BBVO 11, 277, 6N-T226 (P105036)

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 061479

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. [1(asz)] 2(barig)# 1(ban2)# 5(disz)# [sila3 zi3 sig15] gur#
2. [1(asz)] zi3-[gu gur]
3. [2(barig) 3(ban2) kasz gur]
4. [...] nig2-ar3#-ra# saga
5. sa2-du11
6. [...] 3(ban2) zi3 sig15
7. [...] 3(ban2) [...] 2(disz) sila3 esza
8. [...] kasz saga
9. [...] kasz du
10. [...]
11. 2(ban2)# 5(disz) sila3 zi3# sig15#
12. 2(ban2) kasz saga
column 2
1. [...]
2. 1(ban2) [...] 2(disz) sila3# zi3# [...]
3. 1(ban2) [...]
4. [... i3] nun [...]
5. [esz3]-esz3 3(disz)-a-[bi]
6. 3(ban2) zi3 sig15
7. 3(ban2) esza
8. 3(ban2) dabin
9. 1(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3 i3-nun
10. [...] ga-ar3
11. [...] sila3# zu2-lum
12. [siskur2] a-ra2 3(disz)-a-kam
13. [...] gur# sze-numun mur-gu4
14. [...] 2(barig) 1(ban2) sze gur# numun# gi4
15. [... a2 lu2] hun-ga2 [al ak] u2 tir-a esz2#-gar3
16. [... lu2]-mah# iri
17. 2(u) 8(asz) [...] 1(barig) [x] gur# sze-ba geme2 dumu
reverse
column 1
1. 3(barig) {ansze}kunga2#
2. 4(disz) sila3 i3-szah2 i3#-[ba] nar-e-ne
3. 2(u) 5(disz) ma-na siki-ud5
4. engar-me
5. 2(disz) gu4 e2-gal sza3-gal u4 1(disz)-a-bi 1(ban2) 6(disz) sila3 sze-ta
6. sze-bi 1(asz) 3(barig) gur iti 1(disz)-sze3
7. 3(disz) amar sza3-gal u4 1(disz)-a-bi 9(disz) sila3 sze-ta
8. sze-bi 4(barig) 3(ban2)# iti 1(disz)-sze3
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9. szunigin 1(asz) 3(barig) 4(ban2) 5(disz) zi3 sig15 gur
10. szunigin 1(barig) 1(ban2) [x sila3] esza#
11. sze-[bi ...]
12. szunigin [...]
rest broken
column 2
1. szunigin 1(asz) 5(disz) sila3 zi3-gu gur
2. szunigin 3(ban2) dabin#
3. [szunigin ... 1(asz) x x] 5(disz) sila3 kasz gur
4. [szunigin] 4(u) 4(asz) 2(barig) 1(ban2) sze gur
5. [szunigin] 2(gesz2) 5(u) 3(asz) 2(barig) 3(ban2) 6(disz) sila3 sze ziz2 gur
6. szunigin 1(u) gin2 i3-nun du10-ga
7. szunigin 2(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3 i3-nun
8. szunigin 1(disz) sila3 ga-ar3
9. szunigin 1/2(disz) gesztin had2
10. szunigin 2(ban2) zu2-lum
11. szunigin 2(disz) masz2
12. szunigin 4(disz) sila3 i3-szah2
13. szunigin 2(u) 5(disz) ma-na siki-ud5
14. ki ugula e2 {d}inanna-ta
15. ba-zi
16. iti# [{gesz}]apin-du8-a#
17. [mu e2] puzur4#-[isz-{d}da-gan ba]-du3

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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. 277, 6N-T226

[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 061479
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Elevation:
Stratigraphic Level:
Excavation No: 6N-T0226
Findspot Square:
Findspot Comments:

Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Šulgi.39.08.00
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2024-10-27 at 10:46:14	Firth, Richard	Artifact, Other Entity	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	approved
2017-03-03 at 09:52:25	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	CDLI	CDLI	approved
2016-07-28 at 14:11:09	CDLI	Atf	CDLI	CDLI	approved
2011-07-22 at 13:23:45	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	approved
2011-05-02 at 14:08:14	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	approved
2009-06-03 at 09:51:21	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	approved
2006-10-12 at 12:16:38	CDLI	Atf	CDLI	CDLI	approved
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	CDLI	CDLI	approved

External Resources

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Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (034833) (034833)

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Cite this Artifact

“BBVO 11, 277, 6N-T226 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 27, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P105036.

BBVO 11, 277, 6N-T226 artifact entry (No. P105036). (2024, October 27). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P105036 (Original work published 2001)

BBVO 11, 277, 6N-T226 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P105036 (Accessed: January 19, 2026).

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	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 27},
	title = {BBVO 11, 277, 6N-{T226} artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P105036},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P105036},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“BBVO 11, 277, 6N-T226 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 27, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P105036.

BBVO 11, 277, 6N-T226 artifact entry (No. P105036). (2024, October 27). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P105036 (Original work published 2001)

BBVO 11, 277, 6N-T226 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P105036 (Accessed: January 19, 2026).

@misc{2024BBVO,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-19]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 27},
	title = {BBVO 11, 277, 6N-{T226} artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P105036},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P105036},
}

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DA  - 2024/10/27/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P105036
LB  - CDLI:P105036
M1  - 2026/1/19/
TI  - BBVO 11, 277, 6N-T226 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P105036
ER  -