BBVO 11, 291, 6N-T567 (P105072)

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 10631

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
1'. kin [{d}]inanna#
2'. 2(asz) sze gur gu4 niga kin {d}inanna
3'. 5(asz) gur sze-numun
4'. 4(u) 9(asz) 2(barig) 5(disz) sila3 gur a2 lu2 hun-[ga2]
5'. al ak u2-|GISZxSZU|-a esz2-gar3 u3 ki-{gesz}kiri6
6'. 1(u) 8(asz) 3(barig) 2(ban2) gur nig2-sa10 uruda
7'. 6(asz) 1(barig) 3(ban2) gur sze-ba lu2-mah#
8'. [... gur sze]-ba# geme2# dumu#
9'. x ma#-na siki
10'. [x] i3#-szah2 i3-ba nar-ne
11'. 1(asz) 2(ban2) [...]
12'. 4(barig) sza3#-[gal amar ga u3] gu4#-ri#-nu#
13'. 1(disz) 1/2(disz) gin2 [ku3-babbar] nig2-sa10 esir2?
14'. 1(ban2) kasz saga
15'. 1(ban2) kasz du sila3 ba-ba munu4
16'. [x] ma#-na siki ezem# didli
17'. [...] esz3#-sze3 du
  rest broken
reverse
  beginning broken
1'. [sze]-bi# 4(barig) [...]
2'. [...] 1(ban2) kasz# [...]
3'. sze#-bi# 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3
4'. [...] 5(disz) sila3 ba-ba munu4#
5'. [sze]-bi 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3
6'. szunigin 1(barig) 3(ban2) kasz du
7'. [...] dabin
8'. [...]
9'. [...] sze ziz2 gur
10'. szunigin 1(disz) 1/2(disz) gin2 [ku3]-babbar
11'. szunigin 2(disz) sila3 i3-nun
12'. szunigin 2(disz) sila3 ga-[ar3]
13'. szunigin 2(ban2) zu2-[lum]
14'. szunigin 5(u) 5(disz)# ma-[na siki]
15'. [...] sila3# i3-[szah2]
16'. [...]-ta# tur-ra
17'. [mu] us2#-sa en hun-ga2#
  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/P105072

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Written In
Excavation Number 6N-T0567
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Museum Number NBC 10631
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 034866
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC) BC-013598
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) NBC.10631

References

  • primary: BBVO 11, p. 291, 6N-T567

    [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, 239, NBC 10631

    [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
2017-03-03 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
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

Cite this Artifacts

“BBVO 11, 291, 6N-T567 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 27, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P105072.
BBVO 11, 291, 6N-T567 artifact entry (No. P105072). (2024, October 27). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P105072 (Original work published 2001)
BBVO 11, 291, 6N-T567 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P105072 (Accessed: April 11, 2026).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 27},
	title = {BBVO 11, 291, 6N-{T567} artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P105072},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P105072},
}


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Cite this Artifacts

“BBVO 11, 291, 6N-T567 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 27, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P105072.
BBVO 11, 291, 6N-T567 artifact entry (No. P105072). (2024, October 27). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P105072 (Original work published 2001)
BBVO 11, 291, 6N-T567 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P105072 (Accessed: April 11, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-11]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 27},
	title = {BBVO 11, 291, 6N-{T567} artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P105072},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P105072},
}


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PY  - 2024
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M1  - 2026/4/11/
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