BE 03/1, 019 (P105572)

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

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Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 10932

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Loan of silver, value received; (Obv)7x(Rev)5 lines)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
1. [n] gin2# ku3-babbar
2. [ki ur]-{d}nusku-ta
3. a#-a-na-tum-e
4. szu ba-ti
5. ma-at-i3-li2
6. mu 4(disz)-am3
7. DU-de3
reverse
1. a2-ni-sze3
2. su-su-de3
3. mu lugal [...]-x-esz2
4. a2 [...]
5. ur-[...]
  n lines broken
6'. [mu ...] ba-hul

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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  • primary: BE 3/1, 19

    [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.

  • citation: Steinkeller, Security for debt (2001), p. 57-58 no. 8

    [Steinkeller2001security] Steinkeller, Piotr. 2001. “The Ur III Period.” In Security for Debt in Ancient Near Eastern Law, edited by Raymond Westbrook and Richard Jasnow, 9:47–62. Culture and History of the Ancient Near East. Leiden: Brill.

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  • Museum No.: CBS 10932
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-01-19 at 09:57:24 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:24:40 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:08:46 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:16:53 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact

“BE 03/1, 019 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P105572.
BE 03/1, 019 artifact entry (No. P105572). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P105572 (Original work published 2001)
BE 03/1, 019 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P105572 (Accessed: January 19, 2026).
@misc{2023BE,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-19]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {BE 03/1, 019 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P105572},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P105572},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P105572
LB  - CDLI:P105572
M1  - 2026/1/19/
TI  - BE 03/1, 019 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P105572
ER  - 

Cite this Artifact

“BE 03/1, 019 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P105572.
BE 03/1, 019 artifact entry (No. P105572). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P105572 (Original work published 2001)
BE 03/1, 019 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P105572 (Accessed: January 19, 2026).
@misc{2023BE,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-19]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {BE 03/1, 019 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P105572},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P105572},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P105572
LB  - CDLI:P105572
M1  - 2026/1/19/
TI  - BE 03/1, 019 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P105572
ER  - 
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