YOS 12, 329 (P306464)

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

Museum Collection(s)

Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Museum Number

YBC 05388

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

64.0 mm × 43.0 mm × 24.0 mm

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. _[mu 1(disz)]-kam# [iti] 1(disz)-kam [u4 1(u) 5(disz)-kam?]_
2. _mar-za e2_ {d}ba-ba6 u3 {d}nergal
3. i-na _mu_ [...]
4. sza in-bi-i3-li2-[szu]
5. _dumu_ e2-ra*-[bi]
6. isz-tu _nig2-ka9-ak til-la-ba_
7. tu-ur-szu-um-mi-szu x
8. sza ib-ba-szu-u2 le-qu2-u2
9. li-ib-ba-szu t,u3-ub
10. a-di _iti sze-sag11-ku5_
11. _sza3 mu_ sa-am-su-i-lu-na _ugnim i-da-[ma-ra-az] u3 ma-da e-mu-ut-ba-lum {gesz}tukul ba-an-sag3_
  some text moved from following lines
reverse
3. _3(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar_
4. a-na _sza3 mu bala_
5. a-na tu-ur-su-um-mi-szu#
6. _szu ti-a_ in-bi-i3-li2-[szu]
7. _ki_ {d}suen-isz-me#-[ni]
8. _igi_ i-bi-{d}li9-[si4]
9. {disz}be-li2-i-din#-[nam]
10. _kiszib#-a-ni ib2-ra_
11. _[iti sze-sag11]-ku5 u4 3(u)-kam_
12. [_mu_ sa-am]-su#-i-lu-na _lugal-[e] ugnim# i-da-[ma-ra-az u3 ma]-da e-mu-ut-ba-lum_
seal 1
1. in-bi-i3-[li2-szu]
2. _dumu_ e2-ra-[bi]
3. _ARAD_ {d}a-pa-kum#

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Seals

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

Seal Seal Number Provenience Period Date
dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185) S999999 - -

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P306464

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions 64.0 mm × 43.0 mm × 24.0 mm
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s) Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Museum Number YBC 05388
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC) BC-019452
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) YBC.5388

References

  • primary: YOS 12, 329

    [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: Charpin Clergé d'Ur, p. 166

    [Charpin1986Clergé] Charpin, Dominique. 1986. Le Clergé d’Ur Au Siècle d’Hammurabi (XIXe-XVIIIe Siècles Av. J.-C.). Hautes Études Orientales 22. Genève - Paris: Librairie Droz.

  • history: MVS 17, no. 75

    [Colbow1995MVS17] Colbow, Gudrun. 1995. Die Spätaltbabylonische Glyptik Südbabyloniens. Münchener Vorderasiatische Studien 17. München, Wien: Profil Verlag.

    (seals)

  • citation: CBCY 4, p. 70, YBC 5388

    [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. 534

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

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-08-15 at 10:05:58 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
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
2019-07-13 at 07:37:52 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 12, 329 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 15, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P306464.
YOS 12, 329 artifact entry (No. P306464). (2024, August 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P306464 (Original work published 2006)
YOS 12, 329 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P306464 (Accessed: April 10, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-10]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {aug 15},
	title = {YOS 12, 329 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P306464},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P306464},
}


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Cite this Artifacts

“YOS 12, 329 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 15, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P306464.
YOS 12, 329 artifact entry (No. P306464). (2024, August 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P306464 (Original work published 2006)
YOS 12, 329 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P306464 (Accessed: April 10, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-10]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {aug 15},
	title = {YOS 12, 329 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P306464},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P306464},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/8/15/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P306464
LB  - CDLI:P306464
M1  - 2026/4/10/
TI  - YOS 12, 329 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P306464
ER  -
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