YOS 14, 338 (P296047)

Administrative tablet & envelope excavated in Uruk (mod. Warka), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in J. Pierpont Morgan Library Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

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Museum Collection(s)

J. Pierpont Morgan Library Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Museum Number

MLC 01284 & MLC 01297

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Uruk (mod. Warka)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (bit asiri people)

Language(s)

Akkadian, Sumerian

Measurements

81.0 mm × 54.0 mm × 26.0 mm

Has fragments

tablet
obverse
1. [1(disz) ...]-x
2. [1(disz) ... _lu2_ ...]-x{ki}
3. [1(disz) ... _lu2_ ...]-x{ki}
4. [1(disz) ...] _szesz#-a-ni_
5. [1(disz) ...] x x x{ki}
6. [1(disz) ... _lu2_ ...]-x{ki}
7. [1(disz)] pir#-hi#-i3-li2 _lu2_ su-bir4#{ki}
8. 1(disz) [li]-pi2#-it#-isz8-tar2 _lu2_ esz3-nun-na{ki}
9. ($ blank space $) _8(disz)# erin2 lu2_ a-si-ru#-[u2]
10. sza ARAD-{d}suen _lu2_ gu-tu-u2
11. [u3] {d}amar-utu-na-s,ir _ugula mar-tu_
12. [u2-te-ru-ni-szu]-nu-ti
reverse
1. a-na _e2 agrig_ x
2. nam-ha-ar-ti
3. dumu-babila2{ki}
4. u3 a-na-pa-ni-dingir
5. _giri3_ a-pil-{d}mar-tu
6. u3 {d}suen-nu-ur2-ma-tim x x (x)
7. _zi-ga nig2-szu#_ {d#}suen#-sze#-mi
8. _ugula_ a-si-ri
9. _iti NE-NE-gar u4 2(u)-kam_
10. _mu_ ri-im-{d}a-nu-um _lugal unu{ki} u3 a2-dam-bi_
envelope
obverse
  beginning broken
1'. [...] a-hi e2-ra-bi{ki}
2'. [...] _lu2_ su-bir4{ki}
3'. [...] _lu2_ esz3-nun-na{ki}
4'. [...] _lu2_ a-si-ru
5'. sza ARAD2-{d}suen _lu2_ gu-tu-u2
6'. u3 {d}amar-utu-na-s,ir _ugula mar-tu_
7'. u2-te-ru-ni-szu-nu-ti
  rest broken
reverse
  beginning broken
1'. _iti NE-NE-gar u4 2(u)-kam_
2'. _mu_ ri-im-{d}a-nu-um _lugal unu!{ki} u3 a2-dam-bi_

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  • Artifact type: Tablet & envelope
  • Material: Clay
  • Measurements (mm): 81.0 high × 54.0 wide × 26.0 thick
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  • This artifact is composed of fragments.
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  • primary: YOS 14, 338

    [Simmons1978YOS14] Simmons, Stephen D. 1978. Early Old Babylonian Documents. Yale Oriental Series, Babylonian Texts 14. New Haven: Yale University Press.

  • history: RA 55, p.57-76, p. 69

    [Leemans1961asiru] Leemans, Wilhelmus F. 1961. “The Asīru.” Revue d’Assyriologie et d’Archéologie Orientale 55: 57–76.

  • history: RT 20 (pp. 55-71), 064-065

    [Scheil1898RT20] Scheil, Vincent. 1898. “Notes d’épigraphie et d’archéologie Assyriennes, [7] .” Recueil de Travaux Relatifs à La Philologie et à l’archéologie Égyptiennes et Assyriennes 20: 55–71.

    (MLC 01297)

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  • Museum No.: MLC 01284 & MLC 01297
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  • Provenience: Uruk (mod. Warka)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-10-11 at 09:54:45 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2022-07-28 at 15:50:07 Jagersma, Bram Atf Jagersma, Bram CDLI approved View
2022-07-28 at 15:25:39 Jagersma, Bram Atf Jagersma, Bram CDLI approved View
2022-07-28 at 15:18:40 Jagersma, Bram Atf Jagersma, Bram CDLI approved View
2006-02-08 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Englund, Robert K.; Guerra, Dylan; Middeke-Conlin, Robert; Pace, Carl Yale Babylonian Collection CDLI approved View

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    There is no external resource for this artifact yet.

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CDLI Notes:

P296057P296057

Cite this Artifact

“YOS 14, 338 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 11, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P296047.
YOS 14, 338 artifact entry (No. P296047). (2024, October 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P296047 (Original work published 2006)
YOS 14, 338 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P296047 (Accessed: November 2, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-11-02]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 11},
	title = {YOS 14, 338 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P296047},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P296047},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“YOS 14, 338 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 11, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P296047.
YOS 14, 338 artifact entry (No. P296047). (2024, October 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P296047 (Original work published 2006)
YOS 14, 338 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P296047 (Accessed: November 2, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-11-02]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 11},
	title = {YOS 14, 338 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P296047},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P296047},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/11/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P296047
LB  - CDLI:P296047
M1  - 2025/11/2/
TI  - YOS 14, 338 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P296047
ER  -
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