YOS 08, 008 (P306772)

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 05727

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

73.0 mm × 47.0 mm × 25.0 mm

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. {disz}ha-zi-ru-um mu-ni-im
2. ki {d}suen-mu-sza-lim ad-da-a-ni
3. u3 ga-mi-il-tum [ama]-a-ni
4. {disz}bala-mu-nam-[he2]
5. in-szi-[sa10]
6. 1/3(disz) ma-na [ku3-babbar]
7. sa10-am3 til-la-bi-[sze3]
8. in-na-an-[la2]
9. u4-kur2-sze3 {d}suen-mu-[sza-lim]
10. u3 ga-mi-[il-tum]
11. nu-mu-un-gi4-[gi4]
12. mu lugal-la-bi in-[pa3]
reverse
1. igi it-ti-e2-a-mil-[ki]
2. igi gi-da-nu-um x [...]
3. igi {d}suen-ga-mil muszen-[du3]
4. igi a-bi-il-la-la muszen-du3#
5. igi ri-isz-er3-ra
6. igi iz-za-kar3-dingir lu2-azlag2
7. igi a-bi-t,a3-bu-um szagina
8. igi im-gur-{d}suen
9. igi lu2-{d}nanna
10. igi ib-ni-ia
11. kiszib3 lu2 inim-ma-ab-bi-mesz
12. iti bara2-za3-gar
13. mu i7 lagasz{ki} za3 a-ab-ba-sze3 mu-un-ba-al-la2
seal 1
1. it-ti-[e2]-a-mil-ki
2. ARAD {d}en-[ki]
seal 2
  Blocher, MVS 9 nr. 104
  (uninscribed)

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/P306772

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions 73.0 mm × 47.0 mm × 25.0 mm
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s) Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Museum Number YBC 05727
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC) BC-019792
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) YBC.5727

References

  • primary: YOS 8, 8

    [Faust1941YOS8] Faust, David E. 1941. Contracts from Larsa Dated in the Reign of Rîm-Sin. Yale Oriental Series, Babylonian Texts 8. New Haven: Yale University Press.

  • history: Mendelsohn, Slavery, p. 8-9

    [Mendelsohn1949slavery] Mendelsohn, Isaac. 1949. Slavery in the Ancient Near East. A Comparative Study of Slavery in Babylonia, Assyria, Syria, and Palestine from the Middle of the Third Millennium to the End of the First Millennium. New York: Oxford University Press.

  • history: Reiter diss., thesis B 128-29

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

  • history: AfO 34, p. 1-29,, 28 (coll seal)

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

  • citation: CBCY 4, p. 85, YBC 5727

    [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
2021-04-17 at 03:29:11 Jagersma, Bram Transliteration Jagersma, Bram CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2006-02-08 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata Englund, Robert K.; Guerra, Dylan; Middeke-Conlin, Robert; Pace, Carl Yale Babylonian Collection CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“YOS 08, 008 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 11, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P306772.
YOS 08, 008 artifact entry (No. P306772). (2024, July 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P306772 (Original work published 2006)
YOS 08, 008 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P306772 (Accessed: October 27, 2026).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 11},
	title = {YOS 08, 008 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P306772},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P306772},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“YOS 08, 008 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 11, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P306772.
YOS 08, 008 artifact entry (No. P306772). (2024, July 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P306772 (Original work published 2006)
YOS 08, 008 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P306772 (Accessed: October 27, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-27]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 11},
	title = {YOS 08, 008 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P306772},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P306772},
}


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PY  - 2024
ID  - P306772
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M1  - 2026/10/27/
TI  - YOS 08, 008 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P306772
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