YNER 08, 21 (P112513)

Administrative tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

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Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Museum Number

NBC 10802 + 10803

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

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tablet
obverse
1. [1(u) 4(disz) ma]-na 5(disz) 1/2(disz) gin2 [2(u) 2(disz)] 1/2(disz)# sze ku3-babbar
  blank space
2. sza3-bi-ta
3. 6(gesz2) 2(asz) 1(barig) 4(ban2) sze gur
4. ku3-bi# 9(disz) ma-na 3(disz) 1/2(disz) gin2
  calculation: 362 100/300 @ 200/300 gur/shekel = 543.5
  n gal2 at end of line, erased?
5. 4(u) 1(asz) 2(barig) 1(ban2) ziz2 gur
6. ku3#-bi 2/3(disz) ma-na 4(disz) 2/3(disz) gin2
  calculation: 41 130/300 @ 278.28?/300 gur/shekel = 44.67 (?)
  blank space
  erasure
7. guru7-a kux(KWU147)-ra
8. 3(u) 1(asz) sze gur
9. ku3-bi 1/2(disz) ma-na 1(disz) gin2
  calculation: 31 @ 300/300 gur/shekel = 31
10. 3(u) zu2-lum gur
11. ku3-bi ($ blank space $)
  calculation: ?
12. sze-ba bahar3 ma-da
13. ($ blank space $) 1(u) ma-na 1(u) 9(disz) gin2# igi-6(disz)-gal2
  calculation: 543 1/2 + 44 2/3 + 31 = 619 1/6
reverse
  blank space
1. ugu2 ka-guru7 ga2-ga2-dam
2. 4(asz) i3-gesz gur
3. ku3-bi 1(disz) 1/3(disz) ma-na
  calculation: 1200 sila3 @ 15 sila3/shekel = 80
4. kiszib3 {d}szara2-kam
5. 1(disz) ma-na ku3 sa10-am3 i3-gesz
6. 1(disz) ma-na ku3 sa10-am3 uruda
7. 5/6(disz) ma-na 9(disz) gin2 nig2-sa10-ma! didli
8. 1/2(disz) ma-na 8(disz) 1/2(disz) gin2 dab5 ku3 sze
9. kiszib3 ur-{d}dumu-zi-da [...]
10. 2(u)? [n? gin2 ...]
11. lu2-kal-la szu ba-ti
12. 1(u) 7(disz) gin2 la2 7(disz) 1/2(disz) sze ku3 nig2-sa10-ma a-pi4-sal4{ki}
13. giri3 lu2-{d}ha-ia3
14. 1(u) 7(disz) gin2 ku3 numun szum2!-sikil-ka sa10-a
15. giri3 za-a-a
16. ($ blank space $) 3(disz)#? 2/3(disz)#? 6(disz) 1/3(disz) gin2 2(u) 2(disz) sze#
  calculation: 80 + 60 + 60 + 59 + 38 1/2 + (20? +) 16 172.5/180 + 17 = 351 82.5/180 ? (text has 226 82.5/180 ?)
17. szunigin 1(u) 4(disz)# [ma-na] 5(disz)# 1/2(disz) gin2# 2(u) 2(disz)# 1/2(disz)# sze ku3-babbar
  calculation: 619 30/180 + 226 82.5/180(?) = 845 112.5/180
18. zi#-[ga]-am3
19. [mu {d}szu]-{d}suen lugal-e [bad3 mar]-tu mu-du3

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: YNER 8, 21

    [Snell1982YNER8] Snell, Daniel C. 1982. Ledgers and Prices. Early Mesopotamian Merchant Accounts. Yale Near Eastern Researches 8. New Haven: Yale University Press.

  • citation: CBCY 3, p. 245, NBC 10802 + 10803

    [Sigrist2001CBCY3] Sigrist, Marcel. 2001. Neo-Sumerian Archival Texts in the Nies Babylonian Collection. Catalogue of the Babylonian Collections at Yale 3. Bethesda, Maryland: CDL Press.

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  • Museum No.: NBC 10802 + 10803
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  • Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.04.00.00
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  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-03-09 at 12:32:19 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Gacia, Veronika; Sallaberger, Walther Vegetable Oils and Animal Fats in Early Urban Societies of Syro-Mesopotamia Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2018-03-23 at 18:53:26 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2017-03-03 at 09:56:26 Englund, Robert K. Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2016-07-24 at 12:14:11 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:34:48 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:15:33 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:19:29 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“YNER 08, 21 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 9, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P112513.
YNER 08, 21 artifact entry (No. P112513). (2023, March 9). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P112513 (Original work published 2001)
YNER 08, 21 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P112513 (Accessed: April 20, 2024).
@misc{2023YNER,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-04-20]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {mar 9},
	title = {YNER 08, 21 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P112513},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P112513},
}


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