BE 03/1, 121 (P105673)

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

Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 11246

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

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

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
  broken
1. [...] DISZ [...]
2. [...]
3. [...]
4. [...] 4(barig) sze gur [x]
5. 1(asz) 2(barig) nig2-gur11#-ra-kam
6. sza3#-bi-ta
7. [x] 1(u)#? 4(asz) 3(ban2) sze gur
8. [x] sza3#? bala#-a
9. [x] 1(gesz2)#? 1(u) 2(asz) sze gur
10. nibru#[{ki}]-sze3
11. giri3 x sukkal
12. [...]
13. lu2#?-{d}szara2
  1 line blank
14. [x] 1(u) 6(asz) 2(barig) 3(ban2) sze gur
15. [zi]-ga#-am3
  rest broken
reverse
  beginning broken
1'. [...] x
2'. [...] sze gur
3'. [...] x gur
4'. [...] gur#
5'. [...]-ta
6'. [...] al NI
  rest broken

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (Account of expenditure of corn; *Peters describes as Nippur I, although Ur3 tablets are characteristic to Nippur II. I" came from Tablet Hill)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Accounting Period

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P105673

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
E.side of Shatt, while "II" came from T.H.; W.side of Shatt; ruled; (Obv)13x(Rev)6 lines"
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number CBS 11246
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 001789
Penn Museum (Penn) 585322
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) CBS.11246

References

  • primary: BE 3/1, 121

    [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.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
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
2011-07-22 at 13:24:45 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:08:51 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:16:55 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“BE 03/1, 121 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P105673.
BE 03/1, 121 artifact entry (No. P105673). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P105673 (Original work published 2001)
BE 03/1, 121 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P105673 (Accessed: April 20, 2026).
@misc{2023BE,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-20]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {BE 03/1, 121 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P105673},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P105673},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P105673
LB  - CDLI:P105673
M1  - 2026/4/20/
TI  - BE 03/1, 121 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P105673
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“BE 03/1, 121 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P105673.
BE 03/1, 121 artifact entry (No. P105673). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P105673 (Original work published 2001)
BE 03/1, 121 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P105673 (Accessed: April 20, 2026).
@misc{2023BE,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-20]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {BE 03/1, 121 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P105673},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P105673},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P105673
LB  - CDLI:P105673
M1  - 2026/4/20/
TI  - BE 03/1, 121 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P105673
ER  -
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