BE 03/1, 014 (P105568)

Legal tablet 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 05136

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
1. 4(u) sar {ki}{gesz}kiri6 geszimmar
2. 1/2(disz) ma-na 8(disz) 1/2(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar-sze3
3. {d}en-lil2-la2-al-sa6
4. dumu lugal-uszur3-sze3
5. ur-{d}nusku dumu ka-ka-ke4
6. in-szi-sa10
7. igi ur-{d}dumu-zi-da di-ku5 lugal-ka-sze3
8. in-na?-an?-szum2
9. nu-ab-gi4-gi4-[x]
10. mu lugal-bi [in-pa3]
11. 1(disz) lugal-iti-da [...]
12. 1(disz) lugal-[...]
13. 1(disz) [...]
  rest broken
reverse
  broken
1'. [1(disz)] x-[...]
2'. [1(disz)] ur-{d}da-mu [...]
3'. [1(disz)] ur-[x]-x [...]
  double ruling
4'. lu2-inim-ma-bi-me
5'. iti sze-sag11-ku5
6'. mu {d}nanna kar-zi-da
7'. a-ra2 2(disz)-kam-ma-sze3
8'. e2-a-na ba-an-kux(KWU636)
seal 1
column 1
1. {d}szul-gi
2. nita kal-ga
3. lugal uri5{ki}-ma
column 2
1. ur-{d}dumu-zi-da
2. di-ku5
3. 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
  • Material: Clay
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  • Condition Description: Tablet+small frags,RU,LU&LLo.corners wanting,ruled
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  • Seal information:

    Hattori, CRRAI 45-2 89 1

  • Artifact comments:

  • primary: BE 3/1, 14

    [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.

  • history: PBS 14, 0277a

    [Legrain1925PBS14] Legrain, Léon. 1925. The Culture of the Babylonians from Their Seals in the Collections of the Museum. Publications of the Babylonian Section 14.

  • history: Garfinkle, Private Enterprise, no. 138,

    [sec7753] N.d.

  • history: FAOS 17, no. 1

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

  • citation: OIP 104, 264

    [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.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: CBS 05136
  • Accession No.:

  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-01-26 at 15:04:21 Jagersma, Bram Atf Jagersma, Bram Jagersma, Bram approved View
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
2011-07-22 at 13:24:39 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:08:46 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2009-06-03 at 09:53:08 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2008-01-03 at 18:23:51 Dahl, Jacob L. Atf Dahl, Jacob L. 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 006173 (composite) (P458883) Nippur (mod. Nuffar) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifact
“BE 03/1, 014 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P105568.
BE 03/1, 014 artifact entry (No. P105568). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P105568 (Original work published 2001)
BE 03/1, 014 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P105568 (Accessed: April 18, 2024).
@misc{2023BE,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-04-18]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {BE 03/1, 014 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P105568},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P105568},
}


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