YOS 04, 225 (P142289)

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, USA

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Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Museum Number

YBC 03883

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

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
column 1
1. [...] 4(u) sar u2 {gesz}haszhur bu3-ra 2(u) sar-ta
2. a2#-bi u4 1(u) 7(disz)-kam
3. [...] 3(gesz'u) 3(gesz2) 3(u) sar {u2}kiszi17! ku5-a 1(u) 5(disz) sar-[ta]
4. a2#-bi u4 6(gesz2) 1(u) 6(disz)-kam
5. 6(gesz2) 4(u)# sar {u2}kiszi17 ku5-a 2(u) sar-ta
6. a2-bi u4 2(u)-kam
7. 2(gesz'u) 1(u) 5(disz) sar {u2}kiszi17 ku5-a 1(u) sar-ta
8. a2-bi u4 2(gesz2) 1(disz) 1/2(disz)-kam
9. 1(gesz'u) 1(gesz2) sar {u2}kiszi17 ku5-a 1(u) 2(disz) sar-ta
10. a2-bi u4 5(u) 5(disz)-[kam]
11. 2(gesz'u) 8(gesz2) 2(disz) 1/2(disz) sar 3(disz) sar-ta gi zex(SIG7)-a 1(u) 2(disz) <x>-ta
12. a2-bi u4 1(gesz2) 4(u) 9(disz) 1/2(disz)-kam
13. 7(gesz2) 1(u) 2(disz) sar gi zex(SIG7)-a 1(u) 2(disz) sar-ta
14. a2-bi u4 3(u) 6(disz)-kam
column 2
1. 1(gesz'u) sar gi zex(SIG7)-a 2(u) sar-ta
2. a2-bi u4 3(u)-kam
3. 1(u) 2(disz) 4(u) 5(disz)
4. giri3 ha-ba-lu5-ge2
5. 2(gesz'u) 7(gesz2) 6(disz) sar u2 {gesz}haszhur zex(SIG7)-a 1(u) 2(disz) sar-[ta]
6. a2-bi u4 2(gesz2) 1(u) 5(disz)-[kam]
7. 1(gesz'u) 3(gesz2) 2(u) sar u2 [{gesz}]haszhur bu3-ra 1(u) [sar-ta]
8. a2-bi u4# 2(u)-kam
9. 5(gesz'u) 2(gesz2) 7(disz) 1/2(disz) sar u2 {gesz}haszhur [x 1(u) 5(disz) sar]-ta#
10. a2-bi u4 3(gesz2) 2(u)-[kam]
11. 2(gesz'u) 2(gesz2) sar u2 gesz#-[x] 2(u) sar#-[ta]
12. a2-bi u4 1(gesz2) 4(disz)-[kam]
13. 1(gesz'u) 6(gesz2) 5(u) 2(disz) 1/2(disz) sar gi zex(SIG7)-a 1(u) 5(disz) [sar-ta]
14. a2-bi u4 1(gesz2) 7(disz) [...] 4(gesz2) 2(u) 5(disz) sar u2 [...]
reverse
column 1
1. a2#-[bi ...] x [...]
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2'. [...] x [...]
3'. [...] 5(disz) sar#-ta#
4'. [...] zex(SIG7)-a 1(u) [...]
5'. a2-bi u4 1(u) 3(disz)-[kam]
6'. 2(gesz'u) 3(gesz2) 3(u) 6(disz) sar {gesz}dih3 ku5-a [...] 3(u) la2 1(disz) sar-ta#
7'. a2-bi u4 1(gesz2) 5(u)-[kam]
8'. 2(gesz2) 3(u) 5(disz) sar {gesz}dih3# 1(u) sar#-[ta]
9'. a2-bi u4 1(u) 1(disz)-[kam]
10'. 1(gesz'u) 2(gesz2) 4(u) sar# x [...] 1(u) sar#-[ta]
11'. a2-bi u4 3(u) 7(disz)-kam
12'. 2(gesz'u) 8(gesz2) 1(u) sar {u2}kiszi17 ku5-[a ...] 1(u) 5(disz) sar-ta#
13'. a2-bi u4 1(gesz2) 5(u) 4(disz)-kam
14'. 9(gesz2) 2(u) sar {u2}kiszi17 ku5-a 1(u) sar-ta
15'. a2-bi u4 5(u) 6(disz)-kam
16'. 5(gesz'u) 8(gesz2) sar gi zex(SIG7)-a 2(u) sar-ta
column 2
1. [a2]-bi# [...] 3(gesz2) 1(u) 5(disz) sar#-[ta]
2. a2-bi [...]
3. 1(gesz2) 4(u) 8(disz) sar# [...] sar-ta#
4. a2-bi u4 1(u) 8(disz) [...] 5(u) 1/2(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3# ma2? gesz? DU sig4 la2 [x] x-a
5. 5(u) 2(disz) gurusz sza3-gu4 palil2
6. ugula lugal-iti#-da#
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7. a-sza3 {d}amar-{d}suen-{d}szara2-ki-ag2 a-sza3 ur-{d}ur3-gal a-sza3 ki#-duru5-dun u3 tug2-gesz x GAN2
8. a-sza3-ge kin ak
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9. x gu-u2-gu-a
10. giri3# lu2-{d}szara2
11. [mu] us2-sa {d}szu-{d}suen lugal#-e bad3 mar-tu mu#-du3
seal 1
1. gu-u2-gu-a
2. dub-sar
3. dumu ma-an-szum2

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: YOS 4, 225

    [Keiser1919YOS4] Keiser, Clarence E. 1919. Selected Temple Documents of the Ur Dynasty. Yale Oriental Series, Babylonian Texts, Vol. 4. New Haven: Yale University Press.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: YBC 03883
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  • Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.05.00.00 (us2 year)
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  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-01-19 at 09:57:24 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2015-08-04 at 15:46:22 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:23:30 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2009-06-03 at 11:12:08 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:31:08 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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

Seal Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 002372.2 (composite) (P533411) - -

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Cite this Artifact
“YOS 04, 225 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P142289.
YOS 04, 225 artifact entry (No. P142289). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P142289 (Original work published 2001)
YOS 04, 225 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P142289 (Accessed: April 26, 2024).
@misc{2023YOS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-04-26]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {YOS 04, 225 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P142289},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P142289},
}


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