BIN 03, 627 (P106434)

Administrative tablet & envelope 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 05613

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
1. 1(u) 3(asz) 4(barig) 4(ban2) 1(disz) sila3 sze gur
2. sa2-du11 {d}szul-gi-ra ma-asz
3. 5(asz) 4(barig) 4(ban2) 2(disz) sila3 sze gur
4. sa2-du11 e-lum?-a-la-an
5. [x] 2(barig) 6(disz) sila3 sze
6. sa2#-du11 ur-{d}lugal-banda3{da}
reverse
1. ki# asz2-du-bi2-isz-ta
2. ba-zi
  (blank) space/signs from other side?)
3. iti ses-da-gu7
4. mu sza-asz-ru{ki} ba-hul
envelope
obverse
1. 1(u) 3(asz) 4(barig) 4(ban2) 1(disz) sila3 sze [gur]
2. sa2-du11 {d}szul-gi-ra ma-asz
3. 5(asz) 4(barig) 4(ban2) 2(disz) sila3 sze gur#
4. sa2-du11 e-lum?-ma?-a-[...]
5. ki asz2-du-bi2-isz#-[ta]
6. i-bi2-{d}iszkur#
7. szu ba-ti#
reverse
  blank space
1. iti ses-da-gu7
2. mu sza-asz-ru{ki} ba-hul
seal 1
column 1
1. s,e-lu-usz-{d}da-gan
2. ensi2
3. si-mu-ru-um{ki}-ma
column 2
1. i-bi2-{d}iszkur
2. dub-sar
3. ARAD2-zu

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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 & envelope
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: BIN 3, 627

    [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.

  • history: Iraq 33 (pp. 1-18), 3, Plate I d

    [Buchanan1971Iraq33] Buchanan, Briggs. 1971. “A Snake Goddess and Her Companions a Problem in the Iconography of the Early Second Millennium B.C.” Iraq 33: 1–18.

  • history: ENES, 0679 (seal)

    [Buchanan1981ENES] Buchanan, Briggs. 1981. Early Near Eastern Seals in the Yale Babylonian Collection. Yale University Press.

  • history: RIME 3/2, .01.03.x2005, ex. 01

    [Frayne1997RIME3/2] Frayne, Douglas R. 1997. Ur III Period (2112-2004 BC). Vol. 3/2. Royal Inscriptions of Mesopotamia Early Periods. University of Toronto Press.

  • citation: CBCY 3, 200, NBC 05613

    [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.

  • citation: HSAO 16, p. 182

    [Tsouparopoulou2015HSAO16] Tsouparopoulou, Christina. 2015. The Ur III Seals Impressed on Documents from Puzriš-Dagān (Drehem). Heidelberger Studien Zum Alten Orient, Band 16. Heidelberg: Heidelberger Orientverlag.

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  • Museum No.: NBC 05613
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.06.02.00
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-09-22 at 14:47:43 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-07-18 at 10:01:09 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-07-18 at 08:21:01 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
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
2021-07-23 at 08:13:28 Firth, Richard Transliteration Firth, Richard CDLI Approved View
2013-06-07 at 12:25:43 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:25:50 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:09:34 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2009-06-03 at 09:54:28 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:17:11 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

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This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 000105 (composite) (P430204) Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifacts

“BIN 03, 627 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 22, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P106434.
BIN 03, 627 artifact entry (No. P106434). (2024, September 22). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P106434 (Original work published 2001)
BIN 03, 627 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P106434 (Accessed: January 24, 2026).
@misc{2024BIN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-24]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 22},
	title = {BIN 03, 627 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P106434},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P106434},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/9/22/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P106434
LB  - CDLI:P106434
M1  - 2026/1/24/
TI  - BIN 03, 627 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P106434
ER  - 

Cite this Artifacts

“BIN 03, 627 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 22, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P106434.
BIN 03, 627 artifact entry (No. P106434). (2024, September 22). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P106434 (Original work published 2001)
BIN 03, 627 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P106434 (Accessed: January 24, 2026).
@misc{2024BIN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-24]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 22},
	title = {BIN 03, 627 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P106434},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P106434},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/9/22/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P106434
LB  - CDLI:P106434
M1  - 2026/1/24/
TI  - BIN 03, 627 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P106434
ER  - 
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