BBVO 11, 261, 4N-T212 (P105000)

Administrative tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq

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Museum Collection(s)

National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq

Museum Number

IM 058907b

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
  rest broken
reverse?
column 1'
1. [sze]-ba geme2# [dumu]
2. 3(asz) 1(barig) [sze ...]
3. sza3-gal [{ansze}kunga2]
4. 4(disz) sila3# [i3-szah2]
5. i3-ba# [nar-e-ne]
6. 2(u) [...]
7. 2(u) [...]
8. 1(u) 2(disz) [...]
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9. szunigin# 1(asz) 4(barig) zi3 sig15 gur#
10. szunigin# 1(barig) 2(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 esza# [gur]
11. sze-bi 4(asz) 5(ban2) gur
12. szunigin 4(ban2) kasz saga
13. szunigin 3(ban2) nig2-ar3-ra saga
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column 2'
1. [szunigin ...] 2(u) 3(asz) 2(barig) 1(ban2) sze gur
2. szunigin# 5(u) 5(asz) 1(barig) sze ziz2 gur
3. szunigin# 1(u) gin2 i3-nun du10-ga
4. szunigin 3(disz) sila3 i3-nun
5. szunigin 1(disz) sila3 1(u) gin2 ga-ar3
6. szunigin 1/2(disz) sila3 gesztin had2
7. szunigin# 2(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 [zu2]-lum#
8. [...] 4(disz) sila3 i3-szah2#
9. [...] 2(disz) sila3 i3-[gesz]
10. [x ma]-na# siki#-[ud5]
11. [...] masz2#
12. [...] inanna#-ta
13. [ba-zi]
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14. [iti szu]-numun#-a#
  rest broken

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: BBVO 11, p. 261, 4N-T212

    [Zettler1992BBVO11] Zettler, Richard L. 1992. The Ur III Temple of Inanna at Nippur. The Operation and Organization of Urban Religious Institutions in Mesopotamia in the Late Third Millennium B.C. Berliner Beiträge Zum Vorderen Orient, Band 11. Berlin: Dietrich Reimer.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: IM 058907b
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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  • Excavation No: 4N-T0212
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-10-27 at 10:46:14 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2017-03-03 at 09:52:24 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2015-12-11 at 14:52:35 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:23:43 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:08:12 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2009-06-03 at 09:51:16 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:16:37 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

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Cite this Artifacts

“BBVO 11, 261, 4N-T212 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 27, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P105000.
BBVO 11, 261, 4N-T212 artifact entry (No. P105000). (2024, October 27). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P105000 (Original work published 2001)
BBVO 11, 261, 4N-T212 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P105000 (Accessed: March 6, 2026).
@misc{2024BBVO,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-06]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 27},
	title = {BBVO 11, 261, 4N-{T212} artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P105000},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P105000},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/27/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P105000
LB  - CDLI:P105000
M1  - 2026/3/6/
TI  - BBVO 11, 261, 4N-T212 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P105000
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“BBVO 11, 261, 4N-T212 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 27, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P105000.
BBVO 11, 261, 4N-T212 artifact entry (No. P105000). (2024, October 27). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P105000 (Original work published 2001)
BBVO 11, 261, 4N-T212 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P105000 (Accessed: March 6, 2026).
@misc{2024BBVO,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-06]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 27},
	title = {BBVO 11, 261, 4N-{T212} artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P105000},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P105000},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/27/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P105000
LB  - CDLI:P105000
M1  - 2026/3/6/
TI  - BBVO 11, 261, 4N-T212 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P105000
ER  -
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