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BBVO 11, 280, 6N-T398 (P105046)

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

Museum Number

OIM A31171

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. 2(asz) 4(barig) 5(ban2) sze-ba gur
2. geme2 dumu
3. ki szabra {d}nin-urta-ta
4. szabra {d}inanna-ke4
reverse
1. szu ba-ti
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2. iti udru{duru5}
3. mu# bad3-gal ba-du3
seal 1
1. {d}en-lil2-la2-al#?-[sa6]
2. dub-sar
3. dumu ur-{d}suen

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

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

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Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

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

Related publications

primary: BBVO 11, p. 280, 6N-T398

[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. 402

[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.

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Composite No.:
Museum No.: OIM A31171
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Elevation:
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Excavation No: 6N-T0398
Findspot Square:
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Ibbi-Suen.06.11.00
Alternative Years:
Date Comments:
Accounting Period: 0

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
2017-07-02 at 13:42:56	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Firth, Richard	CDLI	approved
2013-07-18 at 18:36:41	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	approved
2011-07-22 at 13:23:45	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	approved
2011-05-02 at 14:08:15	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

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Seals

This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
CDLI Seals 005558 (composite) (P458268)	Nippur (mod. Nuffar)	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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“BBVO 11, 280, 6N-T398 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 27, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P105046.

BBVO 11, 280, 6N-T398 artifact entry (No. P105046). (2024, October 27). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P105046 (Original work published 2001)

BBVO 11, 280, 6N-T398 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P105046 (Accessed: June 15, 2025).

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	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 27},
	title = {BBVO 11, 280, 6N-{T398} artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P105046},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P105046},
}

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“BBVO 11, 280, 6N-T398 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 27, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P105046.

BBVO 11, 280, 6N-T398 artifact entry (No. P105046). (2024, October 27). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P105046 (Original work published 2001)

BBVO 11, 280, 6N-T398 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P105046 (Accessed: June 15, 2025).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-06-15]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 27},
	title = {BBVO 11, 280, 6N-{T398} artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P105046},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P105046},
}

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