BE 03/1, 046 (P105598)

Administrative 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 10230

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Account; (Obv)6x(Rev)7 lines)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
1. 1(disz) dug dida 3(disz)
2. 2(disz) dabin
3. 4(disz) kusz tur bu-sa-ba
4. 3(disz) kusz SZIM
5. lu2-ma-[x]-ke4-ne
reverse
1. puzur4-{d}iszkur
2. lu2 kin-gi4-a
3. lu2 si#?-ri-ke4-ru#?
4. szu ba-ti
5. i-szar-ni-si?
6. lu2 kin-gi4-a lugal-maszkim?-x
  blank space
left
1. iti szu-esz:sza!
2. mu en eridu{ki} ba-hun#
envelope
  (not given)
seal 1
1. [i]-szar-ni-[si]
2. dumu ba-ni-ni
3. szagina
  (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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  • primary: BE 3/1, 46

    [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 (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 10230
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.08.08.00 (Reichskalender)
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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
2017-01-04 at 02:00:09 Firth, Richard Transliteration Firth, Richard CDLI Approved View
2016-08-29 at 12:06:15 Firth, Richard Transliteration Firth, Richard CDLI Approved View
2016-07-28 at 14:11:20 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2016-02-25 at 11:36:02 Firth, Richard Transliteration Firth, Richard CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:24:41 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:08:48 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2009-06-03 at 09:53:11 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 004390 (composite) (P457100) Nippur (mod. Nuffar) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifacts

“BE 03/1, 046 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 12, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P105598.
BE 03/1, 046 artifact entry (No. P105598). (2024, June 12). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P105598 (Original work published 2001)
BE 03/1, 046 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P105598 (Accessed: March 9, 2026).
@misc{2024BE,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-09]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jun 12},
	title = {BE 03/1, 046 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P105598},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P105598},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/6/12/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P105598
LB  - CDLI:P105598
M1  - 2026/3/9/
TI  - BE 03/1, 046 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P105598
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“BE 03/1, 046 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 12, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P105598.
BE 03/1, 046 artifact entry (No. P105598). (2024, June 12). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P105598 (Original work published 2001)
BE 03/1, 046 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P105598 (Accessed: March 9, 2026).
@misc{2024BE,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-09]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jun 12},
	title = {BE 03/1, 046 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P105598},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P105598},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/6/12/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P105598
LB  - CDLI:P105598
M1  - 2026/3/9/
TI  - BE 03/1, 046 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P105598
ER  -
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