BE 03/1, 017 (P105570)

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

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Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 11665

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Loan of silver; w/seal impressions; (Obv)4x(Rev)7 lines)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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Has seal impression(s)

tablet
obverse
1. [...] 1(disz) [ma-na x] gin2# ku3-babbar
  1 line blank
2. [...]-x-dam
3. [ki ad-da]-kal#-la-ta
4. [...] x
reverse
1. szu# ba-ti
2. kiszib3 kal-{d}tiszpak
3. mu lugal-bi in-pa3
4. iti ezem-{d}nin-a-zu
5. mu si-mu-ru-um{ki} ba-hul
seal 1
1. [kal]-{d}[tiszpak]
2. dumu ki szim
3. ar3#-{d}utu-ke4
  (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
  • Material: Clay
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  • Genre(s): Legal (Loan of silver; w/seal impressions; (Obv)4x(Rev)7 lines)
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • primary: BE 3/1, 17

    [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. 250 (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.

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  • Museum No.: CBS 11665
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Ibbi-Suen.03.06.00 (Reichskalender)
  • Alternative Years: SH25 SH32 SH44
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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
2017-01-02 at 08:52:52 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 004345 (composite) (P457055) Nippur (mod. Nuffar) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifacts

“BE 03/1, 017 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 12, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P105570.
BE 03/1, 017 artifact entry (No. P105570). (2024, June 12). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P105570 (Original work published 2001)
BE 03/1, 017 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P105570 (Accessed: February 27, 2026).
@misc{2024BE,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-27]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jun 12},
	title = {BE 03/1, 017 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P105570},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P105570},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/6/12/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P105570
LB  - CDLI:P105570
M1  - 2026/2/27/
TI  - BE 03/1, 017 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P105570
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“BE 03/1, 017 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 12, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P105570.
BE 03/1, 017 artifact entry (No. P105570). (2024, June 12). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P105570 (Original work published 2001)
BE 03/1, 017 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P105570 (Accessed: February 27, 2026).
@misc{2024BE,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-27]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jun 12},
	title = {BE 03/1, 017 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P105570},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P105570},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/6/12/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P105570
LB  - CDLI:P105570
M1  - 2026/2/27/
TI  - BE 03/1, 017 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P105570
ER  -
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