YOS 12, 421 (P305578)

Legal tablet excavated in Pī-Kasî (mod. Tell Abu Antiq), 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 04291

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Pī-Kasî (mod. Tell Abu Antiq)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal

Language(s)

Akkadian, Sumerian

Measurements

60.0 mm × 42.0 mm × 23.0 mm

Has seal impression(s)

tablet
obverse
1. {disz}gi-mil-lum
2. ar-ki _gu4 hi-a_ mu-di-sza-tim x
3. a-di pa-t,a-ar e-re-szi-im
4. {disz}ku-un-na
5. _in-hun_
6. i-na _iti 1(disz)-kam_
7. 2(disz) i-ni-a-tim
8. i-le-qe3
reverse
1. _in-nu#_ a-na _gu4 hi-a_ mu-di#-sza#-[tim]
2. u2-pa-asz-sza-asz!
3. _igi_ a-hu-um-wa-qar [x] x
4. _igi_ a-ah-hu!-t,a3-bu
  single ruling
5. _iti gu4-si-sa3# u4 8(disz)-kam_
6. _mu_ sa-am-su-i-lu-na _lugal-e usu ir9-ra {d}en-lil2-[le] mu-un-na-an-szum2-ma-a_
seal 1
1. a-hu-wa-qar#
2. dumu# u2-qa2-a-{d}[utu]
3. ARAD {d}mar-tu

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Consult sign list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Consult word list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
  • Measurements (mm): 60.0 high × 42.0 wide × 23.0 thick
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  • primary: YOS 12, 421

    [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.

  • citation: CBCY 4, p. 30, YBC 4291

    [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.

  • citation: BiOr 38 (pp. 517-548), p. 532

    [Charpin1981YOS12] Charpin, Dominique. 1981. “La Babylonie de Samsu-Iluna à La Lumière de Nouveaux Documents.” Bibliotheca Orientalis 38: 517–48.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: YBC 04291
  • Accession No.:

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-08-15 at 10:05:58 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-01-21 at 07:03:51 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2022-06-07 at 08:39:13 Jagersma, Bram Atf Jagersma, Bram CDLI approved View
2022-06-06 at 14:24:38 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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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 Artifact
“YOS 12, 421 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 15, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P305578.
YOS 12, 421 artifact entry (No. P305578). (2024, August 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P305578 (Original work published 2006)
YOS 12, 421 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P305578 (Accessed: June 22, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-06-22]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {aug 15},
	title = {YOS 12, 421 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P305578},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P305578},
}


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