YOS 14, 021 (P300402)

Business / Contracts tablet & envelope 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

Lineart

Museum Collection(s)

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

Museum Number

NBC 09152

Period

Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)

Provenience

Shaduppum (mod. Tell Harmal)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal > Business / Contracts (loan)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

57.0 mm × 40.0 mm × 27.0 mm

Text

tablet
obverse
1. _[2(asz) 2(barig) 3(ban2) gur] sze# ur5#-ra#_
2. _[masz2 1(asz) gur] 1(barig) 4(ban2)-ta-am3_ u2-s,a-ab
3. _ki#_ {d#}utu# u3 gi-da-nu-um
4. {disz}i#-di-szum _dumu_ ARAD-e2-a
5. 2(asz)# gur# sze ur5-ra
6. [...] sin-i-qi2-szam
7. [_ki_] gi-da-nu-um
8. _szu ba-an-ti-mesz_
9. a#-na masz-gan2-nim
10. sze-a-am _masz2-bi i3-ag2-[e-mesz]_
reverse
1. _igi_ a-x[...]
2. [...]-si-ia
3. {disz}[...]
4. _dumu#_ [...]
5. {disz}[...]-sin
6. u3 [... _dub]-sar_
7. _mu?_ [...] x x x [...] x x wa-ar#-ki# t,up-pa-at
envelope
  (to do)

Text content

Genre(s) Legal > Business / Contracts (loan)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)
Accounting Period

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P300402

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet & envelope
Dimensions 57.0 mm × 40.0 mm × 27.0 mm
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Shaduppum (mod. Tell Harmal)
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Museum Number NBC 09152
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC) BC-012147
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) NBC.9152

References

  • primary: YOS 14, 21

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

  • history: JCS 13, p.105-119, p. 116 no. 32

    [Simmons1959Harmal-2] Simmons, Stephen D. 1959. “Early Old Babylonian Tablets from Harmal and Elsewhere (Continued).” Journal of Cuneiform Studies 13 (4): 105–19. https://doi.org/10.2307/1359133.

  • citation: CBCY 2, p. 106, NBC 9152

    [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.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-01-21 at 07:03:51 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2021-05-20 at 07:58:19 Jagersma, Bram Transliteration Jagersma, Bram CDLI Approved View
2018-05-03 at 11:38:42 Firth, Richard Transliteration Firth, Richard CDLI Approved View
2018-05-03 at 11:29:03 Firth, Richard Transliteration Firth, Richard CDLI Approved View
2018-03-16 at 04:11:44 Firth, Richard Transliteration Firth, Richard CDLI Approved View
2018-02-14 at 09:17:45 Firth, Richard Transliteration Firth, Richard CDLI Approved View
2018-02-14 at 09:15:49 Firth, Richard Transliteration Firth, Richard 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

Cite this Artifacts

“YOS 14, 021 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P300402.
YOS 14, 021 artifact entry (No. P300402). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P300402 (Original work published 2006)
YOS 14, 021 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P300402 (Accessed: April 11, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-11]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {YOS 14, 021 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P300402},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P300402},
}


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DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
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M1  - 2026/4/11/
TI  - YOS 14, 021 artifact entry
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ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“YOS 14, 021 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P300402.
YOS 14, 021 artifact entry (No. P300402). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P300402 (Original work published 2006)
YOS 14, 021 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P300402 (Accessed: April 11, 2026).
@misc{2023YOS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-11]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {YOS 14, 021 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P300402},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P300402},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P300402
LB  - CDLI:P300402
M1  - 2026/4/11/
TI  - YOS 14, 021 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P300402
ER  -
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