YOS 08, 085 (P293255)

Administrative tablet 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

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Metadata history
Lineart

Museum Collection(s)

Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Museum Number

YBC 04217

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Larsa (mod. Tell as-Senkereh)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

89.0 mm × 52.0 mm × 29.0 mm

Has seal impression(s)

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) 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
dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185) S999999 - -

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P293255

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions 89.0 mm × 52.0 mm × 29.0 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 04217
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC) BC-018282
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) YBC.4217

References

  • primary: YOS 8, 85

    [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: Yale Library Gazette 45 (pp. 53-65), no. 7

    [Buchanan 1970YLG45] Buchanan, Briggs. 1970. “Cylinder Seal Impressions in the Yale Babylonian Collection Illustrating a Revolution in Art circa 1700 B.C.,” Yale Library Gazette, , no. 45: 53–65.

  • history: ENES, 779

    [Buchanan1981ENES] Buchanan, Briggs. 1981. Early Near Eastern Seals in the Yale Babylonian Collection. Yale University Press.

  • history: BBDCP, 14

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

  • history: Hammurabi's Gesetz 6, no. 1610

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

  • citation: CBCY 4, p. 26, YBC 4217

    [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
2006-02-08 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata Englund, Robert K.; Guerra, Dylan; Middeke-Conlin, Robert; Pace, Carl Yale Babylonian Collection CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“YOS 08, 085 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). May 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P293255.
YOS 08, 085 artifact entry (No. P293255). (2024, May 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P293255 (Original work published 2006)
YOS 08, 085 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P293255 (Accessed: October 30, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-30]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {may 25},
	title = {YOS 08, 085 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P293255},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P293255},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“YOS 08, 085 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). May 25, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P293255.
YOS 08, 085 artifact entry (No. P293255). (2024, May 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P293255 (Original work published 2006)
YOS 08, 085 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P293255 (Accessed: October 30, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-30]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {may 25},
	title = {YOS 08, 085 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P293255},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P293255},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/5/25/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P293255
LB  - CDLI:P293255
M1  - 2026/10/30/
TI  - YOS 08, 085 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P293255
ER  -
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