YOS 04, 256 (P142320)

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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Museum Collection(s)

Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Museum Number

YBC 01151

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. 3(disz) {gesz}u3-suh5 1(disz) ninda-ta
2. 8(disz) {gesz}u3-suh5 6(disz) kusz3-ta
3. 1(u) la2 1(disz) gesz-ur3 8(disz) kusz3-ta
4. 1(u) 4(disz) gesz-ur3 4(disz) kusz3-ta
5. 1(u) 6(disz) {gesz}zi-qur8-ru-um 1(disz) 1/2(disz) kusz3-ta
6. 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 esir2 E2-A gesz-ur3 1(disz)-e ba-ab-su-ub
7. 1(ban2) 1(disz) sila3 i3-gesz
8. 3(u) 3(asz) 1(barig) esir2 had2 gur
9. 1(asz) 1(barig) esir2 E2-A gur
10. e2 ki-tusz e2 pa-lu5 kisal u3 en-du ba-ra-ab-du8
11. 1(u) 5(disz) ma-na siki-ud5
12. 3(disz) sar kid gi-sal4
13. gi#-bi 1(gesz2) 4(u) 8(disz) sa
14. a2#-bi u4 1(u) 8(disz)-kam
column 2
1. 5(disz) sa gi ti-um-ma
2. 5(disz) gil gazi a2-an tur UD? 1(u) 1(disz)? 1(disz) 1/2(disz) ninda
3. gi-bi 1(gesz2) 1(u) 5(disz) sa
4. a2-bi u4 2(u)-kam?
5. 3(u) gi-gur5
6. gi-bi 1(u) 5(disz) sa
7. {u2}a-|ZI&ZI| nig2-ub-ba-bi 1(asz) gu2
8. a2-bi u4 3(disz)
9. 4(ban2) mun
10. 3(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 gazi
11. szu gesz-ur3-ka ba-a-si
12. 3(u) 1(barig) kasz gur pu2
13. 1(gesz'u) 3(u) dug 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3
14. a2-bi u4 5(gesz2) 4(u) 6(disz)
15. du10-us2-sze3
16. sza3 ge6-par4
17. 1(u) 4(disz) {gesz}u3#-suh5 gal DISZ? 1(u) la2 1(disz) kusz3-ta
18. 1(u) 1(disz) {gesz}u3-suh5 4(disz) [kusz3]-ta#
reverse
column 1
1. 1(u) 8(disz) gesz-ur3 1(u) la2 1(disz) kusz3-ta
2. 1(u) 5(disz) gesz-ur3 7(disz) kusz3-ta
3. 3(u) 2(disz) gesz-ur3 4(disz) kusz3-ta
4. 6(disz) {gesz}dal us2? 4(disz) kusz3-ta
5. 1(u) 3(disz) {gesz}zi-qur8-ru-um 2(disz) kusz3-ta
6. 1(barig) 4(ban2) 2(disz) sila3 gesz-ur3 A gesz x-e ba-ab-su-ub
7. 2(u) 6(disz) 2/3(disz) sar kid gi-sal4
8. gi-bi 1(gesz'u) 6(disz) x
9. a2-bi u4 2(gesz2) 4(u)
10. 1(u) 2(disz) sa gi ti-um-ma
11. 1(gesz'u) gil gazi a2-an tur 3(u)? 1(u) 1(disz)? 1(disz) 1/2(disz) ninda
12. gi-bi 2(gesz2) 3(u)
13. a2-bi u4 4(u)
14. 5(u) gi-gur5
15. gi-bi 2(u) 5(disz) sa
16. {u2}a-|ZI&ZI| nig2-ub-ba-bi 1(asz) 1/2(asz) gu2
17. a2-bi u4 5(disz)
column 2
1. [x] ma#-na siki-ud5 x-tum-ma-sze3
2. [...] mun
3. 3(ban2) gazi
4. szu gesz-ur3-ka ba-a-si
5. 8(disz) ma-na sze-gin2
6. ba-ni-UD-KA-sze3?
7. x-x-DISZ-sze3?
8. 6(asz) 2(barig) 3(ban2) sze gur
9. [...] 5(disz) sila3 i3-gesz
10. sze-ba i3-ba szitim-ma
11. 5(disz) sila3 i3-gesz gesz mu sar murgu2 ar-za-ga2 ba-ab-x
12. 3(asz) sze kasz ninda gur
13. 5(disz) sila3 i3-gesz
14. u4-e kasz-de2-a
15. 2(gesz'u) 5(gesz2) in-u gur
16. im-ma ba-a-si
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17. zi-ga e2 ga-esz
18. mu kiszib3 ur-mu-mu4 szum2-mu-da-sze3
19. mu ab-ba-gi-na
left
1. mu hu-uh2-nu-ri{ki} ba-hul
seal 1
1. ab-ba-gi-na
2. dub-sar
3. dumu lugal-ma2-gur8-re

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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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  • Condition Description:
  • Join Information:
  • Seal no.:
  • Seal information:

    sealed

  • Artifact comments:

  • primary: YOS 4, 256

    [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 01151
  • Accession No.:

  • Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.07.00.00
  • Alternative Years:
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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
2011-07-22 at 14:23:33 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:31:09 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 001893.2 (composite) (P533324) - -

General Notes: -
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Cite this Artifact
“YOS 04, 256 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P142320.
YOS 04, 256 artifact entry (No. P142320). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P142320 (Original work published 2001)
YOS 04, 256 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P142320 (Accessed: April 16, 2024).
@misc{2023YOS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-04-16]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {YOS 04, 256 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P142320},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P142320},
}


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