CBS 10249 (P265487)
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, USAMetadata / catalogue
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Museum Collection(s)
Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USAMuseum Number
CBS 10249Period
Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)Provenience
Nippur (mod. Nuffar)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
Administrative ((Obv)8x(Rev)6 lines; *or I/L)Language(s)
SumerianMeasurements
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tablet
obverse
1. 2(barig)# 2(ban2)# [...] x
2. x x x
3. 3(ban2)# sa2-du11
4. 4(ban2) x x
5. 2(ban2) 1(disz) sila3 u2#?-x-i3-li2
6. 2(ban2) 2(disz) sila3 nin9-ur2-ra
7. 7(disz) sila3 ku-da
8. 1(ban2) giri3-ni
reverse
1. 1(ban2) 2(disz) sila3 NI-x-x
2. 6(disz) sila3 NE?-x
3. 3(disz) sila3 x x
4. 1(disz) sila3 x x
5. 1(disz) sila3 a?-ma?-x x x
6. x x x x x x
blank space
left
1. x x x x
obverse
1. 2(barig)# 2(ban2)# [...] x
2. x x x
3. 3(ban2)# sa2-du11
4. 4(ban2) x x
5. 2(ban2) 1(disz) sila3 u2#?-x-i3-li2
6. 2(ban2) 2(disz) sila3 nin9-ur2-ra
7. 7(disz) sila3 ku-da
8. 1(ban2) giri3-ni
reverse
1. 1(ban2) 2(disz) sila3 NI-x-x
2. 6(disz) sila3 NE?-x
3. 3(disz) sila3 x x
4. 1(disz) sila3 x x
5. 1(disz) sila3 a?-ma?-x x x
6. x x x x x x
blank space
left
1. x 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)
- Artifact type: Tablet
- Material: Clay
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- Seal no.:
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- Artifact comments:
- Genre(s): Administrative ((Obv)8x(Rev)6 lines; *or I/L)
- Language(s): Sumerian
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history: NATN, p. 26
[Owen1982NATN] Owen, David I. 1982. Neo-Sumerian Archival Texts Primarily from Nippur in the University Museum, the Oriental Institute and the Iraq Museum (NATN). Winona Lake, Indiana: Eisenbrauns.
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- Museum No.: CBS 10249
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- Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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- Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
- Dates Referenced: --.--.--.--
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| Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
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| 2024-07-23 at 10:14:41 | Firth, Richard | Artifact metadata, Other metadata | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | Approved |
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| 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 |
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| 2020-08-25 at 03:14:57 | Firth, Richard | Transliteration | Firth, Richard | CDLI | Approved |
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| 2005-04-25 at 00:00:00 | CDLI | Artifact metadata | Englund, Robert K.; Fitzgerald, Madeleine; Foxvog, Daniel A.; Frayne, Douglas R.; Peterson, Jeremiah; Veldhuis, Niek; Zimmermann, Lynn-Salammbô | Penn Museum | CDLI | Approved |
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Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:
- Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (166638) (166638)
- Penn Museum (584493) (584493)
- Electronic Babylonian Library (CBS.10249) (CBS.10249)
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Cite this Artifacts
“CBS 10249 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P265487.
CBS 10249 artifact entry (No. P265487). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P265487 (Original work published 2005)
CBS 10249 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P265487 (Accessed: February 17, 2026).
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