YOS 14, 124 (P308605)

Legal 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

Lineart

Museum Collection(s)

Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Museum Number

YBC 07678

Period

Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)

Provenience

Marad (mod. Wanna-wa-Sadum)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (sale)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

75.0 mm × 44.0 mm × 23.0 mm

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 2(disz) sar e2 ki-gal2-la
2. da e2 a-bi-du10
3. u3 da szu-ma-ma
4. sag-bi sila
5. [sa10] til-la-ni-sze3
6. [n ma]-na ku3-babbar
7. [in]-na-la2
8. ki i3-li2-am-ra-ni
9. a-pa-a-a
10. in-szi#-sa10
11. u4-kur2-sze3 inim nu-ga2-ga2
12. mu {d}lugal-mar2-da
reverse
1. u3 a-lum-bi-u2-mu
2. in-pa3
3. igi {d}suen-i-din-na-asz dumu i-din-{d}suen
4. igi zi-mu-e2-a dumu {d}utu-tu-kul2-ti
5. igi {d}suen-re-me-ni simug
6. igi a-ta#-na-ah-i3-li2 dumu a-bu-um-t,a3-bu-um
7. igi# a-hu-ni dub-sar
  blank space
8. iti sze-sag11-ku5
9. mu A x [(x)] x AD SZU AN ba-[x]
seal 1
1. i3-li2-am-ra-ni
2. dumu u2-ba-a-a

Text content

Genre(s) Legal (sale)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 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/P308605

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions 75.0 mm × 44.0 mm × 23.0 mm
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Marad (mod. Wanna-wa-Sadum) [uncertain]
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Museum Number YBC 07678
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC) BC-021744
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) YBC.7678

References

  • primary: YOS 14, 124

    [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: JCS 15 (pp. 49-58), 055-056

    [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. 147, YBC 7678

    [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.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-08-04 at 19:00:22 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-06-05 at 09:33:46 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
2018-06-30 at 23:36:00 Jagersma, Bram Transliteration Jagersma, Bram CDLI Approved View
2018-06-30 at 23:10:31 Jagersma, Bram Transliteration Jagersma, Bram 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 14, 124 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 4, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P308605.
YOS 14, 124 artifact entry (No. P308605). (2024, August 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P308605 (Original work published 2006)
YOS 14, 124 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P308605 (Accessed: April 10, 2026).
@misc{2024YOS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-10]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {aug 4},
	title = {YOS 14, 124 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P308605},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P308605},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/8/4/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P308605
LB  - CDLI:P308605
M1  - 2026/4/10/
TI  - YOS 14, 124 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P308605
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“YOS 14, 124 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 4, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P308605.
YOS 14, 124 artifact entry (No. P308605). (2024, August 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P308605 (Original work published 2006)
YOS 14, 124 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P308605 (Accessed: April 10, 2026).
@misc{2024YOS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-10]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {aug 4},
	title = {YOS 14, 124 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P308605},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P308605},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/8/4/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P308605
LB  - CDLI:P308605
M1  - 2026/4/10/
TI  - YOS 14, 124 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P308605
ER  -
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