BBVO 11, 266, 5N-T464 (P105010)

Administrative tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures West Asia & North Africa Museum, Chicago, Illinois, USA

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Museum Collection(s)

Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures West Asia & North Africa Museum, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Museum Number

OIM A30732

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

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Text

tablet
obverse
column 1
1. [...]
2'. [...] x
3'. [...] x IL2
4'. [...] x-ta
5'. [...] x gur
6'. [...] sila3# gur
7'. [...] gi#-dul4-la
8'. [...] mes-ta
9'. 3(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 ninda gur
10'. [...] x-gaba-ta gi4-a
11'. [x] 1(barig) 2(ban2) 6(disz) 2/3(disz) sila3 duh gur
12. [x] zi#-ga u3 sze [x] esz3-ta de6-a
13'. 2(barig) 5(disz) 1/3(disz) sila3
14. [...]
column 2
1. [...]
2'. szunigin 1(u) 1(disz) tug2# [...]
3'. szunigin 3(u) tug2 ug3 [...]
4. szunigin# 1(u)# 9(disz) tug2 gu2-e3
5. szunigin# 1(gesz2) 5(u) 2(disz) masz2
6'. szunigin 1(u) 8(asz) 1(barig) 3(ban2) esir2? E2-A gur
7'. szunigin 1(gesz2) 1(u) 6(asz) 3(ban2) 1(disz) sila3 esir2? a-ba-al gur
8'. szunigin 1(disz) ma2 1(gesz2) gur
9'. szunigin 1(u) 5(disz) {na4}kin2-ur5 szu se3-ga
10. szunigin# 1(gesz2)# 1(u) 5(asz) gu2# gur#
11. [...]
column 3
1. [...]
2'. 1(disz) [...]
3'. 1(disz) {gesz}haszhur# [...]
4'. 4(u) ma [...]
5'. 1(u) ma-na [...]
6'. 2(disz) SZIM [...]
7'. 1(u) esir2? E2-A [...]
8'. 1(gesz2) esir2? had2 gur#
9'. 1(u) gu2 im-[babbar2]
blank space
10. [...]
reverse
column 1
1. [...]
2. [...]
3. i3-ba nar-[ne]
4. 3(u) ma-na siki-[ud5]
5. engar-[me]
6. 1(asz) gur [...]
7. [sza3]-gal gu4 niga [...]
8. 1(gesz2) 2(disz) sze ziz2# [...]
9. 2(disz) sila3
(traces)
12. [...]
column 2
beginning broken
1'. [...] masz2 hi-a
2'. szunigin 5(disz) sila3 lal3
3'. szunigin 9(disz) 2/3(disz) i3-nun# du10#-ga#
4'. szunigin
5'. [...]
column 3
beginning broken
1'. [...] gin2
2'. [...] 1(disz)-ta
3'. [...] gin2
4'. [...] sila3# i3-[nun] du10#-ga#
5'. [...]

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

Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures West Asia & North Africa Museum, Chicago, Illinois, USA

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. 266, 5N-T464

[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.: OIM A30732
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Elevation:
Stratigraphic Level:
Excavation No: 5N-T0464
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
2014-01-22 at 15:13:33	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 14:08:13	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

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

Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (034809) (034809)
Oriental Institute Integrated Database (7aa3f82e-29ec-4fac-9e0b-46350cf03ed7) (7aa3f82e-29ec-4fac-9e0b-46350cf03ed7)

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Cite this Artifacts

“BBVO 11, 266, 5N-T464 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 27, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P105010.

BBVO 11, 266, 5N-T464 artifact entry (No. P105010). (2024, October 27). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P105010 (Original work published 2001)

BBVO 11, 266, 5N-T464 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P105010 (Accessed: March 8, 2026).

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	year = {2024},
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P105010},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P105010},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“BBVO 11, 266, 5N-T464 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 27, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P105010.

BBVO 11, 266, 5N-T464 artifact entry (No. P105010). (2024, October 27). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P105010 (Original work published 2001)

BBVO 11, 266, 5N-T464 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P105010 (Accessed: March 8, 2026).

@misc{2024BBVO,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-08]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 27},
	title = {BBVO 11, 266, 5N-{T464} artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P105010},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P105010},
}

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