
10. 3(iku@t) 1/2(iku) zabala6{ki}
11. 3(iku@t) 1/4(iku) ensi2 nibru
12. 2(iku@t) ur-{d}en-lil2 nagar
13. 4(iku@t) |TAB.BA| sag#-{d}en-lil2-da#
14. 3(iku@t) ensi2# nibru#
15. 1(esze3) 1/4(iku) e2-x-x
16. 2(esze3) 1(iku@t) e2-kur-SAHAR
17. 4(iku@t) ur-{d}nin-ildu3
18. 1(iku@t) 1/2(iku) lugal-ni-ib2-ta-e3#
19. 4(iku@t) 1/2(iku) lugal-KA lu2 esz2-gid2
column 6
1. [...]
2. 3(iku@t) x [...]
3. 3(iku@t) ensi2# [...]
4. 3(iku@t) 1/2(iku) x [...]
5. 2(iku@t) 1/2(iku) x [...]
6. 2(iku@t) 1/2(iku) zu# [...]
7. 1(iku@t) lugal-[...]
8. 1(esze3) 1/4(iku) ur-e2#-mah# ka-sze-guru7#
9. 4(iku@t) 1/4(iku) a-zu-zu
10. il2-me#
11. 2(esze3) tir-[ku3]
12. e2-il2 [x?]
13. 5(iku@t) ur#-[...]
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1'. 4(iku@t) [...] x [x?]
2'. 1(esze3) 4(iku@t) ur-[x]-tug2-x
3'. 1(iku@t) |TAB.BA| mu#-[...]
4'. 3(iku@t) 1/2(iku) ur#?-[e2-mah]
5'. ka-sze-[guru7?]
reverse
column 1
  beginning broken
1'. [...] x x [...]
2'. 5(iku@t) la2 1/4(iku) a-zu-zu ab-ba iri#
3'. 2(iku@t) [x x] mar
4'. [...]
5'. [n] 1/2(iku) amar-e2
6'. 1(esze3) lugal-e
7'. 1(esze3) 2(iku) mes-kalam-du10
8'. n 1(iku@t) 1(esze3) kum!-tusz-sze3
9'. x x mah il2#?
10'. 4(iku@t) ensi2 nibru
11'. 3(iku@t) 1/4(iku) x [...]
12'. 1(iku@t)# [...]
  rest broken
column 2
1. [...]
2. di-utu#-[...]
3. 3(iku@t) 1/2(iku) ensi2# nibru
4. 2(bur3)# e2#-kur-SAHAR
5. 1(esze3) ur#?-{d?}nin#-ildu3 BU
6. 3(iku@t) 1/2(iku) ur-sag
7. 4(iku@t) 1/2(iku) gesz#-sza3
8. [n] BU# [x]
9. [n] lugal#-ildu3# lu2-esz2#:gid2
10. [n] la2 1(iku@t) SAHAR#?
11. [n] x nin# tir-ku3 x MI sze#? [x?] il2#
12. [...]
13. 2(iku@t) [...]
14. 2(iku@t) [...]
15. 2(esze3) [...]
16. 4(iku@t) [...]
column 3
  beginning broken
1. a-sza3 gid2-[da]
2. sze babbar u4 2(u) [n?]
3. kar na4#
4. ama-bara2-zi |SUR.GU|#
  blank space
5. lugal-za3-ge-si
6. ensi2
  rest broken

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative [identification uncertain]
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period ED IIIb (ca. 2500-2340 BC)
Accounting Period

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P221565

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 05672
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC) BC-019737
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) YBC.5672

References

  • primary: BIN 8, 82

    [Hackman1958BIN8] Hackman, George G. 1958. Sumerian and Akkadian Administrative Texts from Predynastic Times to the End of the Akkad Dynasty. Babylonian Inscriptions in the Collection of James B. Nies, Yale University 8. New Haven: Yale University Press.

  • history: HUCA 49, p.1-58, p. 14

    [Powell1978Lugalzagesi] Powell, Marvin A. 1978. “Texts from the Time of Lugalzagesi. Problems and Perspectives in Their Interpretation.” Hebrew Union College Annual 49: 1–58.

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
2022-02-17 at 11:38:44 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Transliteration Pagé-Perron, Émilie CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2020-09-03 at 02:39:48 Dahl, Jacob L. Transliteration Ozaki Tohru CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2017-03-04 at 09:54:14 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2015-07-30 at 11:25:51 Foxvog, Daniel A. Transliteration Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2003-02-26 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata Alster, Bendt; Englund, Robert K.; Foxvog, Daniel A.; Guerra, Dylan; Heinle, Michael; Johnson, J. Cale CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“BIN 08, 082 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P221565.
BIN 08, 082 artifact entry (No. P221565). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P221565 (Original work published 2003)
BIN 08, 082 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P221565 (Accessed: October 12, 2026).
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	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {BIN 08, 082 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P221565},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P221565},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“BIN 08, 082 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P221565.
BIN 08, 082 artifact entry (No. P221565). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P221565 (Original work published 2003)
BIN 08, 082 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P221565 (Accessed: October 12, 2026).
@misc{2023BIN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-12]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {BIN 08, 082 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P221565},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P221565},
}


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M1  - 2026/10/12/
TI  - BIN 08, 082 artifact entry
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