BRM 3, 163 (P107363)

Administrative tag excavated in Uncertain (mod. uncertain), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in J. Pierpont Morgan Library Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Lineart

Museum Collection(s)

J. Pierpont Morgan Library Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Museum Number

MLC 02445

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

uncertain (mod. uncertain)

Artifact Type

Tag

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (pisan-dub-ba)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

object tag
obverse
1. pisan-dub-ba
 en: Basket-of-tablets:
2. zi-ga lugal u3 sag-nig2-gur11-ra
 en: credits royal and debits of
3. sze gu4 udu i3 siki ku3 uruda u3 diri la2-ia3 ku3 ga2-ra
 en: barley, oxen, sheep, oill, wool, silver, copper and extras, debts, silver inlayed,
reverse
1. mu 1(disz)-a-kam
 en: (a period of) 1 year,
2. i3-gal2
 en: are here;
3. mu us2-sa ki-masz{ki} ba-hul
 en: year following: “Kimaš was destroyed.”
  blank space

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (pisan-dub-ba)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P107363

Physical information

Artifact type Tag
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience uncertain (mod. uncertain)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) J. Pierpont Morgan Library Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Museum Number MLC 02445
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 003915
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC) BC-002392
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) MLC.2445

References

  • primary: BRM 3, 163

    [Keiser1914BRM3] Keiser, Clarence E. 1914. Cuneiform Bullae of the Third Millennium B.C. Babylonian Records in the Library of J. Pierpont Morgan, Part 3. New Haven: Yale University Press.

  • history: RA 086 (pp. 97-111), 102

    [Lafont1992Quelques] Lafont, Bertrand. 1992. “Quelques Nouvelles Tablettes Dans Les Collections Américaines.” Revue d’Assyriologie et d’Archéologie Orientale 86 (2): 97–111. https://www.jstor.org/stable/23281867.

    transliteration/translation

  • history: Nelson pisan-dub-ba, no. 170

    [Nelson1976pisandubba] Nelson, Richard C. 1976. “Pisan-Dub-Ba Texts from the Sumerian Ur III Dynasty.” Phdthesis, University of Minnesota.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-10-08 at 14:04:21 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-09-16 at 15:50:12 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-09-16 at 15:48:07 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other 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
2016-12-15 at 17:01:49 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2015-05-06 at 08:17:26 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:27:09 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:10:29 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2009-06-03 at 09:55:15 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:17:34 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“BRM 3, 163 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 8, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P107363.
BRM 3, 163 artifact entry (No. P107363). (2024, October 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P107363 (Original work published 2001)
BRM 3, 163 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P107363 (Accessed: May 18, 2026).
@misc{2024BRM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-18]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 8},
	title = {BRM 3, 163 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P107363},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P107363},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/8/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P107363
LB  - CDLI:P107363
M1  - 2026/5/18/
TI  - BRM 3, 163 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P107363
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“BRM 3, 163 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 8, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P107363.
BRM 3, 163 artifact entry (No. P107363). (2024, October 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P107363 (Original work published 2001)
BRM 3, 163 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P107363 (Accessed: May 18, 2026).
@misc{2024BRM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-18]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 8},
	title = {BRM 3, 163 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P107363},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P107363},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/8/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P107363
LB  - CDLI:P107363
M1  - 2026/5/18/
TI  - BRM 3, 163 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P107363
ER  -
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