YOS 08, 160 (P292736)

Administrative tablet & envelope 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

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Museum Collection(s)

Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Museum Number

YBC 05707

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

72.0 mm × 48.0 mm × 27.0 mm

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
(not treated by Feuerherm)
envelope
reverse
9'. iti szu-numun-a u4 1(u)-kam
10'. mu us2-sa 2(u) 1(disz)-kam i3-si-in{ki} in-dab-ba

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Consult word list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Collections

Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet & envelope
Material: Clay
Measurements (mm): 72.0 high × 48.0 wide × 27.0 thick
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Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative
Language(s): Akkadian

Related publications

primary: YOS 8, 160

[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: Feuerherm diss., K92

[Feuerherm2004Abum-waqar] Feuerherm, Karljürgen Gabriel. 2004. “Abum-Waqar and His Circle: A Prosopographical Study. Volume 1-2.” Phdthesis, Toronto: University of Toronto.
history: BBDCP, 40

[Grant1919BBDCP] Grant, Elihu. 1919. Babylonian Business Documents of the Classical Period. Philadelphia.
history: Hammurabi's Gesetz 6, no. 1771

[Koschaker1923HG6] Koschaker, Paul, and Arthur Ungnad. 1923. Hammurabi’s Gesetz. Band VI: Übersetzte Urkunden Mit Rechtserläuterungen. Leipzig: Eduard Pfeiffer.
citation: CBCY 4, p. 84, YBC 5707

[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.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: YBC 05707
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar) [uncertain] Provenience Comments:
Charpin, Tell Sifr, p. 57
Elevation:
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Chronology

Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Dates Referenced: Rim-Sin.50.04.10
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-05-25 at 15:38:35	Firth, Richard	Artifact, Other Entity	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
2023-01-21 at 07:01:26	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	approved
2021-06-28 at 19:02:40	Foxvog, Daniel A.	Atf	Foxvog, Daniel A.		CDLI	approved
2006-02-07 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	CDLI	Yale Babylonian Collection	CDLI	approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Yale Babylonian Collection (BC-019772) (BC-019772)
Electronic Babylonian Library (YBC.5707) (YBC.5707)

Seals

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

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185)	-	-

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Cite this Artifact

“YOS 08, 160 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). May 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P292736.

YOS 08, 160 artifact entry (No. P292736). (2024, May 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P292736 (Original work published 2006)

YOS 08, 160 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P292736 (Accessed: January 1, 2026).

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	year = {2024},
	month = {may 25},
	title = {YOS 08, 160 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P292736},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P292736},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“YOS 08, 160 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). May 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P292736.

YOS 08, 160 artifact entry (No. P292736). (2024, May 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P292736 (Original work published 2006)

YOS 08, 160 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P292736 (Accessed: January 1, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-01]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {may 25},
	title = {YOS 08, 160 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P292736},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P292736},
}

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PY  - 2024
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M1  - 2026/1/1/
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