BE 03/1, 011 (P105565)

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

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Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 10156

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Promissory note; seal impressions on case; (Obv)8x(Rev)9x(UE)1 lines; Tablet 52 X 45 X 16 mm; Case 62 X 42 X 22 mm)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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Has seal impression(s)

tablet
obverse
1. e-la-ak-nu-id
2. u3 nu-ur2-i3-li2
3. dumu da-an-i3-li2
4. 1(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar-ta mu szum2-dam
5. lu2#-sza-lim-ra
6. pad-da mu lugal-bi i3-pa3-da
7. igi a-kal-la ugula
reverse
1. igi lu2-dingir-ra
2. igi lu2-{d}en-lil2-la2
3. igi ur-sukkal
4. igi hu-wa-wa szesz-gal x
5. igi ma-da-i3-li2
6. lu2-inim-ma-bi-me
7. iti! ziz2 u4 1(u) 1(disz) zal-la
8. mu en-unu6-gal {d}inanna ba-hun-ga2
envelope
  (not given)
seal 1
1. i-ak-nu-a2#
2. dumu bur-ma-ma
seal 2
1. a-kal?-[...]
2. x x [...]
3. dumu? x-[...]
  (following Hattori)

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet & envelope
  • Material: Clay
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  • Genre(s): Legal (Promissory note; seal impressions on case; (Obv)8x(Rev)9x(UE)1 lines; Tablet 52 X 45 X 16 mm; Case 62 X 42 X 22 mm)
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • primary: BE 3/1, 11

    [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. 232, 261 (seals)

    [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.

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  • Museum No.: CBS 10156
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.05.11.11
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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
2021-07-22 at 18:37:10 Firth, Richard Transliteration Firth, Richard CDLI Approved View
2017-01-01 at 03:20:42 Firth, Richard Transliteration Firth, Richard CDLI Approved View
2017-01-01 at 03:15:48 Firth, Richard Transliteration Firth, Richard CDLI Approved View
2017-01-01 at 03:13:35 Firth, Richard Transliteration Firth, Richard CDLI Approved View
2016-08-29 at 12:04:25 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 12:16:53 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

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

Seal Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 003966 (composite) (P456676) Nippur (mod. Nuffar) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185) - -

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Cite this Artifacts

“BE 03/1, 011 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 12, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P105565.
BE 03/1, 011 artifact entry (No. P105565). (2024, June 12). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P105565 (Original work published 2001)
BE 03/1, 011 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P105565 (Accessed: March 8, 2026).
@misc{2024BE,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-08]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jun 12},
	title = {BE 03/1, 011 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P105565},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P105565},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/6/12/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P105565
LB  - CDLI:P105565
M1  - 2026/3/8/
TI  - BE 03/1, 011 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P105565
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“BE 03/1, 011 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 12, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P105565.
BE 03/1, 011 artifact entry (No. P105565). (2024, June 12). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P105565 (Original work published 2001)
BE 03/1, 011 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P105565 (Accessed: March 8, 2026).
@misc{2024BE,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-08]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jun 12},
	title = {BE 03/1, 011 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P105565},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P105565},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/6/12/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P105565
LB  - CDLI:P105565
M1  - 2026/3/8/
TI  - BE 03/1, 011 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P105565
ER  -
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