BBVO 11, 283, 6N-T432 (P105056)

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

Museum Collection(s)

National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq

Museum Number

IM —

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
  beginning broken
column 1'
  beginning broken
1'. x x x [...]
2'. 2(asz@c)? GAN2 lugal [...]
3'. 2(asz@c)? GAN2 ba-zi-[ge]
4'. [x] GAN2# ur#-[...]
5'. [...] engar#-me
6'. 1(asz@c) 1(barig) 1(ban2) 5(disz) ur-{d}isztaran
7'. 1(asz@c) 1(barig) 1(ban2) 5(disz) lugal-iri-mu
8'. 1(asz@c) 1(barig) 1(ban2) [x] lugal-ur2-ra-ni
9'. 1(asz@c) 1(barig) 1(ban2) 5(disz) lugal-geszkim-ti
10'. 1(asz@c) nu-dab lugal-im-tak4
11'. 1(asz@c) 1(barig) 1(ban2) 6(disz) {d}nin-mes-pirig?-banda3
12'. 1(asz@c) szu lu2-{d#}EN#-[...]
13'. dumu ad-da-kal#-[la]
14'. sza3-gu4-me
15'. ki lugal-dumu-gi7 nu-banda3
16'. 1(asz@c) GAN2 [ur]-{d}nin-urta
17'. 1(asz@c) GAN2 dingir-saga
18'. 1(asz@c) GAN2 lugal-inim-gi#-[na]
19'. dumu iri-[me]
20'. e-esz2#
21'. [(x)] GAN2 ur-tak4-ma-ni#-[du10]
column 2'
  beginning broken
1'. 1(asz@c) [...]
2'. 1(asz@c) 3(ban2) [...]
3'. 1(asz@c) 3(ban2) [...]
4'. 1(asz@c) 3(ban2) [...]
5'. [x] 3(ban2) nin#-[...]
6'. [x] 3(ban2)# su-[...]
7'. [x] 3(ban2) nin-[...]
8'. 1(asz@c) 3(ban2) nin-[...]
9'. 1(asz@c) 3(ban2) nin-[...]
10'. libir-ra-[me]
11'. 1(asz@c) 3(ban2) nin-[...]
  rest broken
reverse
column 1
  beginning broken
1'. szunigin n 2(asz@c) [...]
2'. nu-{gesz}kiri6# [...]
3'. szunigin 7(asz@c) gurusz SIG7-[a ...]
4'. a-bala-[me]
5'. ki dingir-ka-[a]
6'. szunigin 1(asz@c) gurusz [...]
7'. szunigin 4(disz) gurusz x [...]
8'. szunigin 1(disz) dumu 1(asz) x [...]
9'. du3-a-ku5-[me]
10'. ki lu2-{d}[...]
11'. giri3-se3-ga [...]
12'. szunigin 1(asz@c) gurusz [...]
13'. szunigin 1(asz@c) gurusz [...]
14'. e2-udu [lugal-me]
15'. ki a-ba-{d#}EN#-[...]
16'. szunigin 1(asz@c) [...]
  rest broken
column 2'
  beginning broken
  blank space
1'. sze#-bi 1(u) 8(asz) 1(barig) 4(ban2) 5(disz)# sila3# [gur]
2'. [iti]-da# u4 [...]
  rest broken

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Accounting Period

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P105056

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Written In
Excavation Number 6N-T0432
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq
Museum Number IM —
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 034852

References

  • primary: BBVO 11, p. 283, 6N-T432

    [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.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-10-27 at 10:46:14 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2017-03-03 at 09:52:42 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:23:46 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:08:15 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2009-06-03 at 09:51:25 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2008-01-03 at 18:23:06 Dahl, Jacob L. Transliteration Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“BBVO 11, 283, 6N-T432 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 27, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P105056.
BBVO 11, 283, 6N-T432 artifact entry (No. P105056). (2024, October 27). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P105056 (Original work published 2001)
BBVO 11, 283, 6N-T432 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P105056 (Accessed: April 27, 2026).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 27},
	title = {BBVO 11, 283, 6N-{T432} artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P105056},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P105056},
}


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Cite this Artifacts

“BBVO 11, 283, 6N-T432 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 27, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P105056.
BBVO 11, 283, 6N-T432 artifact entry (No. P105056). (2024, October 27). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P105056 (Original work published 2001)
BBVO 11, 283, 6N-T432 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P105056 (Accessed: April 27, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-27]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 27},
	title = {BBVO 11, 283, 6N-{T432} artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P105056},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P105056},
}


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