YOS 14, 120 (P307215)

Business / Contracts tablet excavated in Marad (mod. Wanna-wa-Sadum), dated to the Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 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 06180

Period

Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)

Provenience

Marad (mod. Wanna-wa-Sadum)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal > Business / Contracts (loan)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

41.0 mm × 33.0 mm × 18.0 mm

Has seal impression(s)

tablet
obverse
1. 2(disz) 5/6(disz) gin2 1(u) sze ku3-babbar
2. ki a-ki-ia
3. [an]-na-esz18-dar
4. [szu] ba#-an-ti
5. u4# buru14-sze3 ganba LA2
6. [x] x USZ GIM
7. i3-ag2-e
reverse
1. igi ha-szi-szum
2. igi {d}suen-en-nam dumu ka-ra-na-at
3. igi {d}utu-ni dub-sar#
4. [dumu] be2-li2-ia
5. iti sze-sag11-ku5
6. mu dil-bat{ki} in-dab5
seal 1
1. an-na-esz18-dar
2. dumu ARAD2#-esz18#-dar#

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Consult sign list of Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)
Consult word list of Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
  • Measurements (mm): 41.0 high × 33.0 wide × 18.0 thick
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  • primary: YOS 14, 120

    [Simmons1978YOS14] Simmons, Stephen D. 1978. Early Old Babylonian Documents. Yale Oriental Series, Babylonian Texts 14. New Haven: Yale University Press.

  • history: JCS 20, p.48-49, p. 48-49

    [Leemans1966king] Leemans, Wilhelmus F. 1966. “King Alumbiumu.” Journal of Cuneiform Studies 20 (1): 48–49. https://doi.org/10.2307/3515938.

    (date)

  • history: Klengel, AOF 4, 1976, 65 (date)

    [sec70368] N.d.

  • history: JCS 15 (pp. 49-58), 057 no. 133

    [Simmons1961JCS15[1]] Simmons, Stephen D. 1961. “Early Old Babylonian Tablets from Harmal and Elsewhere (Continued).” Journal of Cuneiform Studies 15 (2): 49–58. https://doi.org/10.2307/1359558.

  • citation: CBCY 4, p. 106, YBC 6180

    [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: JCS 65 (pp.73-90), p. 79

    [deBoer2013Marad] Boer, Rients de. 2013. “Marad in the Early Old Babylonian Period: Its Kings, Chronology, and Isin’s Influence.” Journal of Cuneiform Studies 65 (1): 73–90. https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5615/jcunestud.65.2013.0073.

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  • Museum No.: YBC 06180
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  • Provenience: Marad (mod. Wanna-wa-Sadum) [uncertain]
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-08-04 at 19:00:22 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-06-05 at 09:33:46 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
2018-06-30 at 09:25:25 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):

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dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185) - -

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Cite this Artifact

“YOS 14, 120 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 4, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P307215.
YOS 14, 120 artifact entry (No. P307215). (2024, August 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P307215 (Original work published 2006)
YOS 14, 120 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P307215 (Accessed: September 5, 2025).
@misc{2024YOS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-09-05]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {aug 4},
	title = {YOS 14, 120 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P307215},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P307215},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/8/4/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P307215
LB  - CDLI:P307215
M1  - 2025/9/5/
TI  - YOS 14, 120 artifact entry
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ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“YOS 14, 120 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 4, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P307215.
YOS 14, 120 artifact entry (No. P307215). (2024, August 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P307215 (Original work published 2006)
YOS 14, 120 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P307215 (Accessed: September 5, 2025).
@misc{2024YOS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-09-05]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {aug 4},
	title = {YOS 14, 120 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P307215},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P307215},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/8/4/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P307215
LB  - CDLI:P307215
M1  - 2025/9/5/
TI  - YOS 14, 120 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P307215
ER  -
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