BBVO 11, 286, 6N-T455 (P105063)

Administrative tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

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Museum Collection(s)

Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Museum Number

NBC 10652

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

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tablet
obverse
column 1
  beginning broken
1'. [...] x
2'. [...] gi#-x
3. [...] 4(ban2) ur-{d}suen
4'. [...] ur#-du6-ku3
column 2
  beginning broken
1'. [...] e2#-gam? nu x
2'. [...] lugal#-e-ga
3'. [dumu]-ni-me
4'. giri3#-se3-ga sa2-du11
5'. siskur# gug-ga-na2#
6'. u3 ezem didli-me
7'. 2(asz@c) 1(ban2) sze 3(ban2) x-gi
8'. kisal-luh abzu#
9'. 1(asz@c) 2(ban2) sze 4(ban2)# [...] x
10'. [...]
column 3
  beginning broken
1'. [...] x x
2'. [...]-ku
3'. [...]
4'. 1(asz@c) n [...]
5'. 1(asz@c) 2(ban2) [...]
6'. 1(barig) 5(disz) sila3 {d}en#-ki#-gaba-ni
7'. 1(asz@c) 2(ban2) nin-zi-sza3-gal2
8'. 1(asz@c) 2(ban2) geme2 [...]
  traces in latter part of line
9'. 5(disz)
10. 1(u) 3(disz)
column 4
  beginning broken
1'. 5(disz) sila3 sze 1(ban2) [lu2-gir-gi4]-lu{ki} dumu-ni
2'. 1(asz@c) 2(ban2) sze 4(ban2) e2-siki#-gid2
3'. 1(asz@c) 2(ban2) sze 4(ban2) lugal-ki-ag2-mu
4'. ar#-bu-um-ta
5'. u2-IL2? ansze kunga2
6'. 1(asz@c) 2(ban2)# 5(disz) sila3 sze 5(ban2) ur-{d}da-da
7'. 1(asz@c) 2(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 sze 5(ban2) kur-ra-a2-gal2
8'. [1(asz@c)] 1(barig)? sze sze! {d}nin-mes-pirig-tur
9'. 1(asz@c) n sze# 1(ban2) lu2-{d}nin-szubur
10'. dumu ur#-{d}suen
11'. aga3?-us2# ensi2-me
12'. 5(disz)
13'. 3(disz)?
column 5
  beginning broken
1'. dumu [...]
2'. 1(asz@c) 1(ban2) sze 2(ban2) [...]
3'. kisal-luh e2-[...]
4'. usz-bar-me ki [...]
5'. ur-{d}a-ba-ba nu-{gesz}[kiri6] dumu ur-{d}suen
6'. 1(asz@c) 2(ban2) sze 4(ban2) lugal-sipa
7'. 1(asz@c) nu lu2-{d}nanna
8'. dumu e2 edin-e
9'. du3-a-ku5-me
10'. 1(asz@c) 2(ban2) sze 4(ban2) e2-he2-gal2
11'. libir-a
12'. 1(asz@c) 2(ban2) 4(ban2) u2-ze2-na-bi#-ir
13'. usz2 e#-ra-am-szu-ba-zu
14'. usz2 zu-mi-da-[ni]
15'. 1(asz@c) usz2 x [...]
reverse
column 1
1. sza3-gu4-me
2. szunigin 1(disz) gurusz 1(asz@c) 2(ban2) sze 4(ban2)
3. gab2-us2 ud5
4. szunigin 1(disz) gurusz 1(asz@c) n [x?]
5. szunigin 4(disz) gurusz 1(asz@c) 2(ban2) sze# [x?]
6. szunigin 1(disz) gurusz 1/2(disz) 1(ban2) [x?]
7. ar3-ar3 e2-nita# [...]
8. [szunigin] 9(disz) geme2 1(asz@c) [...]
  rest broken
column 2
1. nar [e2]-balag#-me
2. szunigin 1(asz@c) [...] 2(ban2) 4(ban2)
3. szunigin 1(asz@c) [...] 2(ban2)#-ta
4. szunigin 1(u) gurusz# [...]
5. szunigin 1(disz) dumu# [...]
6. ki# [...] x
7. giri3-se3-ga e2#-[a-me]
8. szunigin 2(disz) gurusz 1(asz@c) 2(ban2) 4(ban2)-ta
9. szunigin 1(disz) dumu-nita 5(disz) x [...]
10. u2-IL2? ansze kunga2-[me]
11. szunigin 1(disz) gurusz 1(asz@c) 1(disz) [...]
12. szunigin 2(disz) gurusz 1(asz@c) 2(ban2) [...]
  rest broken
column 3
1. [...] 2(ban2) 4(ban2)
2. szunigin [...] 1/2(disz) 1(ban2) 2(ban2)
3. szunigin 2(disz) geme2 [...] 2(ban2)-ta
4. e2-udu-lugal
5. ki a-ba-{d}en-lil2-gin7#
6. szunigin 1(disz) gurusz# [1(asz@c)?] x x x
  blank space
  rest broken
column 4
1. [... SIG7]-a dam
2. [szunigin] 1(u) 1(disz) gurusz 1(asz@c) nu-dab
3. szunigin 1(disz) gurusz SIG7-a nu-dab
4. szunigin 1(u) gurusz nu-dab
  blank space
  rest broken

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: BBVO 11, p. 286, 6N-T455

    [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.

  • citation: CBCY 3, 240, NBC 10652

    [Sigrist2001CBCY3] Sigrist, Marcel. 2001. Neo-Sumerian Archival Texts in the Nies Babylonian Collection. Catalogue of the Babylonian Collections at Yale 3. Bethesda, Maryland: CDL Press.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: NBC 10652
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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  • Excavation No: 6N-T0455
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-10-27 at 10:46:14 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-01-19 at 09:57:24 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2017-04-17 at 09:32:57 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2017-04-17 at 07:57:02 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2017-04-16 at 01:32:02 Firth, Richard Atf Firth, Richard CDLI approved View
2017-04-16 at 01:14:59 Firth, Richard Atf Firth, Richard CDLI approved View
2017-04-11 at 02:42:34 Firth, Richard Atf Firth, Richard CDLI approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact

“BBVO 11, 286, 6N-T455 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 27, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P105063.
BBVO 11, 286, 6N-T455 artifact entry (No. P105063). (2024, October 27). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P105063 (Original work published 2001)
BBVO 11, 286, 6N-T455 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P105063 (Accessed: August 10, 2025).
@misc{2024BBVO,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-08-10]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 27},
	title = {BBVO 11, 286, 6N-{T455} artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P105063},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P105063},
}


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DA  - 2024/10/27/
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TI  - BBVO 11, 286, 6N-T455 artifact entry
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Cite this Artifact

“BBVO 11, 286, 6N-T455 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 27, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P105063.
BBVO 11, 286, 6N-T455 artifact entry (No. P105063). (2024, October 27). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P105063 (Original work published 2001)
BBVO 11, 286, 6N-T455 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P105063 (Accessed: August 10, 2025).
@misc{2024BBVO,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-08-10]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 27},
	title = {BBVO 11, 286, 6N-{T455} artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P105063},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P105063},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/27/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P105063
LB  - CDLI:P105063
M1  - 2025/8/10/
TI  - BBVO 11, 286, 6N-T455 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P105063
ER  -
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