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

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

-

Text

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

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P105063

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Written In
Excavation Number 6N-T0455
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Museum Number NBC 10652
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 034858
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC) BC-013619
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) NBC.10652

References

  • 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.

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
2023-01-19 at 09:57:24 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata 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. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2017-04-17 at 07:57:02 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2017-04-16 at 01:32:02 Firth, Richard Transliteration Firth, Richard CDLI Approved View
2017-04-16 at 01:14:59 Firth, Richard Transliteration Firth, Richard CDLI Approved View
2017-04-11 at 02:42:34 Firth, Richard Transliteration Firth, Richard CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“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: April 12, 2026).
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	year = {2024},
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	title = {BBVO 11, 286, 6N-{T455} artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P105063},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P105063},
}


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Cite this Artifacts

“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: April 12, 2026).
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	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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