BBVO 11, 284, 6N-T436 (P105057)

Legal tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures West Asia & North Africa Museum (formerly Oriental Institute), Chicago, Illinois, USA

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Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures West Asia & North Africa Museum (formerly Oriental Institute), Chicago, Illinois, USA

Museum Number

OIM A31179

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal

Language(s)

Sumerian

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tablet
obverse
  beginning broken
1'. [ku3]-bi# szu-ne-[ne ab-si]
2'. lu2-lu2-u3 la-ba-an-[gi4-gi4-da]
3'. mu {d}nin-urta#
4'. mu lugal-bi al-pa3#
5'. 1(disz) ur#-{d}en#-lil2 1(disz) ur-{d}a-ba-[ba]
6'. dumu ur-{d}szakkan2?-me
7'. {d}nanna-ki-ag2
8'. ku3-{d}nanna#
9'. [x?]-x {d}inanna
10'. [...] a2#-kal#-[la]
left
1. [...] x-me-me
reverse
1. [...] amar#-{d}suen#
2. dumu# ensi2
3. sanga-me
4. 1(disz) sipa-inim-gi-na iszib {d}nin#-PA
5. 1(disz)# hu#?-un-sa6-sa6 x muhaldim
6. 1(disz)# ba-zi-ge dumu ku5#-[...]
7. 1(disz) ur-{d}nin-urta dumu [...]
8. 1(disz) ur-{d}szul-pa-e3# [...]
9. [...] x [x?]
  rest broken

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: BBVO 11, p. 284, 6N-T436

    [Zettler1992BBVO11] Zettler, Richard L. 1992. The Ur III Temple of Inanna at Nippur. The Operation and Organization of Urban Religious Institutions in Mesopotamia in the Late Third Millennium B.C. Berliner Beiträge Zum Vorderen Orient, Band 11. Berlin: Dietrich Reimer.

  • history: OIP 104, 328

    [Gelb1991OIP104] Gelb, Ignace J., Piotr Steinkeller, and Robert M. Whiting. 1991. Earliest Land Tenure Systems in the Near East: Ancient Kudurrus. The University of Chicago Oriental Institute Publications 104.

  • history: FAOS 17, no. 60

    [Steinkeller1989SaleDocuments] Steinkeller, Piotr. 1989. Sale Documents of the Ur-III-Period. Vol. 17. Freiburger Altorientalische Studien. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner.

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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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  • Excavation No: 6N-T0436
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2017-02-28 at 17:16:31 Englund, Robert K. Atf Ozaki Tohru CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:23:46 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:08:15 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:16:39 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“BBVO 11, 284, 6N-T436 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P105057.
BBVO 11, 284, 6N-T436 artifact entry (No. P105057). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P105057
BBVO 11, 284, 6N-T436 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P105057 (Accessed: April 24, 2024).
@misc{2001BBVO,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-04-24]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {BBVO 11, 284, 6N-{T436} artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P105057},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P105057},
}


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