BBVO 11, 294, 6N-T625 (P105077)

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 061606

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
1. [...] ziz2 gur
2. [(x)] zi#-ga szesz-kal-la i3-du8
3. [sza3]-bi-ta
4. 2(asz) 4(barig)# 5(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 gur
5. diri de6-a iti gu4-si-su
6. 1(barig) 4(ban2) 3(disz) sila3 zi3 sig15 esza
7. szu-a gi-na iti-da
8. 3(ban2) zi3 sig15 sa2-du11 {d}nin#-imma3
9. 2(ban2) zi3 sig15 e2-gam-gam{ki}-sze3 giri3 ugula e2
10. 1(ban2) zi3 sig15 {d}nisaba
11. 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 zi3 sig15
12. esz3-esz3
13. 2(ban2) zi3 sig15 siskur a-ra2 [x]-kam
reverse
  blank space
1. szunigin 3(asz) 3(barig) 2(ban2) sila3 ziz2 gur
  szunigin 3(asz) 3(barig) 2(ban2) (#erasure#) sila3 ziz2 gur
2. zi-ga-am3
3. 1(asz) 3(barig) 1(ban2) ziz2 diri de6-a sa6-dingir-zu
4. iti sig4-ga
5. u4 3(u) ba-zal
6. mu us2-sa si-ma-num2{ki} ba-hul

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P105077

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Written In
Excavation Number 6N-T0625
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq
Museum Number IM 061606
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 034871

References

  • primary: BBVO 11, p. 294, 6N-T625

    [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 09:52:43 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:23:56 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, 294, 6N-T625 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 27, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P105077.
BBVO 11, 294, 6N-T625 artifact entry (No. P105077). (2024, October 27). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P105077 (Original work published 2001)
BBVO 11, 294, 6N-T625 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P105077 (Accessed: April 21, 2026).
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P105077},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P105077},
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Cite this Artifacts

“BBVO 11, 294, 6N-T625 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 27, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P105077.
BBVO 11, 294, 6N-T625 artifact entry (No. P105077). (2024, October 27). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P105077 (Original work published 2001)
BBVO 11, 294, 6N-T625 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P105077 (Accessed: April 21, 2026).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 27},
	title = {BBVO 11, 294, 6N-{T625} artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P105077},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P105077},
}


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PY  - 2024
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