YOS 12, 521 (P304815)

Administrative tablet 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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Museum Collection(s)

Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Museum Number

YBC 03376

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Akkadian, Sumerian

Measurements

39.0 mm × 39.0 mm × 27.0 mm

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Text

tablet
obverse
1. _1(asz) 2(barig) 4(ban2) gur sze gur_ me-sze-qum!
2. a-na _sa10-am3 sze-gesz-i3_
3. _ki_ ib-ni-{d}mar-tu
4. {disz}ki-nu-um-ha-bil
5. _dumu_ {d}suen-mu-pa-hi-ir
6. _szu ba-an-ti_
7. i-na _iti du6!-ku3_
reverse
1. ka-ra-at i-ba-asz-szu
2. _sze-gesz-i3 i3-ag2-e_
3. _igi_ i-bi-{d}suen _dam-gar3_
4. _iti szu-numun-a u4 2(u) 5(disz)-kam_
5. _mu_ sa-am-su-i-lu-na _lugal-e a2-ag2-ga2 {d}en-lil2_
seal 1
1. {d}suen-mu-pa#-hi-ir
2. dumu {d}suen-mu-sza-lim
3. ARAD {d}AN-mar-tu

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Consult word list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Collections

Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
Measurements (mm): 39.0 high × 39.0 wide × 27.0 thick
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Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative
Language(s): Akkadian, Sumerian

Related publications

primary: YOS 12, 521

[Feigin1979YOS12] Feigin, Samuel I. 1979. Legal and Administrative Texts of the Reign of Samsu-Iluna. Yale Oriental Series, Babylonian Texts 12. New Haven: Yale University Press.
history: MOS studies 2, p.185-212, p. 209

[Charpin2000édits] Charpin, Dominique. 2000. “Les Prêteurs et Le Palais: Les Édits de Mîšarum Des Rois de Babylone et Leurs Traces Dans Les Archives Privées.” In Interdependency of Institutions and Private Entrepreneurs. Proceedings of the Second MOS Symposium (Leiden 1998), edited by A.C.V.M. Bongenaar, 185–212. MOS Studies 2. Leiden: Nederlands Historisch-Archaeologisch Instituut te Istanbul.
citation: CBCY 4, p. 24, YBC 3376

[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.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: YBC 03376
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Chronology

Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Dates Referenced: Samsu-iluna.28.04.25
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
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
2022-07-26 at 12:16:04	Jagersma, Bram	Transliteration	Jagersma, Bram		CDLI	Approved
2018-07-20 at 05:37:43	Jagersma, Bram	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-017442) (BC-017442)
Electronic Babylonian Library (YBC.3376) (YBC.3376)

Seals

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

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185)	-	-

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Cite this Artifacts

“YOS 12, 521 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P304815.

YOS 12, 521 artifact entry (No. P304815). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P304815 (Original work published 2006)

YOS 12, 521 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P304815 (Accessed: February 5, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P304815},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“YOS 12, 521 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P304815.

YOS 12, 521 artifact entry (No. P304815). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P304815 (Original work published 2006)

YOS 12, 521 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P304815 (Accessed: February 5, 2026).

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	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P304815},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P304815},
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