BBVO 11, 285, 6N-T454 (P105062)

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

Museum Collection(s)

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

Museum Number

NBC 10662

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
column 1
  beginning broken
1'. [...] x
2'. [...] nin#-lil2-la2
3'. [szu-na]-mu#-gi4
4'. [...]
5'. [...]
6'. [...]
7'. [...]
8'. [...]
9'. [...]-ra? [x?]
10'. [...]
11'. [...] szesz-da-da
12'. 2(ban2) lugal-a2-gal2
13'. e2-e gub-ba-ta
14'. bahar2-me
column 2
  beginning broken
1'. 1(ban2) 2(ban2) szesz#-[kal-la]
2'. dumu lugal-dingir-mu#
3'. 1(ban2) 1(ban2) {d}inanna-ka
4'. e2-e gub-ba-me
5'. 3(ban2)# zu2-lum
6'. nar-nita
7'. [...] geme2#-{d}en-ki
8'. [...] nin#-du10-ga
9'. dumu-ni
10'. 2(ban2) geme2-e2-an-na
11'. 2(ban2) nin-he2-gal2
12'. 1(ban2) sze 1(ban2)# ur-{d}inanna
13'. dumu-[nita]-ni
14'. 2(ban2) [... {d}]szara2
15'. [...]-ga
16'. [...] da#-da
column 3
  beginning broken
1'. 2(ban2)# {d#}x x? [...]
2'. nar e2-balag-me
3'. 2(ban2) 4(ban2) {d}szul-gi-dingir-mu
4'. 1(ban2) 2(ban2) nin-me-lam2
5'. 5(disz) <sila3> 1(ban2) nin-nun#-|LAGARxSZE|#? x
6'. dumu-ni
7'. 2(ban2) 2(ban2) geme2-du6-ku3
8'. 1(ban2) 1(ban2) lu2-{d}[...]
9'. dumu nam-lugal# [...]
10'. ki szabra#
11'. giri3-se3-ga e2-a#-me#
12'. 5(disz) <sila3> 1(ban2) lu2-giri3-gi4-lu{ki}
13'. dumu ur-sukkal
14'. 2(ban2) 4(ban2) e2-siki-gid2
reverse
column 1
1. 2(ban2) 4(ban2) lugal-ki-ag2-mu
2. u3 IL2? ansze kunga2-me
3. 2(ban2) 5(disz) 5(ban2) ur-{d}da-da
4. 2(ban2) 5(disz) 5(ban2) kur-ra-a2-gal2
5. 1(ban2)? sze {d#}nin-mes-pirig-tur
6. 5(disz) 1/2(disz) <sila3> lu2-{d}[nin-szubur]
7. dumu ur-{d#}suen#
8. aga3?-us2 ensi2#-[me?]
9. 2(ban2) 5(disz) 5(ban2) lugal-ezem#
10. aga3?-us2 [sza13]-dub-ba
11. [...] lugal#-a2-zi-da nagar
12. [...] lugal-saga
13. [...] x-{d}suen-he2-ni-sa6
  rest broken
column 2
1. [...]
  traces
2. a#-bala-me
3. ki dingir-ka-a
4. 2(ban2)# 2(ban2) ad-da-kal-la
5. du3#-a#-ku5
6. x 2(ban2) nin-ga2-bi2-du11
7. i3-du8 e2-kusz-ta
8. ki# lugal-ur-sag
9. 5(disz)# <sila> 1(ban2) lugal-ur-mu
10. bahar2 eszszeb {d}iszkur
11. 2(ban2) 4(ban2) {d}szul-gi-he2-ti#
12. 1(ban2) 2(ban2) {d}en-lil2-da-mah-[di]
13. 1(ban2) 2(ban2) {d}inanna-ur
14. 1(ban2) 2(ban2) geme2-{d}da-da
  rest broken
column 3
1. [...] kiszib3 szabra {d}utu
2. 1(barig) 1(ban2) kiszib3 szabra {d}nin-sun2
3. [...] kiszib3 szabra [{d}dumu]-zi#
4. [...]
5. [...]
6. [...] zu2-lum gur
7. [...] szabra#-ne#
8. [...] i3#-gesz
9. [... ba-zi]-gi# engar
10. [...]-gesz
11. [...]-lum
  rest broken

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Accounting Period

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P105062

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Written In
Excavation Number 6N-T0454
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Museum Number NBC 10662
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 034857
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC) BC-013629
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) NBC.10662

References

  • primary: BBVO 11, p. 285, 6N-T454

    [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.

  • citation: CBCY 3, 240, NBC 10662

    [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.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-10-27 at 10:46:14 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
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 View
2017-04-17 at 09:32:57 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2017-04-17 at 07:57:02 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2017-04-16 at 01:28:42 Firth, Richard Transliteration Firth, Richard CDLI Approved View
2017-04-10 at 08:36:48 Firth, Richard Transliteration Firth, Richard CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:23:46 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:08:16 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2009-06-03 at 09:51:28 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2008-01-03 at 18:23:09 Dahl, Jacob L. Transliteration Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“BBVO 11, 285, 6N-T454 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 27, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P105062.
BBVO 11, 285, 6N-T454 artifact entry (No. P105062). (2024, October 27). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P105062 (Original work published 2001)
BBVO 11, 285, 6N-T454 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P105062 (Accessed: April 24, 2026).
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	year = {2024},
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P105062},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P105062},
}


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Cite this Artifacts

“BBVO 11, 285, 6N-T454 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 27, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P105062.
BBVO 11, 285, 6N-T454 artifact entry (No. P105062). (2024, October 27). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P105062 (Original work published 2001)
BBVO 11, 285, 6N-T454 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P105062 (Accessed: April 24, 2026).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 27},
	title = {BBVO 11, 285, 6N-{T454} artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P105062},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P105062},
}


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