BIN 03, 251 (P106057)

Administrative tablet excavated in Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

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Museum Collection(s)

Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Museum Number

NBC 02457

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

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Text

tablet
obverse
1. 3(disz) sila4 u4 1(disz)-kam
2. 4(disz) sila4 u4 2(disz)-kam
3. 4(disz) sila4 u4 3(disz)-kam
4. 3(disz) udu u2
5. 1(u) 6(disz) sila4
6. 3(disz) masz2
7. u4 5(disz)-kam
8. 4(disz) udu u2
9. 1(u) 2(disz) sila4
10. u4 7(disz)-kam
11. 3(disz) sila4 u4 8(disz)-kam
12. 1(u) 3(disz) sila4 u4 1(u) la2 1(disz)-[kam]
13. 6(disz) udu u2
14. 3(disz) masz2-gal u2
reverse
1. 1(u) 1(disz) sila4 u4 [1(u)-kam]
2. 3(disz) sila4 u4 1(u) 1(disz)-[kam]
3. 3(disz) udu u2
4. 2(disz) sila4
5. 1(disz) masz2
6. u4 1(u) 2(disz)-kam
7. 1(disz) sila4
8. u4 1(u) 4(disz)-kam
9. 1(gesz2) 3(u) 5(disz)
10. ki in-ta-e3-a-ta
11. ur-ku3-nun-na i3-dab5
12. iti ezem-{d}me-ki-gal2
13. mu {d}szu-{d}suen
14. lugal uri5{ki}-ma-ke4
15. e2 {d}szara2 umma{ki}-ka
16. mu-du3
seal 1
1. du11-ga dub-sar
2. dumu lu2-{d}nin-gir2-su
3. sipa na-gab2-tum

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)

Collections

Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: BIN 3, 251

[Keiser1971BIN3] Keiser, Clarence E. 1971. Neo-Sumerian Account Texts from Drehem. Babylonian Inscriptions in the Collection of James B. Nies, Yale University 3. New Haven: Yale University Press.
citation: CBCY 3, 106, NBC 02457

[Sigrist2001CBCY3] Sigrist, Marcel. 2001. Neo-Sumerian Archival Texts in the Nies Babylonian Collection. Catalogue of the Babylonian Collections at Yale 3. Bethesda, Maryland: CDL Press.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: NBC 02457
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem)
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.09.12.01, Šū-Suen.09.12.14
Alternative Years:
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Accounting Period: Šū-Suen.09.12.01 to Šū-Suen.09.12.14

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-01-19 at 09:57:24	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2011-07-22 at 13:25:20	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2011-05-02 at 14:09:13	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2006-10-12 at 12:17:03	CDLI	Transliteration	CDLI		CDLI	Approved
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	CDLI		CDLI	Approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (016259) (016259)
Yale Babylonian Collection (BC-005430) (BC-005430)
Electronic Babylonian Library (NBC.2457) (NBC.2457)

Seals

This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
CDLI Seals 000073 (composite) (P430174)	Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem)	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“BIN 03, 251 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P106057.

BIN 03, 251 artifact entry (No. P106057). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P106057 (Original work published 2001)

BIN 03, 251 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P106057 (Accessed: April 6, 2026).

@misc{2023BIN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-06]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {BIN 03, 251 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P106057},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P106057},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
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LB  - CDLI:P106057
M1  - 2026/4/6/
TI  - BIN 03, 251 artifact entry
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ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“BIN 03, 251 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P106057.

BIN 03, 251 artifact entry (No. P106057). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P106057 (Original work published 2001)

BIN 03, 251 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P106057 (Accessed: April 6, 2026).

@misc{2023BIN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-06]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {BIN 03, 251 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P106057},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P106057},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P106057
LB  - CDLI:P106057
M1  - 2026/4/6/
TI  - BIN 03, 251 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P106057
ER  -