BE 03/1, 100 (P105652)

Administrative tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), 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 11240

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Account of corn and wheat; *Peters describes as Nippur I, although Ur3 tabs.are characteristic to Nippur II. I" came from Tablet Hill)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
column 1
1. 2(u) 8(asz) 2(barig) 4(disz) sila3 ziz2 gur
2. 1(u) 2(asz) 1(barig) 5(ban2) 2(disz) sila3 gig saga gur
3. 2(u) 2(asz) gig us2 gur
4. sza3 u-pi5-ta
5. |SAGxNI| kiszib3 1(disz)-a-kam
6. mu a-ra2 2(disz)-kam karx(GAN2)-har{ki} ba-hul
7. 1(gesz2) 2(u) sze gur
8. |SAGxNI| kiszib3 1(disz)-a-kam
9. 2(gesz2) 1(u) 9(asz) sze gur
10. |SAGxNI| kiszib3 ur-{d}iszkur u3 szesz-kal-la
11. ki# ur-nigar{gar}-ta
12. [...] x gur#
  rest broken
column 2
1. mu us2-sa an-sza-an{ki} ba-hul
2. 1(gesz2) 2(u) sze gur
3. |SAGxNI| kiszib3 1(disz)-a-kam
4. 4(asz) sze gur
5. |SAGxNI| kiszib3 1(disz)-a-kam
6. 1(gesz2) 2(u) sze gur
7. |SAGxNI| kiszib3 1(disz)-a-kam
8. 2(u) 4(asz) sze gur
9. |SAGxNI| kiszib3 1(disz)-a-kam
10. 1(gesz'u) 1(gesz2) 1(u) 3(disz) dug 1(u) 1(barig) saga gur
11. sza3-bi-ta
12. 1(disz)-am3 kab2 ba-du11
13. ki-la2-bi 6(disz) ma-na# 7(disz) 1/2(disz) gin2
  blank space
14. [x] kiszib3 ra?-a
15. |SAGxNI|-bi mu#-ub-ak
reverse
column 1
  beginning broken
1'. [...]-ra-ta
2'. |SAGxNI| kiszib3 didli ur-{d}iszkur
3'. 2(gesz2) 5(u) 2(asz) 3(barig) 3(ban2) sze gur
4'. 3(u) 1(asz) 4(barig) 2(ban2) 7(disz) x gur
5'. 2(u) 6(asz) 1(ban2) 7(disz) sila3 gig gur
6'. ki ur-nigar{gar}-ka-ta
7'. a-sza3 har#?-ad-za-ta
8'. sza3 uri5{ki}-sze3
9'. |SAGxNI| kiszib3 ur-{d}iszkur
10'. u3 ar-szi-ah
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11'. iti sze-kar-gal2-la
12'. mu a-ra2 2(disz)-kam karx(GAN2)-har{ki} ba-hul
  blank space
13'. 1(gesz2) 1(u) sze gur
14'. sze szuku diri-ta e3-a
15'. ki ur-nigar{gar}-ta
16'. |SAGxNI| kiszib3 1(disz)-a-kam
17'. iti sze-sag11-ku5
18'. mu an-sza-an{ki} ba-hul
column 2
  beginning broken
1'. [...]-ra [...]-bar-ta
2'. [...]-ta
3'. [...] x-kam#
4'. [...] AB x
5'. |SAGxNI|# kiszib3 ba-gara2?-mu nu-ub-ra
6'. [...] 1(u) sze gur
7'. sze# szuku diri-ta e3-a
8'. ki# ur-nigar{gar}-ta
9'. x u3 dim2-ti
10'. |SAGxNI|# kiszib3 ar-szi-ah
11'. x x
12'. mu# an-sza-an ba-hul# mu# us2-sa-bi
13'. [...] 3(u) sze gur
14'. [sze] szuku# diri-ta e3-a
15'. ki ur-nigar{gar}-ta
16'. |SAGxNI| kiszib3 1(disz)-a-kam
17'. iti sze-sag-ku5
18'. mu an-sza-an{ki} ba-hul
19'. 1(gesz2) 2(u) sze gur
20'. ki# ur-esz3-bar-ra-ta
21'. [iti] min-esz3
22'. [mu an]-sza-an{ki} ba-hul
23'. [...] sze gur
24'. [...]-ta
25'. 1(szar2) 1(gesz'u) x gur#?
left
column 1
1. |SAGxNI| kiszib3 ur-{d}en-ki ma2-lah5#
column 2
1. iti ezem-[{d}szul-gi?]
2. |SAGxNI| bi-mu [...] nu-ub-ak#?

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

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • Genre(s): Administrative (Account of corn and wheat; *Peters describes as Nippur I, although Ur3 tabs.are characteristic to Nippur II. I" came from Tablet Hill)
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • primary: BE 3/1, 100

    [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.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: CBS 11240
  • Accession No.:

  • Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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    E.side of Shatt, while "II" came from T.H.; W.side of Shatt; (Obv)(i)17x(ii)19x(LoE)1x(Rev)(iii)20x(iv)30x(LE)2 lines"

  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šulgi.31.03.00, Šulgi.34.01.00, Šulgi.34.07.00, Šulgi.34.10.00 ?, Šulgi.35.00.00 (us2-us2 year)
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  • Accounting Period: Šulgi.31.03.00 to Šulgi.35.00.00 (us2-us2 year)

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
2016-01-05 at 16:47:49 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2015-12-11 at 16:52:48 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2015-08-07 at 10:40:42 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:24:44 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:08:50 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2009-06-03 at 09:53:17 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, 100 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P105652.
BE 03/1, 100 artifact entry (No. P105652). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P105652 (Original work published 2001)
BE 03/1, 100 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P105652 (Accessed: July 17, 2025).
@misc{2023BE,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-07-17]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {BE 03/1, 100 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P105652},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P105652},
}


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