BE 03/1, 077 (P105629)

Administrative 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 11568

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Inventory; (Obv)12x(Rev)9 lines)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
1. 4(u) 4(disz) gesz gid2-da
2. 5(disz) gesz SZE3-KU sza3
3. 1(gesz2) 2(disz) gesz na-ba-tum lam
4. 7(disz) gesz ga-am-ma
5. 1(u) 3(disz) gesz umbin sir3-da
6. 1(u) 2(disz) gesz pa us2-sa
7. 1(asz) gu2 gesz pa
8. 4(disz) ud5 [...] 5(disz) masz2-nita2
9. 4(disz) udu?-nita2
10. 3(disz) dug i3-gesz
11. 5(disz) dug i3-nun
12. 1(disz) dug tur i3-nun
reverse
1. 1(disz) kusz gu4
2. 1/2(disz) an-dah-szum
3. 1(gesz2) 2(u) 8(disz) si NIM@g
4. 3(u) la2 1(disz) kusz hi-a
5. 1(disz) {kusz}du10-gan
6. 2(disz) gesz banszur LAGAB
7. x x a-ga2 mes?
  1 line blank
8. nig2-gur11 szar-ru-um-i3-li2
9. sza3 ba-si-me{ki} i3-gal2

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: BE 3/1, 77

    [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.

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  • Museum No.: CBS 11568
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
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 13:24:43 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:08:49 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:16:54 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

“BE 03/1, 077 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P105629.
BE 03/1, 077 artifact entry (No. P105629). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P105629 (Original work published 2001)
BE 03/1, 077 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P105629 (Accessed: November 16, 2025).
@misc{2023BE,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-11-16]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {BE 03/1, 077 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P105629},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P105629},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P105629
LB  - CDLI:P105629
M1  - 2025/11/16/
TI  - BE 03/1, 077 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P105629
ER  - 

Cite this Artifact

“BE 03/1, 077 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P105629.
BE 03/1, 077 artifact entry (No. P105629). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P105629 (Original work published 2001)
BE 03/1, 077 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P105629 (Accessed: November 16, 2025).
@misc{2023BE,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-11-16]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {BE 03/1, 077 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P105629},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P105629},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P105629
LB  - CDLI:P105629
M1  - 2025/11/16/
TI  - BE 03/1, 077 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P105629
ER  - 
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