BBVO 11, 261, 4N-T213 (P105001)

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 058908

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

Text

tablet
obverse
column 1
1. [... ma]-na# siki
2. [... geme2-{d}da]-da
3. [...] x UD
4. [dumu]-ni
5. [...-a]-li#-a-hi
6. 2(asz@c) [ri]-ba-at
7. 2(asz@c) nin#-balag
8. 1(asz@c) nin-zi-mu
9. 1(asz@c) nin-ra-ni
10. 1(asz@c) nin-hi-li
11. 1(disz) {d}inanna-ur-sag
12. dumu-ni
13. 1(asz@c) nin-munus-zi
14. 1(disz) dumu-munus-gaba-ni
15. 1(asz@c) sza3-igi-kar2
16. 1(asz@c) nin-ama5-ni-sze3
17. 1(disz) dumu-nita? gaba-ni
18. 1(disz) dumu-nita? gaba geme2
19. 1(asz@c) nin-igi-bar
20. kikken2 e2-munus-me
21. 1(asz@c) e2-iti-da
22. [...] szuku lugal-nir-gal2
23. [...] ba-ra-an-e11-de3
rest broken
column 2
1. 1(asz@c) szuku e2-u4-gin7-e3 nu
2. 1(asz@c) szuku e2-u4-nu-dab nu
3. 1(asz@c) szuku ba-zi-ge# nu
4. muszen-du3-me
5. giri3-se3-ga sa2-du11 gug-ga-nu2 u3 ezem didli-me
6. 1(asz@c) szuku ur-{d}asar-lu2-hi kisal-luh abzu
7. 1(asz) lugal-iri-mu#
8. 1(asz@c) nin-mu10-du11-ga
9. 1(disz) nin-ama5?-su3
10. dumu-ni
11. 1(asz@c) szu-na-mu-gi4#
12. zah3 dumu-nita? gaba-ni
13. [kisal]-luh sza3 e2-A-me
14. 2(asz@c) {d}dumu-zi-bad3? kisal-luh#
15. 1(asz@c) nu lugal-dingir-mu i3-du8
16. i3-du8 kisal-luh e2-szu-tum-me
17. [...] e2-szu12-de3
18. [i3]-du8# uzu e3 [u3] e2-gesz-kin
19. [...]
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Collections

National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: BBVO 11, p. 261, 4N-T213

[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.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: IM 058908
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Elevation:
Stratigraphic Level:
Excavation No: 4N-T0213
Findspot Square:
Findspot Comments:

Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: --.--.00.00
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2024-10-27 at 10:46:14	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2016-06-29 at 19:19:00	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	Approved
2016-06-29 at 19:16:36	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	Approved
2016-06-29 at 19:14:10	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	Approved
2015-01-30 at 09:55:52	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	Approved
2011-07-22 at 13:23:43	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	Approved
2011-05-02 at 14:08:12	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	Approved
2009-06-03 at 09:51:16	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	Approved
2008-01-03 at 18:22:38	Dahl, Jacob L.	Transliteration	Dahl, Jacob L.	CDLI	Approved
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	CDLI	CDLI	Approved

External Resources

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

Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (034800) (034800)

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Cite this Artifacts

“BBVO 11, 261, 4N-T213 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 27, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P105001.

BBVO 11, 261, 4N-T213 artifact entry (No. P105001). (2024, October 27). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P105001 (Original work published 2001)

BBVO 11, 261, 4N-T213 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P105001 (Accessed: March 13, 2026).

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	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 27},
	title = {BBVO 11, 261, 4N-{T213} artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P105001},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P105001},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“BBVO 11, 261, 4N-T213 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 27, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P105001.

BBVO 11, 261, 4N-T213 artifact entry (No. P105001). (2024, October 27). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P105001 (Original work published 2001)

BBVO 11, 261, 4N-T213 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P105001 (Accessed: March 13, 2026).

@misc{2024BBVO,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-13]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 27},
	title = {BBVO 11, 261, 4N-{T213} artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P105001},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P105001},
}

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M1  - 2026/3/13/
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