BBVO 11, 300, 6N-T982 (P105101)

Legal 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 061706

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(disz) sag# [...]
2. i3-tur i3#-[lum] mu-[ni-im]
3. nig2-sa10-ma-ni
4. 6(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar
5. ugula e2 {d}inanna-ke4
6. lugal-uszur3 dam-gar3
7. in-na-la2
  1 line blank
8. mu ki-masz{ki} ba-hul
reverse
  blank space

Text content

Genre(s) Legal
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P105101

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number 6N-T0982
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq
Museum Number IM 061706
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 031614

References

  • primary: BBVO 11, p. 300, 6N-T982

    [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.

  • history: OIP 104, 349

    [Gelb1991OIP104] Gelb, Ignace Jay, Piotr Steinkeller, and Robert M. Whiting. 1991. Earliest Land Tenure Systems in the Near East: Ancient Kudurrus (ELTS). The University of Chicago Oriental Institute Publications 104. https://oi.uchicago.edu/research/publications/oip/earliest-land-tenure-systems-near-east-ancient-kudurrus.

  • history: FAOS 17, no. 5

    [Steinkeller1989SaleDocuments] Steinkeller, Piotr. 1989. Sale Documents of the Ur-III-Period. Vol. 17. Freiburger Altorientalische Studien. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner.

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
2024-07-03 at 16:55:41 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:23:59 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:08:20 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2009-06-03 at 09:51:29 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:16:40 CDLI, CDLI Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“BBVO 11, 300, 6N-T982 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 27, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P105101.
BBVO 11, 300, 6N-T982 artifact entry (No. P105101). (2024, October 27). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P105101 (Original work published 2001)
BBVO 11, 300, 6N-T982 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P105101 (Accessed: October 25, 2026).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 27},
	title = {BBVO 11, 300, 6N-{T982} artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P105101},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P105101},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“BBVO 11, 300, 6N-T982 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 27, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P105101.
BBVO 11, 300, 6N-T982 artifact entry (No. P105101). (2024, October 27). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P105101 (Original work published 2001)
BBVO 11, 300, 6N-T982 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P105101 (Accessed: October 25, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-25]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 27},
	title = {BBVO 11, 300, 6N-{T982} artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P105101},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P105101},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/27/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P105101
LB  - CDLI:P105101
M1  - 2026/10/25/
TI  - BBVO 11, 300, 6N-T982 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P105101
ER  - 
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