YOS 14, 317 (P298346)

Letter tablet dated to the Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC) period and now kept in Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

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Museum Collection(s)

Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Museum Number

NBC 06429

Period

Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)

Provenience

-

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Letter

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

67.0 mm × 48.0 mm × 24.0 mm

Has seal impression(s)

tablet
obverse
1. ur-{d}nin-urta ka-guru7
2. u3 sza3-tam-e-ne
3. u3-ne-a-du11
4. 1(u) sze gur#
5. 4(u) [x]-x gur#
6. 6(asz) zi3 gur#
7. bur-{d}iszkur
reverse
1. sa2-du11-sze3
2. ha-ba-ab-szum2-mu-ne
3. kiszib3-a-ni szu ha-ab-ti-ge26:ne
  blank space
4. iti gu4-si#-su
5. mu {d}li-[pi2]-it#-esz18-dar lugal-e inim {d}en-lil2 {d}nanna-ta uri5{ki} ki-be2 bi2#-in#-gi4-a
seal 1
column 1
1. [...]
2. [... kal-ga]
3. lugal [...]
4. [...]
column 2
1. [...]-zi
2. dub-sar
3. dumu lu2-{d}amar-{d}suen-ka
5. ARAD-[zu]

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)
Consult word list of Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
  • Measurements (mm): 67.0 high × 48.0 wide × 24.0 thick
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  • primary: YOS 14, 317

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

  • history: BiOr 26 (pp. 171-176), 175f no. 390

    [Hallo1969BiOr26] Hallo, William W. 1969. “The Neo-Sumerian Letter Orders.” Bibliotheca Orientalis 26: 171–76.

    (seal)

  • history: Michalowski Letters, no. 244

    [Michalowski1993Letters] Michalowski, Piotr. 1993. Letters from Early Mesopotamia. Vol. 3. Writings from the Ancient World.

  • history: TCS 1, p. 92

    [Sollberger1966TCS1] Sollberger, Edmond. 1966. The Business and Administrative Correspondence under the Kings of Ur. Texts from Cuneiform Sources 1. Locust Valley, New York: J.J. Augustin.

  • history: RA 33 (pp. 11-26), 24f, no. 16 (date)

    [Stephens1936RA33] Stephens, Ferris J. 1936. “New Date Formulae of the Isin Dynasty.” Revue d’Assyriologie et d’Archéologie Orientale 33 (1): 11–26. https://www.jstor.org/stable/23284092.

  • citation: CBCY 2, p. 38, NBC 6429

    [Beckman1995CBCY2] Beckman, Gary. 1995. Old Babylonian Archival Texts in the Nies Babylonian Collection. Catalogue of the Babylonian Collections at Yale 2. Bethesda, Maryland: CDL Press.

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  • Museum No.: NBC 06429
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-09-09 at 15:34:42 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-07-14 at 14:36:59 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-07-04 at 08:40:46 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-07-04 at 08:37:10 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-07-04 at 08:33:03 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-05-24 at 11:12:49 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-05-24 at 11:10:02 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
2018-07-01 at 05:52:14 Jagersma, Bram Transliteration Jagersma, Bram CDLI Approved View
2017-12-31 at 02:05:58 Firth, Richard Transliteration Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI Approved View
2006-02-08 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Englund, Robert K.; Guerra, Dylan; Middeke-Conlin, Robert; Pace, Carl Yale Babylonian Collection CDLI Approved View

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

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dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185) - -

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Cite this Artifacts

“YOS 14, 317 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 9, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P298346.
YOS 14, 317 artifact entry (No. P298346). (2024, September 9). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P298346 (Original work published 2006)
YOS 14, 317 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P298346 (Accessed: March 12, 2026).
@misc{2024YOS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-12]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 9},
	title = {YOS 14, 317 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P298346},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P298346},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/9/9/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P298346
LB  - CDLI:P298346
M1  - 2026/3/12/
TI  - YOS 14, 317 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P298346
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“YOS 14, 317 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 9, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P298346.
YOS 14, 317 artifact entry (No. P298346). (2024, September 9). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P298346 (Original work published 2006)
YOS 14, 317 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P298346 (Accessed: March 12, 2026).
@misc{2024YOS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-12]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 9},
	title = {YOS 14, 317 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P298346},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P298346},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/9/9/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P298346
LB  - CDLI:P298346
M1  - 2026/3/12/
TI  - YOS 14, 317 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P298346
ER  -
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