BE 03/1, 083 (P105635)

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 11181

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Expenditures of grain for the sustenance of slaves engaged in tillage of fields;*Peters describes as I")

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text

tablet
obverse
column 1
1. 1(u) 6(asz) 4(barig) sze x [x]
2. 2(gesz2) 4(u) a2 gesz [x] x x
3. u4 1(disz)-a-kam#
4. sag-nig2-gur11-ra-kam
5. sza3-bi-ta
6. 1(bur3) 1(esze3) 5(iku) 1/2(iku) GAN2 u2 zex(SIG7)-a 2(u) sar-ta
7. a2 gurusz 2(u) 7(disz) 1/2(disz)-kam u4 2(disz)-a-kam
8. 1(esze3) 1(iku) GAN2 2(u) 5(disz) sar-ta
9. a2 gurusz 3(u) 4(disz)-kam#
10. 1(esze3) [GAN2] 2(u) sar x-[ta]
11. a2 [gurusz] 2(u)-kam#
12. 2(gesz2) 3(u) [x] sar gesz x x [x] sar-ta
13. [...] 1(disz)-kam
rest broken
column 2
1. 1(bur3) 2(iku) [...] GAN2 3(u) x [x]
2. a2 gurusz 1(gesz'u) 8(gesz2) sila3
3. 1(gesz2) 5(u) 7(disz) 1/2(disz) sar gesz-ta ak 8(disz) sar-ta
4. a2# gurusz 1(u) 4(disz) 2/3(disz)-kam
blank space
5. x-[x]-zi engar
6. 1(bur3) 1(esze3) 5(iku) GAN2 2(u) 5(disz) sar
7. a2# gurusz 1(gesz2) 5(u) 1(disz)-kam
8. 1(bur3) 4(iku) GAN2 3(u) sar-ta
9. a2 gurusz 1(gesz'u) 4(gesz2) 2/3(disz)-kam
blank space
10. tur-tur a gur [x]
11. 4(bur3) 1(esze3) 4(iku) GAN2 2(u) 6(disz) [sar]-ta
12. a2 gurusz [...] 5(gesz2) 8(disz)-kam
13. 2(u) 4(disz) sar x x ak
14. a2# gurusz [...] 6(disz) x
(blank) line/draft)
15. [...] x-a?
rest broken
reverse
column 1
blank space
1. szunigin 1(gesz2) 4(u) a2 gurusz ug3-IL2 u4 1(disz)-a-kam
2. szunigin 1(gesz'u) 4(gesz2) a2 gurusz lu2 hun-ga2
3. u4 1(disz)-a-kam
4. sze-bi 1(u) 6(asz) 4(barig) sze gur lugal
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column 2
blank space
1. nig2-ka9-ak a-sza3 ur-za-ba#-ba
2. ur-{d}lugal-banda3{da}-ke4 i3-dab5
3. iti e2-iti-6(disz)
4. mu ha-ar-szum{ki} ba-hul
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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
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Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative (Expenditures of grain for the sustenance of slaves engaged in tillage of fields;*Peters describes as I")
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: BE 3/1, 83

[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: PBS 5, 044 (date only)

[Poebel1914PBS5] Poebel, Arno. 1914. Historical and Grammatical Texts. Publications of the Babylonian Section 5. University Museum, Pennsylvania.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: CBS 11181
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Šulgi.48.08.00
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
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
2017-03-03 at 09:52:12	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	CDLI		CDLI	Approved
2015-08-04 at 15:46:08	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2015-03-13 at 12:42:01	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2014-12-19 at 20:58:35	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2011-07-22 at 13:24:43	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2011-05-02 at 14:08:49	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2009-06-03 at 09:53:14	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2006-10-12 at 12:16:54	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 (001751) (001751)
Penn Museum (585265) (585265)
Electronic Babylonian Library (CBS.11181) (CBS.11181)

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“BE 03/1, 083 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P105635.

BE 03/1, 083 artifact entry (No. P105635). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P105635 (Original work published 2001)

BE 03/1, 083 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P105635 (Accessed: January 30, 2026).

@misc{2023BE,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-30]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {BE 03/1, 083 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P105635},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P105635},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“BE 03/1, 083 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P105635.

BE 03/1, 083 artifact entry (No. P105635). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P105635 (Original work published 2001)

BE 03/1, 083 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P105635 (Accessed: January 30, 2026).

@misc{2023BE,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-30]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {BE 03/1, 083 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P105635},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P105635},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P105635
LB  - CDLI:P105635
M1  - 2026/1/30/
TI  - BE 03/1, 083 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P105635
ER  -