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

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

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Akkadian

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
dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185) S999999 - -

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P292736

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet & envelope
Dimensions 72.0 mm × 48.0 mm × 27.0 mm
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar) [uncertain]
Charpin, Tell Sifr, p. 57
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Museum Number YBC 05707
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC) BC-019772
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) YBC.5707

References

  • 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.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
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
2021-06-28 at 19:02:40 Foxvog, Daniel A. Transliteration Foxvog, Daniel A. 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, 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: October 25, 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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DA  - 2024/5/25/
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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: October 25, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-25]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {may 25},
	title = {YOS 08, 160 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P292736},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P292736},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/5/25/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P292736
LB  - CDLI:P292736
M1  - 2026/10/25/
TI  - YOS 08, 160 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P292736
ER  -
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