BIN 03, 013 (P105820)

Administrative tablet excavated in Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

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Museum Collection(s)

Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Museum Number

NBC 02272

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

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Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(disz) sila4 {d}en-lil2
2. 1(disz) sila4 {d}nin-lil2
3. mu-kux(DU) szesz-da-da sanga
4. 1(disz) sila4 niga hur-sag-ga-lam-ma
5. mu-kux(DU) lu2-{d}nanna sipa?
6. 1(disz) sila4 {d}nanna
7. mu-kux(DU) ensi2 urumx(|UR2xU2|){ki}
8. 1(disz) {munus}asz2-gar3 niga {d}nusku
9. mu-kux(DU) ensi2 nibru{ki}
10. 1(disz) {munus}asz2-gar3 niga {d}nin-urta
11. mu-kux(DU) ur-{d}en-lil2-la2
reverse
1. zabar-dab5 maszkim
2. 4(disz) gu4 3(disz) udu 3(u) 2(disz) u8
3. 3(disz) masz2 1(disz) ud5
4. szu-gid2 e2-muhaldim
5. mu aga3-us2-e-ne-sze3
6. ARAD2-mu maszkim
7. zi-ga u4 1(u) 8(disz)-kam
8. iti ki-siki-{d}nin-a-zu
9. mu ki-masz{ki} u3 hu-[ur5]-ti{ki} ba-hul

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

Collections

Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: BIN 3, 13

[Keiser1971BIN3] Keiser, Clarence E. 1971. Neo-Sumerian Account Texts from Drehem. Babylonian Inscriptions in the Collection of James B. Nies, Yale University 3. New Haven: Yale University Press.
citation: Creating Economic Order (pp. 89-106), 94

[Hallo2004Bookkeeping] Hallo, William W. 2004. “Bookkeeping in the 21st Century BCE.” Creating Economic Order : Record-Keeping, Standardization, and the Development of Accounting in the Ancient Near East , International Scholars Conference on Ancient Near Eastern Economies, 4: 89–106.
citation: CBCY 3, 096, NBC 02272

[Sigrist2001CBCY3] Sigrist, Marcel. 2001. Neo-Sumerian Archival Texts in the Nies Babylonian Collection. Catalogue of the Babylonian Collections at Yale 3. Bethesda, Maryland: CDL Press.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: NBC 02272
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem)
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Šulgi.46.04.18
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-07-14 at 11:27:29	Firth, Richard	Artifact, Other Entity	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
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
2011-07-22 at 13:25:00	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2011-05-02 at 14:09:01	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2006-10-12 at 12:16:58	CDLI	Atf	CDLI		CDLI	approved
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	CDLI		CDLI	approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (016021) (016021)
Yale Babylonian Collection (BC-005245) (BC-005245)
Electronic Babylonian Library (NBC.2272) (NBC.2272)

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Cite this Artifact

“BIN 03, 013 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 14, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P105820.

BIN 03, 013 artifact entry (No. P105820). (2024, July 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P105820 (Original work published 2001)

BIN 03, 013 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P105820 (Accessed: December 24, 2025).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-24]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 14},
	title = {BIN 03, 013 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P105820},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P105820},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“BIN 03, 013 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 14, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P105820.

BIN 03, 013 artifact entry (No. P105820). (2024, July 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P105820 (Original work published 2001)

BIN 03, 013 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P105820 (Accessed: December 24, 2025).

@misc{2024BIN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-24]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 14},
	title = {BIN 03, 013 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P105820},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P105820},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/14/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P105820
LB  - CDLI:P105820
M1  - 2025/12/24/
TI  - BIN 03, 013 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P105820
ER  -