Model Contracts pl. 12-14 (P291972)

Business / Contracts tablet excavated in Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar), 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 00263

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal > Business / Contracts (model loan text)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(u) 5(disz) 1/2(disz) gin2 ku3-[babbar]
 en: 15 1/2 shekels of silver,
2. masz2 1(disz) gin2 igi 5(disz)#-[gal2 ba-an]-tuku#
 en: having interest at 1/5 shekel per shekel,
3. ki i-dam-i3-li2
 en: from Idam-ili
4. {disz}szu-{d}lugal
 en: Šu-Haniš
5. u3 tesz2-me-{d}nin-gal# dam#-a-ni
 en: and Tašme-Ningal, his wife,
6. szu# ba-an-ti-me-esz
 en: received.
7. iti {gesz}apin-du8-a
 en: In the month Arahsamnu
8. <sag ku3-babbar> u3# ku3 masz2-bi
 en: the capital silver and the silver (of) its interest
9. i3-la2-e-me-esz
 en: they shall pay.
10. szu-du3-a#
 en: The surety
11. {disz}szu#-{d}lugal#
 en: (for) Šu-Haniš
reverse
1. [u3 tesz2-me-{d}]nin#-gal-[ra]
 en: and Tašme-Ningal
2. {disz}ar-bi-tu-ra#-[am]
 en: Arbi-turam
3. in-de6!
 en: pledged.
4. tukum-bi
 en: If
5. {disz}szu#-{d}lugal
 en: Šu-Haniš
6. u3 tesz2-me-{d}nin-gal dam-a-ni
 en: and Tašme-Ningal, his wife,
7. u2-gu ba#-an-de2
 en: disappear,
8. {disz}ar-bi-tu-ra#-am
 en: Arbi-turam
9. sag ku3-babbar u3 ku3 masz2-bi
 en: the capital silver and the silver (of) its interest
10. i3-la2-e-me-esz
 en: shall pay.

Text content

Genre(s) Legal > Business / Contracts (model loan text)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P291972

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar) [uncertain]
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Museum Number YBC 00263
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC) BC-015004
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) YBC.263

References

  • primary: Model Contracts, pl. 12-14

    [Bodine2014ModelContracts] Bodine, Walter R. 2014. How Mesopotamian Scribes Learned to Write Legal Documents : A Study of the Sumerian Model Contracts in the Babylonian Collection at Yale University. Lewiston, New York : The Edwin Mellen Press.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2025-09-28 at 12:27:07 Lafont, Bertrand Transliteration Lafont, Bertrand Lafont, Bertrand Approved View
2024-07-16 at 09:05:59 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
2017-12-10 at 12:34:39 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Firth, Richard CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2017-12-02 at 07:31:55 Firth, Richard Transliteration Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2017-12-01 at 11:50:24 Firth, Richard Transliteration Firth, Richard CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2017-09-22 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata Firth, Richard CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“Model Contracts Pl. 12-14 Artifact Entry.” (2017) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 16, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P291972.
Model Contracts pl. 12-14 artifact entry (No. P291972). (2024, July 16). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P291972 (Original work published 2017)
Model Contracts pl. 12-14 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P291972 (Accessed: November 6, 2026).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 16},
	title = {Model {Contracts} pl. 12-14 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P291972},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P291972},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“Model Contracts Pl. 12-14 Artifact Entry.” (2017) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 16, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P291972.
Model Contracts pl. 12-14 artifact entry (No. P291972). (2024, July 16). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P291972 (Original work published 2017)
Model Contracts pl. 12-14 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P291972 (Accessed: November 6, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-06]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 16},
	title = {Model {Contracts} pl. 12-14 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P291972},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P291972},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/16/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P291972
LB  - CDLI:P291972
M1  - 2026/11/6/
TI  - Model Contracts pl. 12-14 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P291972
ER  -
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