BECPL 3 (P464910)

Administrative tablet excavated in Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Buffalo and Erie County Public Library, Buffalo, New York, USA

Cite

Photo

Museum Collection(s)

Buffalo and Erie County Public Library, Buffalo, New York, USA

Museum Number

BECPL 3

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(disz) masz2-gal u2
2. 1(disz) sila4
3. en {d}inanna
4. mu za3 1(u) mu-kux(DU) lugal
5. sza3 unu{ki}-ga-ka-ni
6. e2 {d}en-lil2 {d}nin-lil2-sze3 ba-an-kux(KWU636)-ra-sze3 ki-ba ba-na-a-ga2-ar
reverse
1. u4 1(u) 2(disz)-kam
2. ki ur-ku3-nun-na-ta
3. ba-zi
4. giri3 lu2-sza-lim dub-sar
5. iti a2-ki-ti
6. mu {d}szu-{d}suen lugal uri5{ki}-ma-ke4 ma2-gur8-mah {d}en-lil2 {d}nin#-lil2#-ra# mu-ne-dim2
left
1. 2(disz) udu

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Text content

Genre(s)	Administrative
Language(s)	Sumerian

Chronology

Period	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced	Šū-Suen.08.07.12
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P464910
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P464910

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience	Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	Buffalo and Erie County Public Library, Buffalo, New York, USA
Museum Number	BECPL 3
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS)	196148

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2025-01-02 at 18:09:24	Lafont, Bertrand	Transliteration	Ozaki Tohru	Lafont, Bertrand	Approved
2015-04-24 at 09:14:05	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Liu Changyu	CDLI, CDLI	Approved
2014-06-06 at 00:00:00	CDLI, CDLI	Artifact metadata	CDLI, CDLI	CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“BECPL 3 Artifact Entry.” 2014. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 6, 2014. https://cdli.earth/P464910.

BECPL 3 artifact entry (No. P464910). (2014, June 6). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P464910

BECPL 3 artifact entry (2014) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P464910 (Accessed: October 23, 2026).

@misc{2014BECPL,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-23]},
	year = {2014},
	month = {jun 6},
	title = {BECPL 3 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P464910},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P464910},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2014/6/6/
PY  - 2014
ID  - P464910
LB  - CDLI:P464910
M1  - 2026/10/23/
TI  - BECPL 3 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P464910
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“BECPL 3 Artifact Entry.” 2014. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 6, 2014. https://cdli.earth/P464910.

BECPL 3 artifact entry (No. P464910). (2014, June 6). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P464910

BECPL 3 artifact entry (2014) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P464910 (Accessed: October 23, 2026).

@misc{2014BECPL,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-23]},
	year = {2014},
	month = {jun 6},
	title = {BECPL 3 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P464910},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P464910},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2014/6/6/
PY  - 2014
ID  - P464910
LB  - CDLI:P464910
M1  - 2026/10/23/
TI  - BECPL 3 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P464910
ER  -