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AUCT 2, 164 (P103982)

Legal tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Siegfried H. Horn Museum, Institute of Archaeology, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan, USA

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Text / annotations

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Chemical Data

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Museum Collection(s)

Siegfried H. Horn Museum, Institute of Archaeology, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan, USA

Museum Number

AUAM 73.0443

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text

tablet
obverse
1. [...] ku3-babbar2
2. [...]-mah-e
3. [...]-ra
4. [...]-x
5. [...]-x AB NI NI
6. [...]-la2-ka?
7. [...]-ra
8. [...]-szum2
9. [lu2 lu2]-ra nu-gi4-gi4-de3
10. [mu] lugal#-bi in-pa3#-de3-esz2
11. [...]-e2# nig2-dab5
reverse
1. [...]-ki
2. lugal#-me-lam2
3. [dumu] szuba2 sagi
4. ur-{d}da-mu
5. dumu si-du3
6. un-da-ga
7. dumu lugal-ibila
8. lugal-ezem dumu ma2-gur8-re
9. lu2-dingir-ra dumu iri-na
1 line blank
10. lu2-inim-ma-bi-me
11. iti ku3-SZIM
12. mu ma2-dara3-abzu ba-ab-du8!(AB)

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)

Collections

Siegfried H. Horn Museum, Institute of Archaeology, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan, USA

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Legal
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: AUCT 2, 164

[Sigrist1988AUCT2] Sigrist, Marcel. 1988. Neo-Sumerian Account Texts in the Horn Archaeological Museum. Andrews University Cuneiform Texts 2. Berrien Springs, Michigan: Andrews University Press. https://digitalcommons.andrews.edu/books/82.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: AUAM 73.0443
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Elevation:
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.02.10.00
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2011-07-22 at 13:22:22	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	approved
2011-05-02 at 14:07:15	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	approved
2006-10-12 at 12:16:06	CDLI	Atf	CDLI	CDLI	approved
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	CDLI	CDLI	approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (029522) (029522)

Notes

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Cite this Artifact

“AUCT 2, 164 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.earth/P103982.

AUCT 2, 164 artifact entry (No. P103982). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P103982

AUCT 2, 164 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P103982 (Accessed: December 19, 2025).

@misc{2001AUCT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-19]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {AUCT 2, 164 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P103982},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P103982},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2001/12/20/
PY  - 2001
ID  - P103982
LB  - CDLI:P103982
M1  - 2025/12/19/
TI  - AUCT 2, 164 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P103982
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“AUCT 2, 164 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.earth/P103982.

AUCT 2, 164 artifact entry (No. P103982). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P103982

AUCT 2, 164 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P103982 (Accessed: December 19, 2025).

@misc{2001AUCT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-19]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {AUCT 2, 164 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P103982},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P103982},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2001/12/20/
PY  - 2001
ID  - P103982
LB  - CDLI:P103982
M1  - 2025/12/19/
TI  - AUCT 2, 164 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P103982
ER  -