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Iraq 05, 173, 21, CBS 8180 (P110464)

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 08180

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 2(asz) 1(barig) 4(ban2) sze gur
2. e2 [...]-ta
3. [...]-ta
4. [...] ezem
5. [...] e2 {d}nin-urta-sze3 1(ban2) mu usz-mu-sze3
6. 1(ban2) nin-a-gi-a
7. 1(ban2) en-nu-sze3 giri3 lu2-giri17-zal
8. 3(ban2) e2 gu3-de2-a-ta
9. szunigin 5(asz) 3(barig) 3(ban2) sze gur
10. ki lu2-ma2-gan{ki}-ta
11. na-silim szu ba-ti
reverse
1. 1(barig) sze gur
2. 1(barig) sze musz a-sza3 dal-ba-na
3. [... gur] e2 ur-{d}ba-ba6
4. [...] 5(ban2) gur e2 {d}nin-urta-sze3
5. [...] 3(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 u4-sa6-ga
6. 3(ban2) giri3-ni
7. 2/3(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar
8. szunigin 8(asz) 3(barig) 5(ban2) 4(disz) sila3 sze gur
9. szunigin 2/3(disz) <gin2> ku3-babbar
10. ki lu2-ma2-gan{ki}-ta
11. ur-nigar{gar}-ra-ke4 szu ba-ti
12. mu x x x

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
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: Iraq 5 (p. 157-179), 173, 21, CBS 8180

[Fish1938Iraq5] Fish, Thomas. 1938. “The Sumerian City Nippur in the Period of the Third Dynasty of Ur.” Iraq 5: 157–79. https://doi.org/10.2307/4241631.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: CBS 08180
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Ibbi-Suen.01.00.00
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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
2017-03-03 at 09:53:59	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	CDLI		CDLI	Approved
2011-07-22 at 13:31:42	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2011-05-02 at 14:13:36	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2006-10-12 at 12:18:46	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 (012111) (012111)
Penn Museum (583006) (583006)
Electronic Babylonian Library (CBS.8180) (CBS.8180)

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“Iraq 05, 173, 21, CBS 8180 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P110464.

Iraq 05, 173, 21, CBS 8180 artifact entry (No. P110464). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P110464 (Original work published 2001)

Iraq 05, 173, 21, CBS 8180 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P110464 (Accessed: March 26, 2026).

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	year = {2023},
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P110464},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P110464},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“Iraq 05, 173, 21, CBS 8180 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P110464.

Iraq 05, 173, 21, CBS 8180 artifact entry (No. P110464). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P110464 (Original work published 2001)

Iraq 05, 173, 21, CBS 8180 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P110464 (Accessed: March 26, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-26]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {Iraq 05, 173, 21, {CBS} 8180 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P110464},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P110464},
}

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