YOS 14, 038 (P298915)

Business / Contracts tablet excavated in Shaduppum (mod. Tell Harmal), 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 07325

Period

Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)

Provenience

Shaduppum (mod. Tell Harmal)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal > Business / Contracts (loan)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

42.0 mm × 38.0 mm × 28.0 mm

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Text

tablet
obverse
1. _1(asz) 1(barig) 4(ban2) sze ur5-ra_
2. _masz2 1(asz) gur 1(barig) 4(ban2)-ta-am3_
3. u2-s,a-ab
4. _ki_ i3-li2-im-ni-an-ni
5. {disz}tu-tu-ub{ki}-ma-gir
6. _szu ba-an-ti_
reverse
1. a-na masz-kan2-nim
2. sze-a-am u3 _masz2-bi_
3. _i3-ag2-e_
4. _igi_ dingir-szu-na-s,ir
5. {disz}ib-ni-{d}tiszpak
6. _mu e2 sa2-gar-ra-ni e2_ {d}en-lil2-la2 _mu-un-du3_
seal 1
1. tu-tu#-ub{ki}-ma-gir#
2. _dumu_ dam-qa-nu-um
3. _ARAD_ sza x[...]x

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)

Collections

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

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
Measurements (mm): 42.0 high × 38.0 wide × 28.0 thick
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Text Information

Genre(s): Legal > Business / Contracts (loan)
Language(s): Akkadian

Related publications

primary: YOS 14, 38

[Simmons1978YOS14] Simmons, Stephen D. 1978. Early Old Babylonian Documents. Yale Oriental Series, Babylonian Texts 14. New Haven: Yale University Press.
history: JCS 14, p.23-32, p. 28 no. 59

[Simmons1960Harmal-3] Simmons, Stephen D. 1960. “Early Old Babylonian Tablets from Ḥarmal and Elsewhere (Continued).” Journal of Cuneiform Studies 14 (1): 23–32. https://doi.org/10.2307/1359071.
citation: CBCY 2, p. 56, NBC 7325

[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.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: NBC 07325
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Shaduppum (mod. Tell Harmal)
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Chronology

Period: Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)
Dates Referenced: Ibal-pi-el2.08.00.00
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
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
2018-06-17 at 10:56:27	Jagersma, Bram	Transliteration	Jagersma, Bram		CDLI	Approved
2018-05-12 at 21:01:35	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2018-02-28 at 06:46:12	Firth, Richard	Transliteration	Firth, Richard		CDLI	Approved
2018-02-24 at 02:50:55	Firth, Richard	Transliteration	Firth, Richard		CDLI	Approved
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

External Resources

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

Yale Babylonian Collection (BC-010311) (BC-010311)
Electronic Babylonian Library (NBC.7325) (NBC.7325)

Seals

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

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
CDLI Seals 012557 (composite) (P500975)	Shaduppum (mod. Tell Harmal)	Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)

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Cite this Artifacts

“YOS 14, 038 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P298915.

YOS 14, 038 artifact entry (No. P298915). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P298915 (Original work published 2006)

YOS 14, 038 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P298915 (Accessed: March 5, 2026).

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	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {YOS 14, 038 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P298915},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P298915},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“YOS 14, 038 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P298915.

YOS 14, 038 artifact entry (No. P298915). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P298915 (Original work published 2006)

YOS 14, 038 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P298915 (Accessed: March 5, 2026).

@misc{2023YOS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-05]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {YOS 14, 038 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P298915},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P298915},
}

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DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P298915
LB  - CDLI:P298915
M1  - 2026/3/5/
TI  - YOS 14, 038 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P298915
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