CST 040 (P107552)

Legal tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in John Rylands Library, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

John Rylands Library, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK

Museum Number

JRL 0040

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal

Language(s)

Sumerian

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tablet
obverse
1. 1(esze3) GAN2 a-sza3 dal-ba-na
2. mu 3(disz)-am3#
3. igi-3(disz)-gal2-sze3
  1 line blank
4. 1(disz) ma-da-a nimgir
5. 1(disz) ur-ga2-gi4-a
6. 1(disz) ka-hal
7. 1(disz) lu2-me-lam2
reverse
1. ur-{d}suen dumu a-kal-la-ra
2. i3-na-szum2-mu-usz2
3. mu lugal-bi in-pa3-de3-esz
4. 1(disz) lu2-{d}inanna
5. 1(disz) szesz-kal-la
6. 1(disz) ur-ga2-nun-na
7. lu2-inim-ma-bi-me
8. iti sig4 u4 1(u) 3(disz) ba-zal
left
1. mu {d}szu-{d}suen lugal ma-da za-ab-sza-li

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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
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: CST, 40

    [Fish1932CST] Fish, Thomas. 1932. Catalogue of Sumerian Tablets in the John Rylands Library. Manchester: The Manchester University Press.

  • collation: MVN 12, p. 95

    [Gomi1982MVN12] Gomi, Tohru. 1982. Wirtschaftstexte Der Ur III-Zeit Aus Dem British Museum. Materiali per Il Vocabolario Neosumerico 12. Roma: Multigrafica Editrice.

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  • Museum No.: JRL 0040
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.07.03.13
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  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2018-03-23 at 19:18:39 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:27:21 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:10:40 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:17:41 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
“CST 040 Artifact Entry.” 2001. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 20, 2001. https://cdli.earth/P107552.
CST 040 artifact entry (No. P107552). (2001, December 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P107552
CST 040 artifact entry (2001) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P107552 (Accessed: April 28, 2025).
@misc{2001CST,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-04-28]},
	year = {2001},
	month = {dec 20},
	title = {CST 040 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P107552},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P107552},
}


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PY  - 2001
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LB  - CDLI:P107552
M1  - 2025/4/28/
TI  - CST 040 artifact entry
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