BE 03/1, 099 (P105651)

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 12631

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Account of silver; (Obv)9x(Rev)8 lines; 57 X 40 X 24 mm.)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
  beginning broken
1'. [n] 1(asz) ma#-na# [...]
2'. [x]-tum#-al-e?
3'. [n?] 6(disz)# gin2 ku3-babbar nig2-sa10 ansze
4'. [n?] 3(disz) 1/2(disz) gin2 mu a-kal-la ARAD2-sze3
5'. [n] n gi sa
6'. [...] x ku3 za3-szu2
7'. [...] x x ku3-bi
8'. [...] i3-szah2
reverse
1. [ku3]-bi# 1(disz) gin2 igi 3(disz)-gal2
2. lugal#-{me}me3-a lu2 azlag2
3. 4(disz) sila3 i3-gesz ku3-bi 1/2(disz) gin2
4. lugal-inim-gi-na
5. 2(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar nig2-sa10 uruda
6. u3 nagga ur-LI simug
7. [x] {gesz}sza3-kal# ku3-bi igi 3(disz)-gal2 1(u) 5(disz) sze
  rest broken

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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, 99

    [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 12631
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-03-09 at 12:32:19 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Gacia, Veronika; Sallaberger, Walther Vegetable Oils and Animal Fats in Early Urban Societies of Syro-Mesopotamia Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
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
2020-08-18 at 12:00:08 Firth, Richard Atf Firth, Richard 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, 099 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 9, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P105651.
BE 03/1, 099 artifact entry (No. P105651). (2023, March 9). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P105651 (Original work published 2001)
BE 03/1, 099 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P105651 (Accessed: January 21, 2026).
@misc{2023BE,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-21]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {mar 9},
	title = {BE 03/1, 099 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P105651},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P105651},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/3/9/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P105651
LB  - CDLI:P105651
M1  - 2026/1/21/
TI  - BE 03/1, 099 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P105651
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“BE 03/1, 099 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 9, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P105651.
BE 03/1, 099 artifact entry (No. P105651). (2023, March 9). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P105651 (Original work published 2001)
BE 03/1, 099 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P105651 (Accessed: January 21, 2026).
@misc{2023BE,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-21]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {mar 9},
	title = {BE 03/1, 099 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P105651},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P105651},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/3/9/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P105651
LB  - CDLI:P105651
M1  - 2026/1/21/
TI  - BE 03/1, 099 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P105651
ER  -
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