YBC 12456 (P312399)
Administrative tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USAMetadata / catalogue
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Museum Collection(s)
Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USAMuseum Number
YBC 12456Period
Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)Provenience
Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
Administrative (messenger text)Language(s)
SumerianMeasurements
26.0 mm × 29.0 mm × 12.0 mm
- Artifact type: Tablet
- Material: Clay
- Measurements (mm): 26.0 high × 29.0 wide × 12.0 thick
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- Genre(s): Administrative (messenger text)
- Language(s): Sumerian
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history: Yale Messenger, 067
[McNeil1970YaleMessenger] McNeil, Robert Clayton. 1970. “The ‘Messenger Texts’ of the Third Ur Dynasty.” Phdthesis, University of Pennsylvania.
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- Museum No.: YBC 12456
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- Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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- Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
- Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.05.10.19
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| Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
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| 2024-07-07 at 13:59:26 | Firth, Richard | Artifact, Other Entity | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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| 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 |
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| 2006-02-08 at 00:00:00 | CDLI | Artifact | Englund, Robert K.; Guerra, Dylan; Middeke-Conlin, Robert; Pace, Carl | Yale Babylonian Collection | CDLI | approved |
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Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:
- Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (074467) (074467)
- Yale Babylonian Collection (BC-026251) (BC-026251)
- Electronic Babylonian Library (YBC.12456) (YBC.12456)
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Cite this Artifact
“YBC 12456 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 7, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P312399.
YBC 12456 artifact entry (No. P312399). (2024, July 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P312399 (Original work published 2006)
YBC 12456 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P312399 (Accessed: November 7, 2025).
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