BE 03/1, 135 (P105687)

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 10161

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 cone; frag #1: (Obv)15x(Rev)16x(UE)2 lines, frag #2: (Obv)4x(Rev)0 lines)

Language(s)

Sumerian

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tablet
obverse
1. 1(asz) sze gur ma2-a gar-ra uri5{ki}
2. giri3 a-ha-ni-szu
3. iti gu4#-si-su
4. 3(barig) 2(ban2) a2 lu2 hun-ga2 a-sza3 sag#-ki-DU-[x?]
5. kiszib3# ur-{d}nin-urta
6. 1(disz) szesz-kal-la gu-za-la2
7. 1(disz) a2-zi-da gu-za-la2
8. 1(disz) ur-{d}nin-urta
9. sze gub-ba a-sza3 {gesz}szinig-sze3 iti sig4-a
10. 2(barig) a2 lu2 hun-ga2 a-sza3 {gesz}gi-dul9-la-sze3
11. kiszib3 ur-ga2-gi4-a
12. 5(ban2) ARAD2-du10
13. 5(ban2)# dingir-mu-ma-szum2
14. [...] a-bi-tum
15. [...] ARAD2#?-e2-a
  (ca. 3 lines lost)
16. [... a]-sza3 x x [...]
17. [n] 5(ban2)# sze-ba a-hu-ni [...]
18. kiszib3# igi-{d}en-lil2-sze3#
19. [...] x
20. [...] {d}nin-tu
reverse
  (ca. 7 lines lost)
1'. [...]-hu-ni [...]
2'. [...] ur-{d}ig-alim-ka
3'. 4(asz) gur AN#-TI-URU-GU7 x [...]
4'. 2(ban2) a-ga-ti
5'. 5(ban2) nig2 se3-ga-sze3 ezem gu7
6'. 1(ban2) i3-pa3-da
7'. 1(ban2) a-bu-szu-ni
8'. 1(ban2) szu-esz18-dar
9'. 2(ban2) kasz dida du nin-he2-gal2
10'. iti {gesz}apin-du8-a
11'. 1(barig) 2(ban2) sa2-du11-sze3 bu-ga-ga
12'. 1(barig) giri3# bu-ga-ga
13'. 1(ban2) i3-pa3-da
14'. 1(barig) nig2 se3-ga ki {gesz}gu-za-sze3
15'. iti gan-gan-e3
16'. 1(barig) 2(ban2) 6(disz) sila3 ninda x x-a e2# {d}nin-urta#?
17'. x nu-tuku
18'. kiszib3# didli ki a2-zi-da-ta ba-zi
left
1. mu tu-ki-in-PA#!-mi-ig-ri-sza dumu munus lugal [...]

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

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • Genre(s): Administrative (Account of expenditure of cone; frag #1: (Obv)15x(Rev)16x(UE)2 lines, frag #2: (Obv)4x(Rev)0 lines)
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • primary: BE 3/1, 135

    [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 10161
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Ibbi-Suen.05.02.00, Ibbi-Suen.05.09.00
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  • Accounting Period: 0

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
2020-11-17 at 02:25:01 Firth, Richard Atf Firth, Richard CDLI approved View
2017-04-17 at 08:08:51 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:24:45 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:08:51 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:16:55 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, 135 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P105687.
BE 03/1, 135 artifact entry (No. P105687). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P105687 (Original work published 2001)
BE 03/1, 135 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P105687 (Accessed: June 13, 2025).
@misc{2023BE,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-06-13]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {BE 03/1, 135 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P105687},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P105687},
}


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