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YOS 05, 009 (P305887)
Administrative, Old Babylonian, Ur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | YOS 05, 009 |
|---|---|
| ID | P305887 |
| Museum no. | YBC 04735 |
| Collection | Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Administrative |
| Find spot | Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar) |
| Coordinates | 30.9607, 46.1063 |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched)
Machine draft. The right-hand column is machine English from ixmon/atf-to-english (atf-en-t5base-F, 2026-10-17), generated line by line from the transliteration. It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1 | 5(gesz2) 4(u) 6(disz) u8 2(gesz2) 1(u) 8(disz) kir11 ASZ-ur4 | 346 ewes, 218 female lambs, |
| 2 | 5(gesz2) 3(u) 4(disz) udu-nita2 1(gesz2) 5(u) 8(disz) sila4 ASZ-ur4 [5(disz)] masz2#-gal# | 154 rams, 58 male lambs, goats, 5 billy goats |
| 3 | ($ blank space $) 1(geszu) 5(gesz2) 3(u) 6(disz) u8 udu hi-a 5(disz) masz2-gal | (total:) 96 ewes, sheep and goats, 5 billy goats |
| 4 | SZID-si-ga ku4-ra na-<gada> a-bi-t,a3-bu-um | ŠID-siga, entering, the naĝada priest of Abī-ṭabum |
| 5 | 5(gesz2) 3(u) 8(disz) u8 2(gesz2) 1(u) 5(disz) kir11# ASZ-ur4 | 198 ewes, 155 female kids |
| 6 | 7(gesz2)# 1(disz) udu-nita2 1(gesz2) 4(u) 8(disz) sila4 [ASZ]-ur4# | 61 rams, 88 male lambs |
| 7 | 2(disz) ud5 2(disz) masz2-gal# | 2 nanny goats, 2 billy goats |
| 8 | ($ blank space $) 1(geszu) 6(gesz2) 4(u) 2(disz) u8 udu hi-a 4(disz)# ud5# masz2 hi-a | (total:) 62 ewes, sucklings, 4 goats, sheep, and goats |
| 9 | na-gada u-bar-{d}suen szesz-[a]-ni | herdsman: Ubar-Suen, his brother |
| 10 | ($ blank space $) szu-nigin2 3(geszu) 2(gesz2)# 2(u) u8 udu# hi-a 9(disz)# ud5# masz2 hi-a | total: 220 ewes and sheep, 9 goats and kids, |
| 11 | i3-dab5 a-bi#-t,a3#-bu-um | took in charge of Abī-ṭabum |
| 12 | 2(gesz) 5(u) 7(disz) u8 1(gesz) 3(u)# 2(disz)# kir11 ASZ-ur4 | 157 ewes, 72 female lambs |
| 13 | 5(gesz) 1(u) 3(disz) udu-nita2 1(gesz2) 2(u) sila4 ASZ-ur4 | 313 rams, 120 male lambs, |
| 14 | 3(disz) ud5 5(disz) masz2-gal | 3 nanny goats, 5 billy goats |
| 15 | ($ blank space $) 1(geszu) 1(gesz2) 2(disz) u8 udu hi-a 8(disz)# ud5 masz2 hi-a | (total:) 62 ewes, sucklings, 8 billy goats, |
| 16 | na-gada im-gur-{d}suen dumu a-hu-ni | herdsman: Imgur-Sîn, son of Ahuni |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | 1(gesz2) 1(u) 4(disz) u8 5(u) 8(disz) kir11 ASZ-ur4 | 104 ewes, 58 female lambs, |
| 2 | 1(gesz2) 3(u) 6(disz) udu-nita2 2(u) sila4 ASZ-ur4 | 96 rams, 20 male lambs, |
| 3 | 7(disz) ud5 5(disz) {munus}<asz2>-gar3 gub 8(disz) masz2-gal 5(disz) masz2 gub | 7 nanny goats, 5 female kids stationed, 8 full-grown billy goats (and) 5 young goats stations, |
| 4 | ($ blank space $) 4(gesz2) 8(disz) u8 udu hi-a 2(u) 5(disz) ud5 masz2 hi-a | (total:) 188 ewes, sucklings, 25 nanny goats, |
| 5 | na-gada ARAD2-{d}suen dumu im-gur-{d}suen | Nagada, Warad-Sin, son of Imgur-Sîn |
| 6 | ($ blank space $) szu-nigin2 1(geszu) 5(gesz2) 1(u) u8 udu hi-a 3(u) 3(disz) ud5 masz2 hi-a | total: 113 ewes, sucklings, 33 billy goats, |
| 7 | nig2-szu im-gur-{d}suen dumu a-hu-ni | property of Imgur-Sîn, son of Ahuni |
| 8 | i3-dab5 ib-ni-e2-a dumu ur-e2-an-na | he accepted; Ibni-Ea, son of Ur-Eanna; |
| 9 | ($ blank space $) szu-nigin2-nigin2 4(geszu) 7(gesz2) 2(u) 9(disz) u8 udu hi-a 4(u) 2(disz) ud5 masz2 hi-a | total: 469 ewes, rams, 42 billy goats, |
| 10 | a-ra2 9(disz)-kam | 9 times |
| 11 | giri3 ip-qu2-{d}iszkur u2-tul2 | via Ipqu-Addu, the cook; |
| 12 | szu sza3-tam-e-ne | Hand of the Heart |
| 13 | iti sze-sag11-ku5 | month "Harvest," |
| 14 | mu s,i-li2-{d}iszkur nam-lugal-ta sir2-ra | year: “Ṣillī-Adad from the kingship was šarru₂. |
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