YBC 06703 (P247859)

Lexical tablet dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 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 06703

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

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Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Lexical (OB ur5-ra2 not Nippur; leather; metrological)

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  incomplete transliteration of tablet
tablet
obverse
1. kusz pesz2 gesz-gi4
2. kusz pesz2 gesz-gi4-e gu7#-a
3. kusz pesz2 igi# gun3
4. kusz pesz2 a-szag4-ga
5. kusz pesz2 nig2-gilim#-ma#
6. kusz pesz2 {gesz}ur3-ra
reverse
1. [kusz] pesz2# [dug] sila3 gaz-gaz
2. kusz# pesz2 tur
  followed by a metrological exercise (not fully deciphered)

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Consult sign list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Consult word list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • Genre(s): Lexical (OB ur5-ra2 not Nippur; leather; metrological)
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  • Museum No.: YBC 06703
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-06-15 at 19:55:18 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-06-01 at 15:26:27 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Novotny, Jamie; Rattenborg, Rune Rattenborg, Rune approved View
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
2008-05-26 at 04:36:45 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2004-08-06 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Veldhuis, Niek CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“YBC 06703 Artifact Entry.” (2004) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 15, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P247859.
YBC 06703 artifact entry (No. P247859). (2023, June 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P247859 (Original work published 2004)
YBC 06703 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P247859 (Accessed: May 19, 2025).
@misc{2023YBC,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-19]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 15},
	title = {YBC 06703 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P247859},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P247859},
}


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