BE 03/1, 001 (P105555)
Administrative tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USAMetadata / catalogue
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Museum Collection(s)
Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USAMuseum Number
CBS 11176Period
Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)Provenience
Nippur (mod. Nuffar)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
Administrative (Court proceedings; *Peters describes as Nippur I, although Ur II tablets are characteristic to Nippur II. I" came from Tablet Hill)Language(s)
SumerianMeasurements
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obverse
1. 1(disz) bu-ka
en: 1 (full time worker): Buka,
2. ARAD2 a2-la-la-kam
en: slave of Alala;
3. a2-la-la igi-ni i3-szi-gar
en: Alala examined him;
4. mu lugal u4 ba-zah3-de3-na-ga2
en: by the royal name: “On the day, I flee
5. szer7-da he2-a
en: let it be a (capital?) crime,”
6. bi2-in-du11
en: he swore;
7. za-an-ME-NI ama-ni
en: Zan-MENI, his mother,
8. u3 geme2-{d}en-lil2 dam-na-ni
en: and Geme-Enlil, his wife,
9. szu-du2 nu-zah3-da
en: as guarantors of not fleeing,
reverse
1. ba-an-de6-esz2
en: went carried;
2. 1(disz) lugal-gur4
en: 1: Lugal-gur,
3. 1(disz) nam-ha-ni
en: 1: Namḫani,
4. 1(disz) ur-ga2-gi4-a
en: 1: Ur-Gagia,
5. 1(disz) szesz-kal-la
en: 1: Šeškalla,
6. 1(disz) ur3-e-ba-du7
en: 1: Ur-Ebadu,
7. 1(disz) us2-a-ni
en: 1: Us’ani,
8. 1(disz) hal-li2-mu
en: 1: Ḫallimu,
9. lu2-inim-ma-bi-me
en: are the witnesses;
10. iti sze-sag11-ku5 min
en: month: “Harvest,” the second,
11. mu us2-sa bad3 mar-tu ba-du3
en: year after: “The Martu wall was erected.”
1. 1(disz) bu-ka
en: 1 (full time worker): Buka,
2. ARAD2 a2-la-la-kam
en: slave of Alala;
3. a2-la-la igi-ni i3-szi-gar
en: Alala examined him;
4. mu lugal u4 ba-zah3-de3-na-ga2
en: by the royal name: “On the day, I flee
5. szer7-da he2-a
en: let it be a (capital?) crime,”
6. bi2-in-du11
en: he swore;
7. za-an-ME-NI ama-ni
en: Zan-MENI, his mother,
8. u3 geme2-{d}en-lil2 dam-na-ni
en: and Geme-Enlil, his wife,
9. szu-du2 nu-zah3-da
en: as guarantors of not fleeing,
reverse
1. ba-an-de6-esz2
en: went carried;
2. 1(disz) lugal-gur4
en: 1: Lugal-gur,
3. 1(disz) nam-ha-ni
en: 1: Namḫani,
4. 1(disz) ur-ga2-gi4-a
en: 1: Ur-Gagia,
5. 1(disz) szesz-kal-la
en: 1: Šeškalla,
6. 1(disz) ur3-e-ba-du7
en: 1: Ur-Ebadu,
7. 1(disz) us2-a-ni
en: 1: Us’ani,
8. 1(disz) hal-li2-mu
en: 1: Ḫallimu,
9. lu2-inim-ma-bi-me
en: are the witnesses;
10. iti sze-sag11-ku5 min
en: month: “Harvest,” the second,
11. mu us2-sa bad3 mar-tu ba-du3
en: year after: “The Martu wall was erected.”
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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- Genre(s): Administrative (Court proceedings; *Peters describes as Nippur I, although Ur II tablets are characteristic to Nippur II. I" came from Tablet Hill)
- Language(s): Sumerian
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primary: BE 3/1, 1
[Myhrman1910BE3/1] Myhrman, David W. 1910. Sumerian Administrative Documents, Dated in the Reigns of the Kings of the Second Dynasty of Ur, from the Temple Archives of Nippur, Preserved in Philadelphia. The Babylonian Expedition of the University of Pennsylvania. Series A: Cuneiform Texts, Volume 3, Part 1. Philadelphia: Department of Archaeology, University of Pennsylvania.
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- Museum No.: CBS 11176
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- Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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Findspot Comments:
E.side of Shatt, while "II" came from T.H.; W.side of Shatt; (Obv)12x(Rev)12 lines"
- Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
- Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.05.12m.00 (intercalated) (us2 year)
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- Accounting Period: 0
| Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
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| 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 |  |
| 2016-12-15 at 17:09:24 | Englund, Robert K. | Atf | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | approved | |
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| 2016-11-11 at 14:57:44 | Englund, Robert K. | Atf | Ozaki Tohru | CDLI | approved | |
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| 2014-04-06 at 13:12:03 | Englund, Robert K. | Atf | Firth, Richard | CDLI | approved | |
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| 2012-04-09 at 06:44:03 | Dahl, Jacob L. | Atf | Dahl, Jacob L. | CDLI | approved | |
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| 2011-07-22 at 13:24:39 | Englund, Robert K. | Atf | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | approved | |
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| 2011-05-02 at 14:08:46 | Englund, Robert K. | Atf | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | approved | |
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| 2006-10-12 at 12:16:52 | CDLI | Atf | CDLI | CDLI | approved | |
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| 2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 | CDLI | Artifact | CDLI | CDLI | approved | |
Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:
- Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (001671)
- Penn Museum (585260)
- Electronic Babylonian Library (CBS.11176)
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