BBVO 11, 285, 6N-T451 (P105061)

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 A31185

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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tablet
obverse
column 1
1. [...]
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2. [...] sila3# sze gur
3. [... sa2]-du11 {d}inanna
4. 2(barig) 3(ban2) sa2-du11 {d}nin-imma3
5. 1(asz) 2(ban2) sze zi3 giri3 uri5{ki}-ma
6. szu-na-mu-gi4
7. 1(barig) 2(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 geme2-{d}suen
8. 1(ban2) gala-mah
9. 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 sze nig2-ar3-ra
10. en-dingir-[mu]
11. [...] sa2-du11 szabra
12. en-dingir-mu
13. 2(barig) 3(ban2) {d}szul-gi-dingir-mu
14. 1(barig) ur-{d}lugal-AB-ka simug
15. 1(ban2) lugal-szesz#-gal
16. [...] edin#?
  rest broken
column 2
1. 4(barig) 2(ban2) nig2-ezem-ma
2. szu-na-mu-gi4
3. 5(ban2) a2 lu2 hun-ga2
4. giri3 uri5{ki}-ma
5. 1(ban2) dumu e-dab?-ba
6. 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 geme2-{d}suen
7. 4(barig) giri3 uri5{ki}-ma
8. 2(barig) 3(ban2) ur-{d}szul-pa-e3
9. giri3 u4-sa6-ga
10. 3(ban2) nig2-sa10-am3 tug2
11. 2(asz) 4(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 gur sa2-du11 {d}inanna
12. [... sa2-du11?] szabra#
13. [...]
14. 2(barig) 3(ban2)# [{d}szul]-gi#-dingir#-mu#
15. 1(barig) 4(ban2) 4(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3 sze ezem ab-e3
16. 1(barig) lugal-szuba
17. 1(barig) ur-{d}da-mu
18. 1(barig) nig2-sa10-am3 SZIM
19. giri3 ur-lugal
20. 4(ban2) sze x geme2-{d}suen
  rest broken
reverse
column 1
  beginning broken
1'. 2(ban2) u2-sag# [...]
2'. 1(ban2) dumu-munus ku5-da-mu
3'. 3(ban2) bu-la-li2 ad-kup4
4'. 1(barig) nig2-sa10-am3 sag 2(disz)-a-kam
5'. 1(barig) geme2-e2-zi-da
6'. 2(ban2) 4(disz) sila3! sze esza
7'. 3(disz) sila3 sze sze u2
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column 2
  beginning broken
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1'. szunigin 1(u) 8(disz) sze 4(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3 gur
2'. zi-ga szabra
3'. mu dumu-munus lugal ensi2 za-ab-sza-li{ki}-ke4 ba-an-tuku
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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: BBVO 11, p. 285, 6N-T451

    [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.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: OIM A31185
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
  • Elevation:
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  • Excavation No: 6N-T0451
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Ibbi-Suen.05.00.00
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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 09:52:43 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 14:08:16 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2009-06-03 at 09:51:27 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:16:39 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

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Cite this Artifacts

“BBVO 11, 285, 6N-T451 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 27, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P105061.
BBVO 11, 285, 6N-T451 artifact entry (No. P105061). (2024, October 27). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P105061 (Original work published 2001)
BBVO 11, 285, 6N-T451 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P105061 (Accessed: March 10, 2026).
@misc{2024BBVO,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-10]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 27},
	title = {BBVO 11, 285, 6N-{T451} artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P105061},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P105061},
}


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DA  - 2024/10/27/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P105061
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TI  - BBVO 11, 285, 6N-T451 artifact entry
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ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“BBVO 11, 285, 6N-T451 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 27, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P105061.
BBVO 11, 285, 6N-T451 artifact entry (No. P105061). (2024, October 27). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P105061 (Original work published 2001)
BBVO 11, 285, 6N-T451 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P105061 (Accessed: March 10, 2026).
@misc{2024BBVO,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-10]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 27},
	title = {BBVO 11, 285, 6N-{T451} artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P105061},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P105061},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/27/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P105061
LB  - CDLI:P105061
M1  - 2026/3/10/
TI  - BBVO 11, 285, 6N-T451 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P105061
ER  -
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