BE 01/2, 127 (P265993)

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 10799

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

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Language(s)

Sumerian

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Witness

tablet
  (Year names for Amar-Sîn 1-9 & Šū-Sîn 1-7)
obverse
1. mu {d}amar-{d}suen lugal-am3
2. mu {d}amar-{d}suen lugal-e ur-bi2-lum{ki} mu-hul-a
3. mu {gesz}gu-za-mah {d}en-lil2-la2 ba-dim2
4. mu en-mah-gal-an-na ba-hun
5. mu en-HAR-gal {d}inanna ba-hun
  error for en-unu6-gal
6. mu sza-asz-ru{ki} ba-hul
7. mu hu!(RI)-uh2-nu-ri!(HU){ki} ba-hul!(UR)
8. mu en eridu{ki} ba-hun
9. mu en {d}nanna kar#-[zi-da{ki}]
10. mu {d}szu#-[{d}suen] lugal#-[am3]
reverse
1. mu ma2 dara3#-[abzu]
2. mu szi-ma#-[num2{ki}] ba-[hul]
3. mu bad3# mar-tu#
4. [mu] ib2#-us2-sa-bi
5. mu na mah {d}en-lil2-la2 ba-DU3
6. mu {d}szu-{d}suen lugal uri5{ki}-ma-ke4 ma-da za-ab-sza-li{ki} mu-hul-a
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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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  • Condition Description: lower piece wanting
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  • Genre(s):
  • This text is a school text.
  • Language(s): Sumerian


  • primary: BE 1/2, 127

    [Hilprecht1896BE1/2] Hilprecht, Hermann V. 1896. Old Babylonian Inscriptions Chiefly from Nippur. The Babylonian Expedition of the University of Pennsylvania: Series A Cuneiform Texts, vol. 1/2.

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  • Museum No.: CBS 10799
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.01.00.00, Amar-Suen.02.00.00, Amar-Suen.03.00.00, Amar-Suen.04.00.00, Amar-Suen.05.00.00, Amar-Suen.06.00.00, Amar-Suen.07.00.00, Amar-Suen.08.00.00, Amar-Suen.09.00.00, Šū-Suen.01.00.00, Šū-Suen.02.00.00, Šū-Suen.03.00.00, Šū-Suen.04.00.00, Šū-
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  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-01-21 at 07:48:15 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2017-11-03 at 00:29:15 Foxvog, Daniel A. Atf Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI approved View
2017-08-21 at 08:28:31 Firth, Richard Atf Firth, Richard CDLI approved View
2017-08-14 at 22:24:13 Foxvog, Daniel A. Atf Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI approved View
2017-08-14 at 22:14:13 Foxvog, Daniel A. Atf Foxvog, Daniel A. CDLI approved View
2005-04-25 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Englund, Robert K.; Fitzgerald, Madeleine; Foxvog, Daniel A.; Frayne, Douglas R.; Peterson, Jeremiah; Veldhuis, Niek; Zimmermann, Lynn-Salammbô Penn Museum CDLI approved View

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This artifact is a witness to the following composite(s):

Composite Score
Dummy composite "needed" (P546835) View the score

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Cite this Artifact
“BE 01/2, 127 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P265993.
BE 01/2, 127 artifact entry (No. P265993). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P265993 (Original work published 2005)
BE 01/2, 127 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P265993 (Accessed: March 29, 2024).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-03-29]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {BE 01/2, 127 artifact entry},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P265993},
}

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