YOS 05, 023 (P305967)

Administrative tablet excavated in Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Lineart

Museum Collection(s)

Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Museum Number

YBC 04822

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

46.0 mm × 40.0 mm × 19.0 mm

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(disz) gu4-gesz
2. a-ru-a nu-ur2-{d}utu
3. 1(disz) gu4 mu 3(asz)
4. a-bu-wa-qar
  blank space
5. i3-dab5 i-ba-asz-szi-dingir
reverse
1. iti szu-numun-a
2. mu alan ku3-sig17 e2 {d}utu-sze3 i-ni-in-ku4-re

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Accounting Period

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P305967

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions 46.0 mm × 40.0 mm × 19.0 mm
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar) [uncertain]
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Museum Number YBC 04822
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC) BC-018886
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) YBC.4822

References

  • primary: YOS 5, 23

    [Grice1919YOS5] Grice, Ettalene M. 1919. Records from Ur and Larsa Dated in the Larsa Dynasty. Yale Oriental Series, Babylonian Texts 5. New Haven: Yale University Press.

  • history: Feuerherm diss., K47

    [Feuerherm2004Abum-waqar] Feuerherm, Karljürgen Gabriel. 2004. “Abum-Waqar and His Circle: A Prosopographical Study. Volume 1-2.” Phdthesis, Toronto: University of Toronto.

  • citation: CBCY 4, p. 49, YBC 4822

    [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.

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
2021-06-28 at 19:02:39 Foxvog, Daniel A. 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

Cite this Artifacts

“YOS 05, 023 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P305967.
YOS 05, 023 artifact entry (No. P305967). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P305967 (Original work published 2006)
YOS 05, 023 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P305967 (Accessed: April 24, 2026).
@misc{2023YOS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-24]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {YOS 05, 023 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P305967},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P305967},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P305967
LB  - CDLI:P305967
M1  - 2026/4/24/
TI  - YOS 05, 023 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P305967
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“YOS 05, 023 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P305967.
YOS 05, 023 artifact entry (No. P305967). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P305967 (Original work published 2006)
YOS 05, 023 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P305967 (Accessed: April 24, 2026).
@misc{2023YOS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-24]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {YOS 05, 023 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P305967},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P305967},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P305967
LB  - CDLI:P305967
M1  - 2026/4/24/
TI  - YOS 05, 023 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P305967
ER  -
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