BE 03/1, 144 (P105695)

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 11186

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Account of assignment of fields to a number of persons; *Peters describes as Nippur I, although Ur3 tablets are characteristic to Nippur II. I" came from Tablet Hill)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
  beginning broken
1'. [...]
2'. [...] x NI [x]
3'. [...]-luh [x]
4'. a-sza3 en-du8#-du
5'. lu2-{d}szara2 i3-dab5
6'. 1(disz) e2 {d}utu bi2-du11
7'. 1(disz) da-da
8'. 1(disz) kukku2 u3 dingir-igi-du
9'. 1(u) ur-ku3
reverse
1. 1(barig) 3(ban2) lugal#-ezem
2. 1(asz) lugal-sa6-ga
3. 2(barig) lugal-ur2-ra-ni
4. 2(barig) lu2-x-GAN u3 lu5-u2-gu
5. 2(barig) i3-da#-ga
6. 2(barig) ur-e11-e u3 ur-nigar{gar}
7. [...] gesz
8. [...] x
9. [...]
10. [...]
  rest broken

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (Account of assignment of fields to a number of persons; *Peters describes as Nippur I, although Ur3 tablets are characteristic to Nippur II. I" came from Tablet Hill)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P105695

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
E.side of Shatt, while "II" came from T.H.; W.side of Shatt; (Obv)8x(Rev)8 lines"
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number CBS 11186
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 001811
Penn Museum (Penn) 585269
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) CBS.11186

References

  • primary: BE 3/1, 144

    [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.

  • history: NATN, p. 28

    [Owen1982NATN] Owen, David I. 1982. Neo-Sumerian Archival Texts Primarily from Nippur in the University Museum, the Oriental Institute and the Iraq Museum (NATN). Winona Lake, Indiana: Eisenbrauns.

    catalogue

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-07-23 at 10:14:41 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
2016-07-28 at 16:33:52 CDLI, CDLI Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:24:46 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:08:51 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:16:55 CDLI, CDLI Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“BE 03/1, 144 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P105695.
BE 03/1, 144 artifact entry (No. P105695). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P105695 (Original work published 2001)
BE 03/1, 144 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P105695 (Accessed: October 30, 2026).
@misc{2024BE,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-30]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {BE 03/1, 144 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P105695},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P105695},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/23/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P105695
LB  - CDLI:P105695
M1  - 2026/10/30/
TI  - BE 03/1, 144 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P105695
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“BE 03/1, 144 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P105695.
BE 03/1, 144 artifact entry (No. P105695). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P105695 (Original work published 2001)
BE 03/1, 144 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P105695 (Accessed: October 30, 2026).
@misc{2024BE,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-30]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {BE 03/1, 144 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P105695},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P105695},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/23/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P105695
LB  - CDLI:P105695
M1  - 2026/10/30/
TI  - BE 03/1, 144 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P105695
ER  -
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