UM 29-13-162 (P255159)

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

UM 29-13-162

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Ledger; account of rations of grain expended with names of overseers; 15 lines)

Language(s)

Sumerian

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • Condition Description: rev blank
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  • Genre(s): Administrative (Ledger; account of rations of grain expended with names of overseers; 15 lines)
  • Language(s): Sumerian


  • history: JAOS 63 (pp. 155-158), 156

    [Steele1943JAOS63] Steele, Francis R. 1943. “Notes on Ur III Date Formulae.” Journal of the American Oriental Society 63 (2): 155–58. https://doi.org/10.2307/594122.

    incorrectly published UM 29-16-162 as 29-13-162


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  • Museum No.: UM 29-13-162
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-09-14 at 15:48:56 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-09-14 at 15:43:16 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-01-19 at 10:20:17 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2005-02-24 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Fitzgerald, Madeleine; Peterson, Jeremiah CDLI Approved View

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Cite this Artifacts

“UM 29-13-162 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 14, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P255159.
UM 29-13-162 artifact entry (No. P255159). (2024, September 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P255159 (Original work published 2005)
UM 29-13-162 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P255159 (Accessed: March 1, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-01]},
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	month = {sep 14},
	title = {UM 29-13-162 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P255159},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P255159},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“UM 29-13-162 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 14, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P255159.
UM 29-13-162 artifact entry (No. P255159). (2024, September 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P255159 (Original work published 2005)
UM 29-13-162 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P255159 (Accessed: March 1, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-01]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 14},
	title = {UM 29-13-162 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P255159},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P255159},
}

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PY  - 2024
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LB  - CDLI:P255159
M1  - 2026/3/1/
TI  - UM 29-13-162 artifact entry
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