YOS 14, 197 (P310534)

Administrative tablet dated to the Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 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 10244

Period

Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)

Provenience

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

58.0 mm × 42.0 mm × 20.0 mm

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Text

tablet
obverse
1. 5(disz) sila3 i3-gesz
2. si-gar {d}en-ki
3. sza3 larsa{ki}-ma
4. iti NE-NE-gar
5. ki li-pi2-it-er3-ra
6. ba-zi
reverse
1. kiszib3 sza3-tam-e-ne
blank space
2. iti gan-gan-e3
3. mu us2-sa i7 an-ne2-pa3-da ba-ba-al
seal 1
1. nu-ur2-i3-li2
2. dub-sar
3. dumu ki-nu-ma-sza-szu
4. ARAD-zu
seal 2
1. [...]
2. u2-tul2 a-bi-sa-re-e
3. dumu ku-u2-ku-nu-um
seal 3
1. {d}nanna#-ur-sag#-kalam-ma
2. dub-sar dumu is,-ru-[pa-an-ni]
3. ARAD gu-un-gu-[nu-um]

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)
Consult word list of Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)

Collections

Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
Measurements (mm): 58.0 high × 42.0 wide × 20.0 thick
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Text Information

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

Related publications

primary: YOS 14, 197

[Simmons1978YOS14] Simmons, Stephen D. 1978. Early Old Babylonian Documents. Yale Oriental Series, Babylonian Texts 14. New Haven: Yale University Press.
history: RIME 4, .02.05.2003, ex. 02 (seal)

[Frayne1990RIME4] Frayne, Douglas R. 1990. Old Baylonian Period (2003-1595 BC). Royal Inscriptions of Mesopotamia Early Periods 4. University of Toronto Press.
citation: CBCY 4, p. 192, YBC 10244

[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.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: YBC 10244
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Chronology

Period: Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)
Dates Referenced: Abi-sare.05.09.00 (us2 year)
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-08-08 at 18:33:38	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
2023-01-21 at 07:05:30	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	approved
2021-05-19 at 14:23:32	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-024037) (BC-024037)
Electronic Babylonian Library (YBC.10244) (YBC.10244)

Seals

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

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
CDLI Seals 003962 (composite) (P456672)	-	Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)	Gungunum.00.00.00
CDLI Seals 026840 (composite) (P550448)	-	Early Neo-Babylonian (ca. 1150-730 BC)
dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185)	-	-

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Cite this Artifact

“YOS 14, 197 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 8, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P310534.

YOS 14, 197 artifact entry (No. P310534). (2024, August 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P310534 (Original work published 2006)

YOS 14, 197 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P310534 (Accessed: January 12, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P310534},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“YOS 14, 197 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 8, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P310534.

YOS 14, 197 artifact entry (No. P310534). (2024, August 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P310534 (Original work published 2006)

YOS 14, 197 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P310534 (Accessed: January 12, 2026).

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	year = {2024},
	month = {aug 8},
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P310534},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P310534},
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