BE 03/1, 151 (P105702)

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 11174

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

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

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text

tablet
obverse
column 1
beginning broken
1'. [...] sila3#
2'. [...] x {gesz}haszhur#
3'. [...] sar#? ne ni?
4'. [...] ku3-babbar
5'. [ki x]-x-x unu3-ta
6'. lu2-{d}x x nu#-kiri6
7'. [...] gin2# ku3-[...] lugal
8'. [...]-DU-ta
9'. x x x {d}en#-ki# lunga
10'. [n] n 2(asz)# sze gur lugal
11'. [...] ur-[...] aga3#-us2
12'. [n] ma#-na# uruda
13'. [...] um x [...]-sze3
14'. [...] lu2-{d}EN#-[x]-ta
15'. [...] x ki#? tur
16'. [...] szu ti-a
17'. [...]-x-ta
18'. [...] x ad [...]
19'. [...] x [...]
20'. [...]
rest broken
column 2
beginning broken
1'. [...]
2'. [...] u4 [...]
3'. gesz#? x x [...]
4'. ki dam lugal-{d}[...]
5'. giri3# ur-{d}iszkur
6'. u3 an-gar3-x
7'. ki ur-{d}x-[...]
8'. 1(u) 6(disz) ma-na ku3#-[babbar]
9'. ki# lu2-{d}szara2#?-[ta]
10'. u3#? GAN2#?-masz [...]
11'. 4(asz)#? sze# gur tu#?-[...]
12'. 1(u) 5(disz) gin2# masz2 [...]
13'. 1(u) gin2 ku3-babbar du [...]
14'. 4(ban2) 5(disz)# sila3# i3#-gesz lugal#-[...]
15'. ki# lu2-{d}x-nin#?-[x]
16'. u3# gu-gu [...]
17'. e2-a-ni [...]
18'. giri3 lu2-[...]
19'. u3 lu2-{d#}[x]
20'. 1(barig) 4(ban2) i3-[...]
21'. [...]
rest broken
reverse
broken

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 (Account of silver, corn etc.; *Peters describes as Nippur I, although Ur II tablets are characteristic to Nippur II. I" came from Tablet Hill)
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: BE 3/1, 151

[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.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: CBS 11174
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Elevation:
Stratigraphic Level:
Excavation No:
Findspot Square:
Findspot Comments:
E.side of Shatt, while "II" came from T.H.; W.side of Shatt; (Obv)21x(Rev)19 lines"

Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: --.--.00.00
Alternative Years:
Date Comments:
Accounting Period:

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
2011-07-22 at 13:24:46	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2011-05-02 at 14:08:52	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2006-10-12 at 12:16:55	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 (001818) (001818)
Penn Museum (585258) (585258)
Electronic Babylonian Library (CBS.11174) (CBS.11174)

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“BE 03/1, 151 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P105702.

BE 03/1, 151 artifact entry (No. P105702). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P105702 (Original work published 2001)

BE 03/1, 151 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P105702 (Accessed: April 3, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-03]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {BE 03/1, 151 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P105702},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P105702},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“BE 03/1, 151 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P105702.

BE 03/1, 151 artifact entry (No. P105702). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P105702 (Original work published 2001)

BE 03/1, 151 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P105702 (Accessed: April 3, 2026).

@misc{2023BE,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-03]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {BE 03/1, 151 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P105702},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P105702},
}

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DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P105702
LB  - CDLI:P105702
M1  - 2026/4/3/
TI  - BE 03/1, 151 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P105702
ER  -