YOS 04, 159 (P142223)

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 00995

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

-

Has seal impression(s)

tablet
obverse
1. tu-ra al-ba-ni-du11
2. iti pa4-u2-e-ta
3. u4 1(u) 3(disz)-am3 ba-[ra]-zal-la-ta
  some text moved to next line
4. iti [{d}dumu]-zi-sze3
reverse
1. ugula ur-{d}ma-[mi]
2. kiszib3 szesz-a-ni
  blank space
3. mu {d}szu-{d}suen lugal-e na-ru2-a-mah mu-du3
seal 1
1. szesz-a-ni
2. dub-sar
3. dumu da-da

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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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  • primary: YOS 4, 159

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

  • history: ENES, 0644 (seal)

    [Buchanan1981ENES] Buchanan, Briggs. 1981. Early Near Eastern Seals in the Yale Babylonian Collection. Yale University Press.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: YBC 00995
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  • Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.06.11.13, Šū-Suen.06.12.00
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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
2016-01-21 at 21:12:56 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:23:17 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:31:04 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 004082.3 (composite) (P533838) - -

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Cite this Artifact
“YOS 04, 159 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P142223.
YOS 04, 159 artifact entry (No. P142223). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P142223 (Original work published 2001)
YOS 04, 159 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P142223 (Accessed: March 14, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-03-14]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {YOS 04, 159 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P142223},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P142223},
}


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