JAOS 063, 156 1 (P111806)

Official or display 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 07985

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Official or display (witness list of Ur III year names)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Witness

Text

tablet
obverse
1. mu {d}szu-{d}suen lugal
2. mu ma2-dara4-abzu ba-ab-du8
3. [mu] si-ma-num2{ki} ba-hul
4. mu bad3 mar-tu ba-du3
5. mu us2-sa bad3 mar-tu ba-du3
6. mu na-ru2-a-mah ba-du3
reverse
1. mu ma-da za-ab#-sza-li{ki#} ba-hul
2. mu ma2#-[gur8]-mah# [ba]-dim2#
3. [mu e2 {d}szara2 umma]{ki} [ba-du3]
  rest broken

Text content

Genre(s) Official or display (witness list of Ur III year names)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Accounting Period Šū-Suen.01.00.00 to Šū-Suen.09.00.00 (us2 year)

Composites

This artifact is a witness to the following composite(s):

Composite Composite Number Score
Dummy composite "needed" (P546835) needed View the score

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P111806

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 07985
Accession Number

External resources

References

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-09-14 at 15:48:56 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-09-14 at 15:43:16 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
2011-07-22 at 13:33:40 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:14:49 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:19:14 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“JAOS 063, 156 1 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 14, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P111806.
JAOS 063, 156 1 artifact entry (No. P111806). (2024, September 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P111806 (Original work published 2001)
JAOS 063, 156 1 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P111806 (Accessed: April 15, 2026).
@misc{2024JAOS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-15]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 14},
	title = {JAOS 063, 156 1 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P111806},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P111806},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“JAOS 063, 156 1 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 14, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P111806.
JAOS 063, 156 1 artifact entry (No. P111806). (2024, September 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P111806 (Original work published 2001)
JAOS 063, 156 1 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P111806 (Accessed: April 15, 2026).
@misc{2024JAOS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-15]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 14},
	title = {JAOS 063, 156 1 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P111806},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P111806},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/9/14/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P111806
LB  - CDLI:P111806
M1  - 2026/4/15/
TI  - JAOS 063, 156 1 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P111806
ER  - 
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