YOS 12, 203 (P308070)

Administrative tablet excavated in Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah), 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 07079

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

111.0 mm × 55.0 mm × 28.0 mm

tablet
obverse
1. _1(szar2) gur {gesz}ba-ri2-ga 1(barig) 1(ban2)_
2. _1(gesz'u) sag-il2_ sza _1(asz) gur 5(ban2)_
3. _4(gesz2)! 4(u) gur_ ne-eh-lum sza _1(asz) gur 2(ban2)_
  single ruling
4. ($ blank space $) _1(szar2) 1(gesz'u) 4(gesz2) 4(u) gur {gesz}ba-ri2-ga_ {d}amar-utu
5. _sag nig2-gur11 sza3-bi-ta_
  single ruling
6. _5(gesz2) gur_ e2-a-li-di-isz
7. _4(gesz2) gur_ {d}utu-dingir
8. _4(gesz2) gur_ i-na-bala?-[...]
9. ($ blank space $) _1(gesz'u) 3(gesz2) <gur> {gesz}ba-ri2-ga 1(barig) [1(ban2)]_
10. ($ blank space $) _2(gesz2) 1(u) gur sag-il2_ sza [_1(asz) gur 5(ban2)_]
  single ruling
11. 6(gesz2) 5(u) 2(asz) ni-id-na-at-sin
12. 3(gesz2) 3(asz) _erin2_ ia-ku-nu-um
13. _5(gesz2) gur_ sze-ep-isz8-tar2 _ra2-gaba_
14. ($ blank space $) _1(gesz'u) 4(gesz2) 5(u) 5(asz) gur {gesz}ba-ri2-ga <1(barig)> 4(disz) sila3_
15. ($ blank space $) _5(u) 9(asz) gur sag-il2_ sza# _1(asz) gur 2(ban2)_
  single ruling
16. ($ blank space $) _3(gesz'u) 1(gesz2) 4(asz) 3(barig) 2(ban2) gur {gesz}ba-ri2-ga_ {d}amar-utu
17. ($ blank space $) _mu-kux(DU)_ na-at-ba-kum
  single ruling
18. _1(gesz'u) 3(gesz2) 4(asz) 3(barig) 2(ban2) dumu-mesz esz2-gar3 erin2_ gu2-du8-a{ki}
19. _1(gesz2) 7(asz) esz2-gar3 erin2 bad3_ ha-am-mu-ra-pi2
20. _4(u) gur esz2-gar3 erin2_ al-ta-rum
21. ($ blank space $) _1(gesz'u) 4(gesz2) 5(u) 1(asz) 3(barig) gur_
reverse
1. ($ blank space $) _sze-ba esz2-gar3 erin2 bad3 didli_
  single ruling
2. _3(u) 9(asz)_ dumu-ki _sipa u8 udu hi-a_
3. _4(u) gur_ a-pil2-ki _sipa_
4. _1(u) 2(asz) 1(barig)_ a-wi-il-e2-a
5. ($ blank space $) _1(gesz2) 3(u) 1(asz) 1(barig) sze-ba sipa-mesz_
  single ruling
6. _7(gesz2) 1(u) 2(asz) 2(barig) 1/3(disz)_-tam ia-ah-su-ub-el3
7. _5(u) 2(asz) 1/3(disz)_-tam szu-ta-mi-rum
8. _1(gesz'u) 2(gesz2) 1(u) 4(asz) 1/3(disz)_-tam dumu?-ki
9. ($ blank space $) _2(gesz'u) 1(u) 8(asz) 2(barig) {gesz}ba-ri2-ga 1(barig) 1(ban2)_
10. ($ blank space $) _3(gesz2) 2(u) 3(asz) 2(ban2) sag-il2_ sza _1(asz) gur# 2(ban2)_
11. ($ blank space $) _2(gesz'u) 3(gesz2) 4(u) 1(asz) 2(ban2)_
12. ($ blank space $) _{gesz}ba-ri2-ga#_ {d}amar#-[utu]
13. ($ blank space $) TE-hu-um [...]
  Feigin, YOS 12, p. 49b, reads here the name pir-hu-um
  single ruling
14. _1(szar2) 1(gesz'u) 1(gesz2) 9(asz) gur {gesz}ba-ri2-ga_
15. _la2-ia3 3(gesz2) 3(u) 1(asz) gur ki_ dingir-uru4
16. _sza3_ 1(gesz2) 2(u) 7(asz) gur sze 1(barig) gu2 nig2 tur-tur_
17. _ib2-tak4 2(gesz2) 4(asz) gur_
  single ruling
18. _iti sze-sag11-ku5 u4 1(u) 1(disz)-kam_
19. _mu alan szud3-de3_

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)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
  • Measurements (mm): 111.0 high × 55.0 wide × 28.0 thick
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  • primary: YOS 12, 203

    [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.

  • history: Chambon & Marti, RA 111 (2017) 73-74

    [sec71282] N.d.

  • history: Fs Birot (pp. 285-306), 288-290

    [Veenhof1985FsBirot] Veenhof, Klaas R. 1985. “Sag-Íl-La =saggilû, “Difference Assessed on Measuring and Accounting in Some Old Babylonian Texts.” In Miscellanea Babylonica : Mélanges Offerts à Maurice Birot, edited by Jean-Marie Durand and Jean-Robert Kupper, 285–306. Paris : Éditions Recherche sur les civilisations.

  • citation: CBCY 4, p. 136, YBC 7079

    [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.

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  • Museum No.: YBC 07079
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-08-09 at 16:34:14 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-07-31 at 16:36:39 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
2022-06-07 at 14:33:16 Jagersma, Bram Atf Jagersma, Bram CDLI approved View
2022-06-07 at 14:17:49 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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Cite this Artifact

“YOS 12, 203 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 9, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P308070.
YOS 12, 203 artifact entry (No. P308070). (2024, August 9). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P308070 (Original work published 2006)
YOS 12, 203 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P308070 (Accessed: September 23, 2025).
@misc{2024YOS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-09-23]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {aug 9},
	title = {YOS 12, 203 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P308070},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P308070},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/8/9/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P308070
LB  - CDLI:P308070
M1  - 2025/9/23/
TI  - YOS 12, 203 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P308070
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“YOS 12, 203 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 9, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P308070.
YOS 12, 203 artifact entry (No. P308070). (2024, August 9). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P308070 (Original work published 2006)
YOS 12, 203 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P308070 (Accessed: September 23, 2025).
@misc{2024YOS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-09-23]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {aug 9},
	title = {YOS 12, 203 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P308070},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P308070},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/8/9/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P308070
LB  - CDLI:P308070
M1  - 2025/9/23/
TI  - YOS 12, 203 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P308070
ER  -
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