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YOS 12, 434 (P307345)

Legal tablet excavated in Pī-Kasî (mod. Tell Abu Antiq), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 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 06311

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Pī-Kasî (mod. Tell Abu Antiq)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal

Language(s)

Akkadian, Sumerian

Measurements

75.0 mm × 47.0 mm × 22.0 mm

Text

tablet
obverse
1. _1(esze3) 3(iku) GAN2 {gesz}kiri6_
2. s,i-bi-it {disz}dumu-{i7}a-ra-<ah>-ti
3. u3 hu-ub-tum
4. _{gesz}kiri6 iri_ ra-ba-ba-a-i{ki}
5. {u2}ru-us2 _szu-ku6_
6. _gu2 i7_ na!-qa2-ab#-nu-<uh>-szi
Durand & Charpin, RA 75 (1981) p. 28-29
7. [_ki_] dumu#-{d}utu {disz}{d}[suen]-i-din-nam
8. [{disz}]ta#-ri-ba-tum# {disz}szu-nu-ma-dingir
9. [{disz}{d}]suen-a-ha-i-din-nam {disz}i-din-isz8-tar2
10. u3# ma-du-tim
11. {disz}{d}iszkur-ra-bi
12. u3 i-din-an-dul3-la-ma-ha-ar#
reverse
1. a-na _nig2-gar-ra ib2#-ta-e3-a_
2. a-na pi2-[ha-at] _{gesz}kiri6_
3. ru-uk-ku-bi
4. u3 _gesz_ na-ak-si
5. i-ip!-pa-al-szu-nu-ti
single ruling
6. _igi_ a-hu-u2-a-tum
7. _igi_ {d}suen-im-gur-an-ni
8. _iti ab-e3-a u4 1(u) 5(disz)-kam_
9. _mu_ sa-am-su-i-lu-na _lugal usu# ir9-ra {d}en-lil2-la2 ma-an-szum2-ma_

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Consult word list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Collections

Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
Measurements (mm): 75.0 high × 47.0 wide × 22.0 thick
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Text Information

Genre(s): Legal
Language(s): Akkadian, Sumerian

Related publications

primary: YOS 12, 434

[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.
citation: CBCY 4, p. 112, YBC 6311

[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. 521

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

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: YBC 06311
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Pī-Kasî (mod. Tell Abu Antiq)
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Chronology

Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Dates Referenced: Samsu-iluna.23.10.15
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-08-15 at 10:05:58	Firth, Richard	Artifact, Other Entity	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
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
2022-06-08 at 10:13:47	Jagersma, Bram	Atf	Jagersma, Bram		CDLI	approved
2006-02-08 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	Englund, Robert K.; Guerra, Dylan; Middeke-Conlin, Robert; Pace, Carl	Yale Babylonian Collection	CDLI	approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Yale Babylonian Collection (BC-020377) (BC-020377)
Electronic Babylonian Library (YBC.6311) (YBC.6311)

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Cite this Artifact

“YOS 12, 434 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 15, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P307345.

YOS 12, 434 artifact entry (No. P307345). (2024, August 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P307345 (Original work published 2006)

YOS 12, 434 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P307345 (Accessed: December 23, 2025).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-23]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {aug 15},
	title = {YOS 12, 434 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P307345},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P307345},
}

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TI  - YOS 12, 434 artifact entry
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ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“YOS 12, 434 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 15, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P307345.

YOS 12, 434 artifact entry (No. P307345). (2024, August 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P307345 (Original work published 2006)

YOS 12, 434 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P307345 (Accessed: December 23, 2025).

@misc{2024YOS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-23]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {aug 15},
	title = {YOS 12, 434 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P307345},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P307345},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/8/15/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P307345
LB  - CDLI:P307345
M1  - 2025/12/23/
TI  - YOS 12, 434 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P307345
ER  -