BE 03/1, 002 (P105556)

Legal 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 11574

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Court Proceedings; Peters' No.622; (Obv)10x(LoE)1x(Rev)8x(UE)2 lines)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. nam-ugula-gesz2-da
2. lugal-agrig-zi-da
3. ki ur-{d}iszkur-ka i3-gal2-la
4. ur-{d}iszkur la-ba-a-du3-u3-da
5. lugal-agrig-zi-da
6. mu lugal-bi in-na-pa3
7. du11-ga-ni nu-banda3
8. [ur]-{d}szul-pa-e3
9. dumu ur-ba-ba6
reverse
1. ka5-a dumu ur-gu
2. a2-ka-ka-mu
3. ba-ka-ka
4. ur-{d}suen simug?
5. USZ engar {d}utu
6. lu2-inim-ma-bi-me
7. iti diri sze-sag11-ku5
8. mu {d}szu-{d}suen lugal uri5-ma-ke4 na-ru2-a-mah {d}en-lil2 {d}nin-lil2-ra mu-ne-du3
  sic no ki with uri5
seal 1
column 1
1. da-da
2. ensi2#?
  rest broken
  (following Hattori)

Text content

Genre(s) Legal (Court Proceedings; Peters' No.622; (Obv)10x(LoE)1x(Rev)8x(UE)2 lines)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Seals

This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal Seal Number Provenience Period Date
dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185) S999999 - -

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P105556

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s) Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number CBS 11574
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 001672
Penn Museum (Penn) 585723
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) CBS.11574

References

  • primary: BE 3/1, 2

    [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.

  • history: Hattori diss., p. 362 (seal)

    [Hattori2002diss] Hattori, Atsuko. 2002. “Texts and Impressions: A Holistic Approach to Ur III Cuneiform Tablets from the University of Pennsylvania Expeditions to Nippur.” Phdthesis, University of Pennsylvania.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-06-12 at 09:25:16 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
2017-01-23 at 02:03:58 Firth, Richard Transliteration Firth, Richard 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, 002 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 12, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P105556.
BE 03/1, 002 artifact entry (No. P105556). (2024, June 12). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P105556 (Original work published 2001)
BE 03/1, 002 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P105556 (Accessed: May 2, 2026).
@misc{2024BE,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-02]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jun 12},
	title = {BE 03/1, 002 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P105556},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P105556},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/6/12/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P105556
LB  - CDLI:P105556
M1  - 2026/5/2/
TI  - BE 03/1, 002 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P105556
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“BE 03/1, 002 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 12, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P105556.
BE 03/1, 002 artifact entry (No. P105556). (2024, June 12). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P105556 (Original work published 2001)
BE 03/1, 002 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P105556 (Accessed: May 2, 2026).
@misc{2024BE,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-02]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jun 12},
	title = {BE 03/1, 002 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P105556},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P105556},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/6/12/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P105556
LB  - CDLI:P105556
M1  - 2026/5/2/
TI  - BE 03/1, 002 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P105556
ER  -
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