BE 03/1, 001 (P105555)

Administrative tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 11176

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Court proceedings; *Peters describes as Nippur I, although Ur II tablets are characteristic to Nippur II. I" came from Tablet Hill)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

obverse
1. 1(disz) bu-ka
 en: 1 (full time worker): Buka,
2. ARAD2 a2-la-la-kam
 en: slave of Alala;
3. a2-la-la igi-ni i3-szi-gar
 en: Alala examined him;
4. mu lugal u4 ba-zah3-de3-na-ga2
 en: by the royal name: “On the day, I flee
5. szer7-da he2-a
 en: let it be a (capital?) crime,”
6. bi2-in-du11
 en: he swore;
7. za-an-ME-NI ama-ni
 en: Zan-MENI, his mother,
8. u3 geme2-{d}en-lil2 dam-na-ni
 en: and Geme-Enlil, his wife,
9. szu-du2 nu-zah3-da
 en: as guarantors of not fleeing,
reverse
1. ba-an-de6-esz2
 en: went carried;
2. 1(disz) lugal-gur4
 en: 1: Lugal-gur,
3. 1(disz) nam-ha-ni
 en: 1: Namḫani,
4. 1(disz) ur-ga2-gi4-a
 en: 1: Ur-Gagia,
5. 1(disz) szesz-kal-la
 en: 1: Šeškalla,
6. 1(disz) ur3-e-ba-du7
 en: 1: Ur-Ebadu,
7. 1(disz) us2-a-ni
 en: 1: Us’ani,
8. 1(disz) hal-li2-mu
 en: 1: Ḫallimu,
9. lu2-inim-ma-bi-me
 en: are the witnesses;
10. iti sze-sag11-ku5 min
 en: month: “Harvest,” the second,
11. mu us2-sa bad3 mar-tu ba-du3
 en: year after: “The Martu wall was erected.”

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (Court proceedings; *Peters describes as Nippur I, although Ur II tablets are characteristic to Nippur II. I" came from Tablet Hill)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P105555

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
E.side of Shatt, while "II" came from T.H.; W.side of Shatt; (Obv)12x(Rev)12 lines"
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number CBS 11176
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 001671
Penn Museum (Penn) 585260
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) CBS.11176

References

  • primary: BE 3/1, 1

    [Myhrman1910BE3/1] Myhrman, David W. 1910. Sumerian Administrative Documents, Dated in the Reigns of the Kings of the Second Dynasty of Ur, from the Temple Archives of Nippur, Preserved in Philadelphia. The Babylonian Expedition of the University of Pennsylvania. Series A: Cuneiform Texts, Volume 3, Part 1. Philadelphia: Department of Archaeology, University of Pennsylvania.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
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
2016-12-15 at 17:09:24 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2016-11-11 at 14:57:44 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Ozaki Tohru CDLI Approved View
2014-04-06 at 13:12:03 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Firth, Richard CDLI Approved View
2012-04-09 at 06:44:03 Dahl, Jacob L. Transliteration Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:24:39 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:08:46 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:16:52 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“BE 03/1, 001 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P105555.
BE 03/1, 001 artifact entry (No. P105555). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P105555 (Original work published 2001)
BE 03/1, 001 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P105555 (Accessed: May 15, 2026).
@misc{2023BE,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-15]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {BE 03/1, 001 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P105555},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P105555},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P105555
LB  - CDLI:P105555
M1  - 2026/5/15/
TI  - BE 03/1, 001 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P105555
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“BE 03/1, 001 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P105555.
BE 03/1, 001 artifact entry (No. P105555). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P105555 (Original work published 2001)
BE 03/1, 001 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P105555 (Accessed: May 15, 2026).
@misc{2023BE,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-15]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {BE 03/1, 001 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P105555},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P105555},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P105555
LB  - CDLI:P105555
M1  - 2026/5/15/
TI  - BE 03/1, 001 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P105555
ER  -
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