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BBVO 11, 279, 6N-T371 (P105043)

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 A31164

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
1. [1(disz)] sag#-x
2. nig2#-sa10-ma-ni#
3. 1(u)# 5(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar#
4. lugal-al#
5. dumu ur-{d}ir-[da] iszib {d}ir-da#
6. lugal-engar-[du10] ugula e2 {d}inanna-[ke4]
7. in-na-la2
8. ka-tar dumu ur-esz3-lil2-la2
9. dam#-gar3 1(u) ku3-la2-a-bi
reverse
1. 1(disz) ga#-ti#-le dumu [x-x] tibira
2. [1(disz) ...]-x sukkal [dumu ...]-x
rest broken

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. 279, 6N-T371

[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: OIP 104, 350

[Gelb1991OIP104] Gelb, Ignace J., Piotr Steinkeller, and Robert M. Whiting. 1991. Earliest Land Tenure Systems in the Near East: Ancient Kudurrus (ELTS). The University of Chicago Oriental Institute Publications 104. https://oi.uchicago.edu/research/publications/oip/earliest-land-tenure-systems-near-east-ancient-kudurrus.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: OIM A31164
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Elevation:
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Excavation No: 6N-T0371
Findspot Square:
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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
2024-07-03 at 16:55:41	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2014-10-07 at 16:53:24	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	Approved
2011-07-22 at 13:23:45	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	Approved
2011-05-02 at 14:08:15	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	Approved
2009-06-03 at 09:51:24	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	Approved
2008-01-03 at 18:22:54	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 (031616) (031616)
Oriental Institute Integrated Database (ec28c02c-d6b0-4d7d-98f7-cc5fce290c33) (ec28c02c-d6b0-4d7d-98f7-cc5fce290c33)

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Cite this Artifacts

“BBVO 11, 279, 6N-T371 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 27, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P105043.

BBVO 11, 279, 6N-T371 artifact entry (No. P105043). (2024, October 27). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P105043 (Original work published 2001)

BBVO 11, 279, 6N-T371 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P105043 (Accessed: March 9, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-09]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 27},
	title = {BBVO 11, 279, 6N-{T371} artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P105043},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P105043},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“BBVO 11, 279, 6N-T371 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 27, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P105043.

BBVO 11, 279, 6N-T371 artifact entry (No. P105043). (2024, October 27). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P105043 (Original work published 2001)

BBVO 11, 279, 6N-T371 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P105043 (Accessed: March 9, 2026).

@misc{2024BBVO,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-09]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 27},
	title = {BBVO 11, 279, 6N-{T371} artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P105043},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P105043},
}

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DA  - 2024/10/27/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P105043
LB  - CDLI:P105043
M1  - 2026/3/9/
TI  - BBVO 11, 279, 6N-T371 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P105043
ER  -