BE 03/1, 076 (P105628)

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 11571

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Inventory; (Obv)15x(Rev)15x(UE)3x(LE)2 lines)

Language(s)

Sumerian

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tablet
obverse
1. 1(u) 2(disz) gi pisan ninda
2. 5(disz) gi gur ki gub-ba
3. 2(disz) {kusz}a-ga2-la2 zi3 sig15
4. 9(disz) dug szu4-gan
5. 1(u) 1(disz) gi pisan tug2
6. 1(disz) kusz nu usz-tur
7. 1(disz) {kusz}du10-gan ti-bala
8. 1(disz) gi pisan gal zabar
9. 1(gesz2) 4(u) SZIM saga
10. 3(disz) udu u2
11. 2(gesz2) 2(u) SZIM du
12. 2(asz) munu4 gur
13. 3(barig) i3-szah2
14. 1(barig) mun
15. x x x x x
  rest broken
reverse
  beginning broken
1'. 3(disz) x x
2'. 5(gesz2) nig2-ar3-ra x
3'. 1(disz) gi ma-si zi3-gu
4'. 1(disz) gi ma-si dabin
5'. 2(disz) gi ma-ha-tum
6'. 1(disz) gi sza-szu-ru-um
7'. 5(disz) gesz za-mi-ri2-tum
8'. 3(disz) ki-ku-ru-um
9'. 4(disz) gesz tukur2
10'. 2(disz) gesz masz
11'. 1(disz) gesz zu u2 sar
12'. 2(disz) gesz 1(disz) sila3
13'. 1(disz) gesz da-ak-szi-um
14'. 2(disz) {kusz}na-a-du-um
15'. 2(disz) kusz isz-ba-tum
16'. 4(u) ma-na siki igi-nim-ma
left
1. x nig2 szu udu gan zabar 1(disz) tug2 a-ga2 x 1(disz) dug ru-[...]

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Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: BE 3/1, 76

    [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.

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  • Museum No.: CBS 11571
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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 13:24:42 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:08:49 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:16:54 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, 076 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P105628.
BE 03/1, 076 artifact entry (No. P105628). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P105628 (Original work published 2001)
BE 03/1, 076 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P105628 (Accessed: November 22, 2025).
@misc{2023BE,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-11-22]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {BE 03/1, 076 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P105628},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P105628},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P105628
LB  - CDLI:P105628
M1  - 2025/11/22/
TI  - BE 03/1, 076 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P105628
ER  - 

Cite this Artifact

“BE 03/1, 076 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P105628.
BE 03/1, 076 artifact entry (No. P105628). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P105628 (Original work published 2001)
BE 03/1, 076 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P105628 (Accessed: November 22, 2025).
@misc{2023BE,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-11-22]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {BE 03/1, 076 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P105628},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P105628},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P105628
LB  - CDLI:P105628
M1  - 2025/11/22/
TI  - BE 03/1, 076 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P105628
ER  - 
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