YOS 05, 124 (P306647)

Administrative tablet excavated in Larsa (mod. Tell as-Senkereh), 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 05579

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Larsa (mod. Tell as-Senkereh)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

68.0 mm × 45.0 mm × 25.0 mm

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(disz) sag-[nita2]
2. x a? um x mu-ni#-[im]
3. ki im-gur-{d}suen
4. lu2 bad3{ki}
5. lugal-a-ni-ir
6. {[disz]}bala-mu-nam-he2
7. in-szi-sa10-am3
8. 1/3(disz) ma-na ku3-babbar
9. sa10-am3 til-la-ni-sze3
10. in-na-an-la2
11. u4-kur2-sze3 u4 nu-me-a-ak
12. {disz}im-gur-{d}suen
13. inim nu-ga2-ga2
reverse
1. mu#* ARAD-{d}suen lugal larsa{ki}
2. u3 {d}suen-i-ri-ba-am# lugal unu{ki}
3. in-pa3
4. igi sze20-ep-{d}suen gu-za-la2
5. igi a?-[x?]-x?-x gesz-dim2
6. igi a-ta-na-ah-i3-li2 ugula lu2#-kasz4!-e
7. igi {d}nin-kar-ra-ak-ba-la-t,u? szu-i
8. igi numun-ia-kul-ti lu2 unu{ki}
  Grice: zēr-ia-kul-ti
9. igi im-gu-u2-a dumu ia-ba-nu-um
10. igi kal#-{d}szu-bu-la muhaldim
  blank space
11. kiszib lu2-inim-ma-bi-mesz
12. iti szu-numun-a u4 2(u) 5(disz)#-kam
13. mu 3(disz) {gesz}gu-za bara2 mah ku3-sig17! e2 {d}nanna {d}nin-[gal u3] {d}utu-ra mu-ne-ku4#-[re]
seal 1
1. ARAD-{d}mar-tu
2. dumu dingir-ba-ni
3. ARAD {d}martu
  (other faint partial seal impressions)

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

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P306647

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions 68.0 mm × 45.0 mm × 25.0 mm
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Larsa (mod. Tell as-Senkereh)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Museum Number YBC 05579
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC) BC-019644
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) YBC.5579

References

  • primary: YOS 5, 124

    [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: Reiter diss., thesis B 70-71

    [Reiterdiss.] Reiter, Karin. n.d.

  • history: AfO 34, p. 1-29,, )

    [vdMieroop1987Balmunamhe] Van De Mieroop, Marc. 1987. “The Archive of Balmunamḫe.” Archiv Für Orientforschung 34. https://www.jstor.org/stable/41661613.

  • citation: CBCY 4, p. 79, YBC 5579

    [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
2024-07-11 at 18:27:18 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-07-11 at 18:22:17 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
2022-04-24 at 16:19:00 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 Artifact

“YOS 05, 124 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 11, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P306647.
YOS 05, 124 artifact entry (No. P306647). (2024, July 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P306647 (Original work published 2006)
YOS 05, 124 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P306647 (Accessed: May 3, 2026).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 11},
	title = {YOS 05, 124 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P306647},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P306647},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“YOS 05, 124 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 11, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P306647.
YOS 05, 124 artifact entry (No. P306647). (2024, July 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P306647 (Original work published 2006)
YOS 05, 124 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P306647 (Accessed: May 3, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-03]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 11},
	title = {YOS 05, 124 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P306647},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P306647},
}


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PY  - 2024
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LB  - CDLI:P306647
M1  - 2026/5/3/
TI  - YOS 05, 124 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P306647
ER  -
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