YOS 05, 115 (P307261)

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 06225

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)

Akkadian, Sumerian

Measurements

58.0 mm × 39.0 mm × 24.0 mm

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. [... sag?]-nita2
2. ARAD bala#-mu-nam-he2
3. ki bala-mu-nam-he2
4. lugal-a-ni-ir
5. {disz}u-bar-{d}gu-la
6. i-hu-uz
7. in-na-ab-bi-it-ma
8. 1/3(disz) ma-na ku3-babbar
9. i3-la2-e
reverse
1. igi sa-bu-um-ga-mil
2. igi im-gur-{d}suen
3. igi s,i-li2-{[d]}suen
  blank space
4. kiszib lu2-inim-ma#-bi#?-mesz
  blank space
5. iti NE-NE-gar
6. mu iri{ki}-sag-rig7-ga ki-bi-sze3 bi2-in-gi4-a
seal 1
1. u-bar-{d}nin-kar-ra-ak#
2. dumu ab-ab-[du7?]

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Akkadian, 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/P307261

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions 58.0 mm × 39.0 mm × 24.0 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 06225
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC) BC-020291
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) YBC.6225

References

  • primary: YOS 5, 115

    [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: Mendelsohn, Slavery, p. 59-60

    [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., 55-56

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

  • history: AfO 34, p. 1-29,, 9 n34 (seal), 27 (coll)

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

  • citation: CBCY 4, p. 108, YBC 6225

    [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 18:25:22 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 16:18:59 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, 115 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 11, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P307261.
YOS 05, 115 artifact entry (No. P307261). (2024, July 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P307261 (Original work published 2006)
YOS 05, 115 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P307261 (Accessed: May 3, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-03]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 11},
	title = {YOS 05, 115 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P307261},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P307261},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“YOS 05, 115 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 11, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P307261.
YOS 05, 115 artifact entry (No. P307261). (2024, July 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P307261 (Original work published 2006)
YOS 05, 115 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P307261 (Accessed: May 3, 2026).
@misc{2024YOS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-03]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 11},
	title = {YOS 05, 115 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P307261},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P307261},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/11/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P307261
LB  - CDLI:P307261
M1  - 2026/5/3/
TI  - YOS 05, 115 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P307261
ER  -
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