BE 03/1, 032 & 033 (P105586)

Administrative tablet & envelope excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 11256 & CBS 11248

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Receipt of corn; *Peters describes as Nippur I, although Ur3 tablets are characteristic to Nippur II. I" came from Tablet Hill)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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Has fragments Has seal impression(s)

tablet
obverse
1. 2(u) 7(asz) 1(barig) 2(ban2) 4(disz) sila3 sze gur lugal
2. 8(gesz2) 4(u) sa {gesz}ma-nu
3. ki ga-gi-ta
4. lugal-inim-gi#-na#
5. szu ba-ti
reverse
1. e2-mar#-[za{ki} ...]
  blank space
2. iti ezem-{d}nin-[a-zu]
3. mu us2-sa en# eridu{ki} ba-hun
  blank space
envelope
obverse
1. 2(u) 7(asz)# [...]
2. 8(gesz2) 4(u)# [...]
  blank space
3. ki KA#-[...]
4. lugal#-[...]
5. szu [...]
6. a-sza3 e2-mar#?-za{ki}-ta
reverse
1. iti ezem-{d}nin-a-zu
  blank space
  seal impression
2. mu us2-sa en eridu{ki}-ga ba-hun
seal 1
column 1
1. a-tu
2. szabra lugal
3. lugal-inim-gi-na
column 2
1. dub-sar
2. ARAD2-zu

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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 & envelope
  • Material: Clay
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  • This artifact is composed of fragments.
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  • Genre(s): Administrative (Receipt of corn; *Peters describes as Nippur I, although Ur3 tablets are characteristic to Nippur II. I" came from Tablet Hill)
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • primary: BE 3/1, 32 & 33

    [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.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: CBS 11256 & CBS 11248
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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    E.side of Shatt, while "II" came from T.H.; W.side of Shatt; (Obv)6x(Rev)4 lines"

  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šulgi.29.05.00 (us2 year) (Reichskalender)
  • Alternative Years: AS09
  • Date Comments:
  • 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
2017-01-08 at 12:57:02 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2016-12-31 at 11:05:34 Firth, Richard Atf Firth, Richard CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:24:40 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:08:47 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:16:53 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 000213 (composite) (P430311) Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

General Notes: -
CDLI Notes:

Hattori diss. p. 392Hattori diss. p. 392

Cite this Artifact
“BE 03/1, 032 & 033 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P105586.
BE 03/1, 032 & 033 artifact entry (No. P105586). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P105586 (Original work published 2001)
BE 03/1, 032 & 033 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P105586 (Accessed: April 18, 2024).
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	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {BE 03/1, 032 & 033 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P105586},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P105586},
}


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