BE 03/1, 003 (P105557)

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 12576

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Contract; (Obv)6x(Rev)2 lines)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
1. ur-{d}nusku-ke4
2. lugal-sa6-ga-ar
3. lu2-{d}en-lil2-la2 dumu lu2-{d}utu
4. en-nu-ta x [...]
  rest broken
reverse
  beginning broken
1'. x [...] x
2'. iti? [...]
3'. mu en eridu[{ki} ba]-hun

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (Contract; (Obv)6x(Rev)2 lines)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P105557

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s) Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number CBS 12576
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 001673
Penn Museum (Penn) 586290
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) CBS.12576

References

  • primary: BE 3/1, 3

    [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: NRVN 1, 241

    [Çığ1965NRVN1] Çığ, Muazzez İlmiye, and Hatice Kızılyay. 1965. Neusumerische Rechts- Und Verwaltungsurkunden Aus Nippur - I. Türk Tarih Kurumu Yayınlarından, VI. Seri, No. 7. Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurumu.

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
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 Artifacts

“BE 03/1, 003 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P105557.
BE 03/1, 003 artifact entry (No. P105557). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P105557 (Original work published 2001)
BE 03/1, 003 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P105557 (Accessed: April 19, 2026).
@misc{2023BE,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-19]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {BE 03/1, 003 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P105557},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P105557},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P105557
LB  - CDLI:P105557
M1  - 2026/4/19/
TI  - BE 03/1, 003 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P105557
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“BE 03/1, 003 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P105557.
BE 03/1, 003 artifact entry (No. P105557). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P105557 (Original work published 2001)
BE 03/1, 003 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P105557 (Accessed: April 19, 2026).
@misc{2023BE,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-19]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {BE 03/1, 003 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P105557},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P105557},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P105557
LB  - CDLI:P105557
M1  - 2026/4/19/
TI  - BE 03/1, 003 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P105557
ER  -
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