CBS 10018 (P265292)

Administrative tablet & envelope excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 10018

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Seal impression only)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
  (missing, some text reconstructable from impression on inside of envelope)
envelope
obverse
  broken
reverse
  beginning broken
  blank space
  seal impression
seal 1
1. na-ra-am-ti-x-im
2. dumu-munus nu-ur2-{d}x
seal 2
1. [...]-ki#-me-du#
2. [...]-e2#-x-x

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (Seal impression only)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Seals

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P265292

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet & envelope
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation
Case

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s) Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number CBS 10018
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Penn Museum (Penn) 584158
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) CBS.10018

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
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
2013-08-29 at 13:52:27 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2005-04-25 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata Englund, Robert K.; Fitzgerald, Madeleine; Foxvog, Daniel A.; Frayne, Douglas R.; Peterson, Jeremiah; Veldhuis, Niek; Zimmermann, Lynn-Salammbô Penn Museum CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“CBS 10018 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P265292.
CBS 10018 artifact entry (No. P265292). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P265292 (Original work published 2005)
CBS 10018 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P265292 (Accessed: October 17, 2026).
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	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {CBS 10018 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P265292},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P265292},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“CBS 10018 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P265292.
CBS 10018 artifact entry (No. P265292). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P265292 (Original work published 2005)
CBS 10018 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P265292 (Accessed: October 17, 2026).
@misc{2023CBS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-17]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {CBS 10018 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P265292},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P265292},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P265292
LB  - CDLI:P265292
M1  - 2026/10/17/
TI  - CBS 10018 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P265292
ER  - 
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