BE 03/1, 117 (P105669)

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

Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 11659

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Account of expenditures of corn & wheat; (Obv)(i)9x(ii)8x(Rev)(iii)24x(iv)11 lines)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
column 1
1. [...] sze gur
2. [...] 2(asz)# ziz2 gur
3. [...]-x-ta
4. [...]-x ki ur-[...] x bappir-ta
5. [n] ziz2# gur ki ur#-[...] dub#-[x]
6. [n] 2(u)# 1(asz)# [n gur ki ...]
7. [n] 4(u)# 2(asz)# [n gur ki ...] x [...]
  rest broken
column 2
1. iti bara2-za3-gar-ra-sze3#
2. iti-bi 1(u) 2(disz)-am3
3. 1(u) 3(asz) sze gur nig2# ezem-ma tum-al
4. 4(barig) 4(ban2) sze 3(barig) 3(ban2) ziz2
5. nig2 ezem-ma didli
6. n 5(u) 5(asz) 2(barig) 3(ban2) sze gur
7. [x] kikken2#? u2#-IL2# x u3 amar-ku5
8. [sza3] bala#?-a-ta
9. [x] x-[x]-sze3
10. [...]-AN
11. [...] x a-gur-ra
12. [...]
13. [...]-ta#
14. [...]-bi# 8(disz)-am3
15. [...]-KA
  blank space
16. [n] sze gur munu4 sar#
17. [...] x ur#-{d}nusku
18. [...]-x-ra
19. [...]-x
reverse
column 1
1. [...]
2. n sze# x a2 lu2 hun-ga2 e2-ku3#-babbar2
3. 1(asz) gur i-ta
4. 1(asz) gur za#-ni#-a
5. 1(asz) gur# {d#}en#-lil2#-[...]
6. 1(u)# 5(asz)# 2(barig)# gur# za#-hu#-um#
7. 1(asz)# 2(barig)# 3(ban2)# gur# u3#-ma#-ni
8. 1(u)# 2(asz)# 3(ban2)# gur# ki# bi#-tum#-ta
9. 1(asz)# 1(barig)# 3(ban2)# gur# giri3#-ni#-zi#-zi
10. iti# szu#-numun#-na#
11. 1(asz)# 1(barig)# 4(ban2)# gur# iti# kin#-{d#}inanna#
12. 1(asz)# 3(ban2)# gur# iti# babbar2-sze3 [...]
13. 1(asz)# 3(ban2)# gur# masz# 8(disz)# sila3# sze# x
14. iti#? x x x
15. n ziz2# gur#? zi#?-a#-ki#-sze3
16. lugal#-[x]-sag#? ki#-us2 e2-duru5
17. iti# udru#{duru5#}
18. 3(barig) ziz2# x x
19. 1(asz) ziz2# gur# x-{d}x
20. 1(asz) ziz2# gur# lu2#-x-x
21. 3(barig) ziz2# x-{d}esz-hi#-x KA PI-sze3
22. iti sze-sag11-ku5
23. 1(asz) ziz2 gug-ga-nu2 {d}nusku
column 2
1. [...]-x
  blank space
2. szunigin 6(gesz2) 3(u) 8(asz) 2(barig) 4(ban2) 3(disz) sila3 sze gur#
3. szunigin 9(gesz2) 5(u) n(asz) 4(barig) n(ban2) 4(disz) sila3 ziz2 gur#
4. zi-ga-am3#
5. iti gu4-si-su-ta#
6. iti bara2-za3-gar#-ra#-sze3#
7. mu {d}szu-{d#}suen# lugal# uri5#{ki#}-ke4# [ma]-da# za-ab-sza#-li#{ki} mu-hul#
  blank space

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (Account of expenditures of corn & wheat; (Obv)(i)9x(ii)8x(Rev)(iii)24x(iv)11 lines)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Accounting Period Šū-Suen.06.02.00 to Šū-Suen.07.01.00

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P105669

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number CBS 11659
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 001785
Penn Museum (Penn) 585805
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) CBS.11659

References

  • primary: BE 3/1, 117

    [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.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
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
2017-03-03 at 09:52:13 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:24:45 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:08:50 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:16:54 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“BE 03/1, 117 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P105669.
BE 03/1, 117 artifact entry (No. P105669). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P105669 (Original work published 2001)
BE 03/1, 117 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P105669 (Accessed: April 10, 2026).
@misc{2023BE,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-10]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {BE 03/1, 117 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P105669},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P105669},
}


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LB  - CDLI:P105669
M1  - 2026/4/10/
TI  - BE 03/1, 117 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P105669
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“BE 03/1, 117 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P105669.
BE 03/1, 117 artifact entry (No. P105669). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P105669 (Original work published 2001)
BE 03/1, 117 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P105669 (Accessed: April 10, 2026).
@misc{2023BE,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-10]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {BE 03/1, 117 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P105669},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P105669},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P105669
LB  - CDLI:P105669
M1  - 2026/4/10/
TI  - BE 03/1, 117 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P105669
ER  -
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