BE 03/1, 021 (P105574)

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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Chemical Data

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Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 11575

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (W/seal impressions; (Obv)13x(Rev)8 lines)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. [...]
2. [nig2]-sa10-bi ab2-sze3
3. [...] u3 lugal-kar-re
4. [dumu ur-{d}]da-mu-me
5. [ur-{d}]szul-pa-e3-ke4
6. [in]-ne-szi-sa10!
7. [igi] x-ku3-zu nu-banda3-ni
8. u3 hu!-wa-wa engar-a-ni
9. in-na-an-szum2-esz2
10. [x]-bi? hu!-wa-wa i3-dab5?
11. [nu]-gi4-gi4-de3
12. tesz2-bi mu lugal ib2-da-pa3
13. 1(disz) ur-{d}suen dumu lu2-kal-la nu-banda3
reverse
1. 1(disz) a2-da-da
2. 1(disz) un-da-ga ugula e2 {d}en-lil2
3. 1(disz) ur-{d}en-lil2-la2 nu-banda3
4. lu2-inim-ma-bi-me
5. iti szu-numun-a u4 3(u) ba-zal
6. mu ma!-da za-ab-[sza]-li{ki} ba-hul
seal 1
1. [hu]-wa-wa
2. dumu [...] {d}en-[...]
(following Hattori)
seal 2
1. lugal-ku3-[zu?]
2. dub-sar
3. dumu? nam-x [...]
(following Hattori)
seal 3
broken

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)

Collections

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
Measurements (mm):
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Join Information:
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Artifact comments:

Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative (W/seal impressions; (Obv)13x(Rev)8 lines)
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: BE 3/1, 21

[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. 261, 300, 368 (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.
history: FAOS 17, no. 32

[Steinkeller1989SaleDocuments] Steinkeller, Piotr. 1989. Sale Documents of the Ur-III-Period. Vol. 17. Freiburger Altorientalische Studien. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: CBS 11575
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Elevation:
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Findspot Square:
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.07.04.30
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-06-12 at 09:25:16	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
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
2017-01-23 at 06:29:49	Firth, Richard	Transliteration	Firth, Richard		CDLI	Approved
2017-01-09 at 08:31:32	Firth, Richard	Transliteration	Firth, Richard		CDLI	Approved
2017-01-04 at 01:40:55	Firth, Richard	Transliteration	Firth, Richard		CDLI	Approved
2011-07-22 at 13:24:40	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2011-05-02 at 14:08:46	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2006-10-12 at 12:16:53	CDLI	Transliteration	CDLI		CDLI	Approved
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	CDLI		CDLI	Approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (001690) (001690)
Penn Museum (585724) (585724)
Electronic Babylonian Library (CBS.11575) (CBS.11575)

Seals

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

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

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Cite this Artifacts

“BE 03/1, 021 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 12, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P105574.

BE 03/1, 021 artifact entry (No. P105574). (2024, June 12). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P105574 (Original work published 2001)

BE 03/1, 021 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P105574 (Accessed: February 6, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-06]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jun 12},
	title = {BE 03/1, 021 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P105574},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P105574},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“BE 03/1, 021 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 12, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P105574.

BE 03/1, 021 artifact entry (No. P105574). (2024, June 12). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P105574 (Original work published 2001)

BE 03/1, 021 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P105574 (Accessed: February 6, 2026).

@misc{2024BE,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-06]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jun 12},
	title = {BE 03/1, 021 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P105574},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P105574},
}

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DA  - 2024/6/12/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P105574
LB  - CDLI:P105574
M1  - 2026/2/6/
TI  - BE 03/1, 021 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P105574
ER  -