YOS 14, 008 (P311404)

Business / Contracts tablet excavated in Shaduppum (mod. Tell Harmal), 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 11159

Period

Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)

Provenience

Shaduppum (mod. Tell Harmal)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal > Business / Contracts (contract)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

59.0 mm × 41.0 mm × 26.0 mm

Has seal impression(s)

tablet
obverse
1. {disz}{d}suen-mu-sza-lim
2. a-na _mu 1(disz)-kam_
3. {disz}tu-tu-ub-ma-gir
4. i-gu-ur-szu
5. _4(asz) gur sze a2-bi_
6. _6(disz) ma-na siki-ba_
7. _iti_ e-lu-nim _u4 1(disz)-kam_
8. i-ru-ub
reverse
1. _igi_ ARAD2-{d}tiszpak _dumu_ u2-qa-il3
2. _igi_ tu-tu-ub-ma-gir dumu dam-qa-nu-um
3. _igi_ il3-szu-na-s,ir _dumu_ be-el-szu-nu
4. _mu erin2 su-bir4! he2-na {gesz}tukul ba-sag3_
seal 1
1. tu-tu-ub-ma-gir
2. _dumu_ dam-qa-nu-um
3. _ARAD2_ sza x [...] x
seal 2
  (uninscribed, with caption:)
1. _kiszib3_ ARAD2-{d}tiszpak

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)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
  • Measurements (mm): 59.0 high × 41.0 wide × 26.0 thick
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  • primary: YOS 14, 8

    [Simmons1978YOS14] Simmons, Stephen D. 1978. Early Old Babylonian Documents. Yale Oriental Series, Babylonian Texts 14. New Haven: Yale University Press.

  • history: JCS 13, p.105-119, p. 107 no. 8

    [Simmons1959Harmal-2] Simmons, Stephen D. 1959. “Early Old Babylonian Tablets from Harmal and Elsewhere (Continued).” Journal of Cuneiform Studies 13 (4): 105–19. https://doi.org/10.2307/1359133.

  • citation: CBCY 4, p. 227, YBC 11159

    [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.

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  • Museum No.: YBC 11159
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
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 View
2021-05-20 at 07:50:01 Jagersma, Bram Atf Jagersma, Bram CDLI approved View
2018-05-12 at 21:01:35 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2018-04-29 at 09:13:03 Firth, Richard Atf Firth, Richard CDLI approved View
2018-02-26 at 01:36:21 Firth, Richard Atf Firth, Richard CDLI approved View
2006-02-08 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Englund, Robert K.; Guerra, Dylan; Middeke-Conlin, Robert; Pace, Carl Yale Babylonian Collection CDLI approved View

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

Seal Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 012557 (composite) (P500975) Shaduppum (mod. Tell Harmal) Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)

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Cite this Artifact
“YOS 14, 008 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P311404.
YOS 14, 008 artifact entry (No. P311404). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P311404 (Original work published 2006)
YOS 14, 008 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P311404 (Accessed: June 2, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-06-02]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {YOS 14, 008 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P311404},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P311404},
}


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