BBVO 11, 264, 4N-T218 (P105002)

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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Chemical Data

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Museum Collection(s)

National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq

Museum Number

IM 058909

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
beginning broken
1'. [...] x
2'. [...] x
3'. [... ga]-ar3
4'. [...] x gin2
5'. [...] siki-ud5
6'. [...] x gin2
7'. [...] x gin2 ku3-babbar
8'. [...] ga udu masz2
9'. [...]
column 2
beginning broken
1'. 2(u) 6(asz)# sze gur#
2'. ki szabra {d}nin-e2-gab2{ki}-ta
3'. 1(u) sze gur
4'. ki szabra {d}utu-ta
5'. 3(barig) 1(ban2) 6(disz) sila3 sze
6'. u4-de3 gid2-da
7'. u3 sza3-gal {ansze}kunga2 dingir-ra ba-usz2-ta
8'. 5(ban2) 2(disz) sila3 sze
9'. u4#-de3 gid2-da
10'. [...] x e2-tur3-ta
column 3
beginning broken
1'. szunigin 5(disz)# tug2# [...]
2'. szunigin 1(u) 4(disz) tug2 mug#
3'. szunigin 2(disz) tug2 bar-dul5 us2 zu2-uh
4'. szunigin 1(disz) tug2 sag usz-bar zu2-uh#
5'. szunigin 2(disz) tug2 usz-bar tur zu2-uh
6'. szunigin 3(u) 2(asz) gu2 3(u) 5(disz) 1/2(disz) ma-na 4(disz) gin2 siki
7'. szunigin 1(asz) 3(barig) 5(ban2) 3(disz) sila3 1(u) 7(disz) gin2 ga-ar3 gur
8'. szunigin 4(u) 4(asz) 1(barig) x x [...]
column 4
beginning broken
1'. 2(u) ma-na siki#
2'. 1(barig) 3(ban2) 7(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3 ga-ar3
3'. [...] 1/2(disz) sila3 gesztin had2#
4'. 4(asz)# 4(barig) 4(ban2) zu2-lum# gur#
5'. [...] 2(u) 1(disz) x [...]
6'. 2(u) [...]
7'. [...]
reverse
column 1
1. [...]
2. sze x [...] {d}nin-[...]
((blank line)4) zi-ga didli)
3. 1(gesz2) 1(u) 2(asz) gur#
4. sze-numun mur-gu4 [...]
5. 1(gesz2) 3(u) gur a2 lu2 [hun-ga2]
rest broken
column 2
1. 1(asz) 2(barig) ga-ar3 [...]
2. 2(u) 3(asz) 2(barig) zu2-[lum] gur#
3. 7(asz) gu2 siki
4. 1(disz) ma2 1(gesz2) gur
5. 1(u) 2(disz) {na4}kin2 szu se3-ga
6. 1(u) 3(disz) {na4}kin2 szu se3-ga szu-gi4
7. 5(u) gu2 im-babbar2
8. 1(u) 7(disz) 1/3(disz) ma-na 7(disz) gin2 siki-ud5
rest broken
column 3
1. szunigin 6(asz) 4(ban2) 3(disz) sila3 i3-gesz gur
2. szunigin 6(disz) tug2 sag usz-bar
3. szunigin 2(u) 1(disz) tug2 usz-bar
4. szunigin 5(disz) tug2 usz-bar tur
5. szunigin 6(disz) tug2 mug
6. [szunigin] 1(disz)# tug2 bar-dul5 us2 zu2-uh
7. [szunigin x tug2] sag usz-bar zu2-uh
8. [szunigin] x x tur
rest broken
column 4
1. [...]-am3
2. [...] 2(disz) 2/3(disz) [...] ku3-babbar
3. [...] x
rest broken

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Consult sign list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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. 264, 4N-T218

[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.
history: JESHO 38, p.393-406, p. 398

[vanDriel1995Nippur] Driel, Govert van. 1995. “Nippur and the Inanna Temple during the Ur III Period.” Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient 38: 393–406.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: IM 058909
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Elevation:
Stratigraphic Level:
Excavation No: 4N-T0218
Findspot Square:
Findspot Comments:

Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: --.--.00.00
Alternative Years:
Date Comments:
Accounting Period:

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
2017-03-03 at 09:52:24	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	CDLI	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
2006-10-12 at 12:16:37	CDLI	Transliteration	CDLI	CDLI	Approved
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	CDLI	CDLI	Approved

External Resources

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Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (034801) (034801)

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Cite this Artifacts

“BBVO 11, 264, 4N-T218 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 27, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P105002.

BBVO 11, 264, 4N-T218 artifact entry (No. P105002). (2024, October 27). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P105002 (Original work published 2001)

BBVO 11, 264, 4N-T218 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P105002 (Accessed: March 13, 2026).

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	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 27},
	title = {BBVO 11, 264, 4N-{T218} artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P105002},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P105002},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“BBVO 11, 264, 4N-T218 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 27, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P105002.

BBVO 11, 264, 4N-T218 artifact entry (No. P105002). (2024, October 27). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P105002 (Original work published 2001)

BBVO 11, 264, 4N-T218 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P105002 (Accessed: March 13, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-13]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 27},
	title = {BBVO 11, 264, 4N-{T218} artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P105002},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P105002},
}

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M1  - 2026/3/13/
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