YOS 12, 256 (P308961)

Administrative 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 08045

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Pī-Kasî (mod. Tell Abu Antiq)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Akkadian, Sumerian

Measurements

41.0 mm × 40.0 mm × 21.0 mm

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. _1(u) gur zu2-lum {gesz}ban2_ {d}marduk
2. _ki e2-gal_-lim u3 {d}utu-na-s,ir
3. {disz}ib-ni-{d}mar-tu
4. _szu ba-an-ti_
5. _mu-kux(DU) buru14-sze3 zu2-lum_
6. na-asz-pa-ak il-qu2-u2
reverse
1. _zu2-lum_ u2-ta-ar
single ruling
2. _1(asz) gur 1(barig) zu2-lum_ u2-s,a-ab
3. ka-at-ta {d}marduk-da-ia-an
single ruling
4. _nu-{gesz}kiri6_ ta-ri-bu-um
5. _iti ab-e3-a u4 2(u)-kam_
6. _mu {gesz}tukul szu-nir gar-ra_
seal 1
(indistinct seal impressions)

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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): 41.0 high × 40.0 wide × 21.0 thick
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Text Information

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

Related publications

primary: YOS 12, 256

[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. 162, YBC 8045

[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 08045
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.07.10.20
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-08-15 at 10:05:58	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
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
2021-07-17 at 07:23:42	Jagersma, Bram	Transliteration	Jagersma, Bram		CDLI	Approved
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

External Resources

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

Yale Babylonian Collection (BC-022113) (BC-022113)
Electronic Babylonian Library (YBC.8045) (YBC.8045)

Seals

This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185)	-	-

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Cite this Artifacts

“YOS 12, 256 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 15, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P308961.

YOS 12, 256 artifact entry (No. P308961). (2024, August 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P308961 (Original work published 2006)

YOS 12, 256 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P308961 (Accessed: January 26, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P308961},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“YOS 12, 256 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 15, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P308961.

YOS 12, 256 artifact entry (No. P308961). (2024, August 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P308961 (Original work published 2006)

YOS 12, 256 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P308961 (Accessed: January 26, 2026).

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	year = {2024},
	month = {aug 15},
	title = {YOS 12, 256 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P308961},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P308961},
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