YOS 08, 122 (P290109)

Administrative tablet & envelope excavated in Larsa (mod. Tell as-Senkereh), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 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 04396

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Larsa (mod. Tell as-Senkereh)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Akkadian, Sumerian

Measurements

72.0 mm × 46.0 mm × 26.0 mm

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. _2/3(disz) ma-na ku3-babbar na4 lugal_
2. _ku3 ku6-hi-a_
3. _a-sza3_ kar-{d}en-ki
4. {disz}ni-in-nu-ki
5. {disz}la#-a#-lum
6. isz-su-u2
7. _sza3 e2-gal_-li _ba-de6_
8. _inim-ta_ a-na-{d}suen-tak2-la-ku
reverse
1. _iti 2(u) 5(disz) ki-za u4 2(u) 5(disz)-kam_
2. _mu ki 2(disz) {gesz}tukul-mah_ an {d}en-lil2 {d}en-ki-ga-ta i3-si-in{ki} _iri{ki} nam-lugal-la u3 a2-dam-didli a-na me-a-bi sipa-zi_ {d}ri-im-{d}suen _in-dab-ba_
3. _sza3 mu ki 1(u) 8(disz)_
envelope
obverse
1. _2/3(disz) ma-na ku3-babbar [na4] lugal_
2. [...] _ku3 ku6-hi-a_
3. [_a-sza3_] kar-{d}en-ki
4. {disz}ni-in-nu-ki
5. u3 {disz}la#-a-lum _szu-ku6-e?-ne#_
6. isz-su-u2
7. li-ib-bi# _e2-gal_-lim usz#-bu-u2?
  [u2-t,i]-ib#-bu-u2 (vSoden) / [u2-sze]-ri#-bu-u2 (Butz) ?
8. _inim-ta_ a-na-{d#}suen#-tak2#-la#-[ku]
reverse
1. _iti u4 2(u) [5(disz)] ki#-za u4 2(u) 5(disz)-kam_
2. _mu ki 2(disz) {gesz}tukul#-mah#_ an {d}en-lil2 {d}en-ki#-[ga-ta] i3#-si#-in#{ki#} _iri#{ki#} nam#-lugal#-[la?] u3 a2-dam-didli a-na me-a-bi sipa-zi_ {d}ri-im-{d}suen _in-dab-ba ugu2 ug3 dagal-bi szu nam-ti-la in-gar-ra_
3. _mu nam-lugal-bi du-ri2-esz2 bi2-in-e3-a_
4. _sza3# mu ki 1(u) 8(disz)_
seal 1
1. a-na-{d}suen-tak2-la-ku
2. _dumu_ ip-qu2-{d}na-na-a
3. _ARAD2_ {d}ri-im-{d}suen

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Akkadian, Sumerian

Chronology

Period Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Accounting Period

Seals

This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal Seal Number Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 003127 (composite) (P455837) S003127 Larsa (mod. Tell as-Senkereh) Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC) Rim-Sin.00.00.00

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P290109

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet & envelope
Dimensions 72.0 mm × 46.0 mm × 26.0 mm
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Larsa (mod. Tell as-Senkereh)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Museum Number YBC 04396
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC) BC-018461
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) YBC.4396

References

  • primary: YOS 8, 122

    [Faust1941YOS8] Faust, David E. 1941. Contracts from Larsa Dated in the Reign of Rîm-Sin. Yale Oriental Series, Babylonian Texts 8. New Haven: Yale University Press.

  • history: RIME 4, .02.14.2013, ex. 01 (seal)

    [Frayne1990RIME4] Frayne, Douglas R. 1990. Old Baylonian Period (2003-1595 BC). Royal Inscriptions of Mesopotamia Early Periods 4. University of Toronto Press.

  • history: BBDCP, 31

    [Grant1919BBDCP] Grant, Elihu. 1919. Babylonian Business Documents of the Classical Period. Philadelphia.

  • history: Hammurabi's Gesetz 6, no. 1821

    [Koschaker1923HG6] Koschaker, Paul, and Arthur Ungnad. 1923. Hammurabi’s Gesetz. Band VI: Übersetzte Urkunden Mit Rechtserläuterungen. Leipzig: Eduard Pfeiffer.

  • history: ZA 047 (pp. 135-180), 143ff

    [Koschaker1942ZA47] Koschaker, Paul. 1942. “Zur Staatlichen Wirtschaftsverwaltung in Altbabylonischer Zeit, Insbesondere Nach Urkunden Aus Larsa.” Zeitschrift Für Assyriologie 47: 135–80.

  • citation: CBCY 4, p. 35, YBC 4396

    [BeckmanCBCY4] Beckman, Gary. 2000. Old Babylonian Archival Texts in the Yale Babylonian Collection. Catalogue of the Babylonian Collections at Yale 4. Bethesda, Maryland: CDL Press.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-10-08 at 08:29:36 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-07-17 at 23:12:41 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Pagé-Perron, Émilie Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2024-05-25 at 15:38:35 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-01-21 at 07:01:26 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2016-11-24 at 19:43:30 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2006-02-07 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI, CDLI Yale Babylonian Collection CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“YOS 08, 122 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 8, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P290109.
YOS 08, 122 artifact entry (No. P290109). (2024, October 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P290109 (Original work published 2006)
YOS 08, 122 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P290109 (Accessed: October 25, 2026).
@misc{2024YOS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-25]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 8},
	title = {YOS 08, 122 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P290109},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P290109},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“YOS 08, 122 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 8, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P290109.
YOS 08, 122 artifact entry (No. P290109). (2024, October 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P290109 (Original work published 2006)
YOS 08, 122 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P290109 (Accessed: October 25, 2026).
@misc{2024YOS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-25]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 8},
	title = {YOS 08, 122 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P290109},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P290109},
}


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DA  - 2024/10/8/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P290109
LB  - CDLI:P290109
M1  - 2026/10/25/
TI  - YOS 08, 122 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P290109
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