YOS 05, 125 (P308418)

Administrative tablet & envelope 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

Lineart

Museum Collection(s)

Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Museum Number

YBC 07475

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Larsa (mod. Tell as-Senkereh)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

84.0 mm × 46.0 mm × 23.0 mm

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 2(disz) sar e2 du3-a
2. 1(disz) sar kislah
3. da e2 a-na#-{d}utu-tak2-la#-ku#
4. u3 e2 li#!-za-qar-dingir
5. e2 ta-ri-bu-un
6. u3 e-ri#-isz-tum
7. ki ta-ri#-bu-um
8. u3 e-ri-isz-tum
9. dumu-munus {d}suen-ga-mi-il
10. {disz}bal-la#-mu-HE2-he
11. in-szi-sa10
12. sa10 til-la#-ni-sze3
13. 1/2(disz) ma-na 2(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar
14. i3-la2-e
15. u4-kur2-sze3# [e2-mu nu]-ub-be2-a
reverse
1. mu lugal-[la]-bi in-pa3
2. igi [na-bi]-{d}en-lil2
3. igi# lu2-ti#-la#-di-bi
4. igi# {d}nanna-tab-ba
5. igi i-din-dingir
6. igi a-na-{d}utu-tak2-la-ku
7. igi wa-ar-da-a-ni
8. igi {d}utu-sze-mi
9. igi u-bar-{d}utu
10. igi ARAD-{d}nanna
11. igi ib-na-tum
12. igi igi-bar-{d}nanna
13. igi a-wi-ia-tum
14. igi it#-ti-e2-a-mi-il-ku
15. kiszib lu2-inim-ma-bi-mesz
16. iti diri sze-sag11-ku5
17. mu 3(disz) {gesz}gu-za bara2# [...]
envelope
obverse
1. 2(disz) sar e2 du3-a
2. 1(disz) sar kislah
3. da e2 a-na-{d}utu-tak2-la-ku
4. u3 e2 li-za-qar-dingir
5. e2 ta-ri-bu-un
6. u3 e-ri-isz-tum
7. dumu-munus {d}suen-ga-mi-il
8. ki ta-ri-bu-um
9. u3 e-ri-isz-tum
10. dumu-munus {d}suen-ga-mi-il
11. {disz}bala-mu-nam-he2
12. in-szi-sa10
13. 1/2(disz) ma-na 2(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar
14. sa10 til-la-ni-sze3
15. in-na-an-la2
reverse
1. u4-kur2-sze3# [e2-mu nu]-ub-be2-a
2. mu ARAD-{d}suen lugal in-pa3
3. igi na-bi-{d}en-lil2
4. igi# lu2-ti-la-di-bi
5. igi# {d}nanna-tab-ba
6. igi u-bar-{d}utu
7. igi i-din-dingir
8. igi igi-bar-{d}nanna
9. igi wa-ar-da-a-ni
10. igi {d}utu-sze-mi
11. igi ib-na-tum
12. igi ARAD-{d}nanna
13. igi a-wi-ia-tum
14. igi a-na-{d}utu-tak2-la-ku
15. igi it-ti-e2-a-mi-il-ku
  blank space
16. kiszib lu2-inim-ma-bi-mesz
17. [iti] diri# sze#-sag11-ku5
18. [mu 3(disz) {gesz}]gu#-za bara2 mah [... {d}]nin-gal [u3 {d}]utu-ra in#?-ku4!-re-en
  (seal impressions on both tablet and envelope*)
seal 1
1. u-bar-{d}utu
2. dumu ri-im-{d}suen
seal 2
1. {d}nanna-tab-ba
2. dumu nu-ur2-i3-li2-szu
seal 3
1. na-bi-{d}en-lil2
2. dumu {d}suen-na-s,i-ir
3. ARAD {d}mar-tu

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

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P308418

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet & envelope
Dimensions 84.0 mm × 46.0 mm × 23.0 mm
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s) Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Museum Number YBC 07475
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC) BC-021541
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) YBC.7475

References

  • primary: YOS 5, 125

    [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: Reiter diss., thesis B 72-73

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

  • history: AfO 34, p. 1-29,, 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. 142, YBC 7475

    [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
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 Artifacts

“YOS 05, 125 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 11, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P308418.
YOS 05, 125 artifact entry (No. P308418). (2024, July 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P308418 (Original work published 2006)
YOS 05, 125 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P308418 (Accessed: April 21, 2026).
@misc{2024YOS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-21]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 11},
	title = {YOS 05, 125 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P308418},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P308418},
}


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Cite this Artifacts

“YOS 05, 125 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 11, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P308418.
YOS 05, 125 artifact entry (No. P308418). (2024, July 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P308418 (Original work published 2006)
YOS 05, 125 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P308418 (Accessed: April 21, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-21]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 11},
	title = {YOS 05, 125 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P308418},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P308418},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/11/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P308418
LB  - CDLI:P308418
M1  - 2026/4/21/
TI  - YOS 05, 125 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P308418
ER  -
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