BE 01/2, 125 (P265995)

Tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey

Museum Collection(s)

Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey, Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

Ist Ni 00394 (cast: CBS 09763 + CBS 10802 ?)

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

-

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
1. [mu ...]
 en: Year: “...”;
  Shulgi 01
2. [mu ...]
 en: year: “...”;
  Shulgi 02
3. [mu ...]
 en: year: “...”;
  Shulgi 03
4. [mu ...]
 en: year: “...”;
  Shulgi 04
5. mu# bad3#-gal#? [...]
 en: year: “...”;
  Shulgi 05
6. mu giri3 nibru{ki#}-[ta ...]
 en: year: “The road from Nippur ...”;
  Shulgi 06
7. mu lugal-e uri2{ki}-ta#
 en: year: “The king from Ur ...”;
  Shulgi 07
8. mu ma2 {d}nin-lil2-la2 ba-du8
 en: year: “The magur of Ninlil was caulked”;
  Shulgi 08
9. mu {d}nanna kar-zi-da e2-a ba-kux(KWU636)
 en: year: “Nanna of Karzida was brought into the house”;
  Shulgi 09
10. mu e2-hur-sag lugal ba-du3
 en: year: “The royal mountain-house was built”;
  Shulgi 10
11. mu {d}isztaran |BAD3.GAL.AN|{ki} e2-a ba-kux(KWU636)
 en: year: “Ištaran of ... was brought into the house”;
  Shulgi 11
12. mu {d}nu-umusz{musz}-da ka-zal-lu{ki} e2-a ba-kux(KWU636)
 en: year: “Numušda of Kazallu was brought into the house”;
  Shulgi 12
13. mu e2-hal-bi lugal ba-du3
 en: year: “The royal ice-house was built”;
  Shulgi 13
14. mu {d}nanna nibru{ki} e2-a ba-kux(KWU636)
 en: year: “Nanna of Nippur was brought into the house”;
  Shulgi 14
15. mu en-nir-zi-an-na en-{d}nanna masz2-e i3-pa3
 en: year: “En-nirza-ana, the en-priestess of Nanna, was chosen by extispicy”;
  Shulgi 15
16. mu na2 {d}nin-lil2#-la2# ba#-dim2#
 en: year: “The bed of Ninlil was fashioned”;
  Shulgi 16
17. mu en-nir-zi-an-na en-{d}nanna ba-hun-ga2
 en: year: “En-nirzi-ana, the en-priestess of Nanna, was installed”;
  Shulgi 17
18. mu li2-wir-mi-ta2-szu dumu-munus lugal nam-nin mar-ha-szi{ki}-sze3 ba-IL2
 en: year: “Liwwir-miṭṭašu, the princess, to the queenship of Marḫaši” was lifted;
  Shulgi 18
19. mu UBARA{ki} ki-be2 ba-ab-gi4
 en: year: “UBARA was restored”;
  Shulgi 19
20. mu dumu uri2{ki}-ma lu2 gesz-gid2-sze3 ka ba-ab-kesz2
 en: year: “The sons of Ur were bound as long-pole men”;
  Shulgi 20
21. mu {d}nin-urta ensi2-gal {d}en-lil2-la2-ke4 e2# [{d}]en#-lil2-la2 {d}nin-lil2-la2-ke4# [esz-bar] kin# ba-du11-ga# x
 en: year: “Ninurta, the big-governor of Enlil, the houses of Enlil and Ninlil, an oracle having pronounced, ...”;
  Shulgi 21
reverse
1. mu# us2#-sa# {d#}nin#-urta#
 en: year following: “Ninurta ...”;
  Shulgi 22
2. mu# lugal a2#-mah#
 en: year: “The king, great ...”;
  Shulgi 23
3. mu# kara2-har#{ki#} ba#-hul#
 en: year: “Karaḫar was destroyed”;
  Shulgi 24
4. mu [si]-mu-ru-um{ki} ba#-hul#
 en: year: “Simurrum was destroyed”;
  Shulgi 25
5. mu si#-mu#-ru#-um#{ki#} a#-ra2# 2(asz)-kam-ma#-asz ba-hul
 en: year: “Simurrum was destroyed a 2nd time”;
  Shulgi 26
6. mu ha#-ar#-szi{ki} ba-hul#
 en: year: “Ḫarši was destroyed”;
  Shulgi 27
7. mu en eridu{ki}-ga ba-hun-ga2
 en: year: “The en-priest in Eridu was installed”;
  Shulgi 28
8. mu us2-sa en eridu{ki}-ga ba-hun-ga2
 en: year following: “The en-priest in Eridu was installed”;
  Shulgi 29
9. mu dumu-munus lugal ensi2 an-sza-an{ki}-ke4 ba-tuku
 en: year: “The princess the governor of Anšan married”;
  Shulgi 30
10. mu kara2-har{ki} a-ra# 2(asz)-kam-asz ba-hul
 en: year: “Karaḫar was destroyed a 2nd time”;
  Shulgi 31
11. mu# si#-mu#-ru#-um#{ki#} a#-ra2# 3(disz@t)-kam-asz ba-hul
 en: year: “Simurrum was destroyed a 3rd time”;
  Shulgi 32
12. mu us2-sa si-mu-ru-um{ki} a-ra2 3(asz)-kam-asz ba-hul
 en: year following: “Simurrum was destroyed a 3rd time”;
  Shulgi 33
13. mu an-sza-an{ki} ba-hul
 en: year: “Anšan was destroyed”;
  Shulgi 34
14. mu us2-sa an-sza-an{ki} ba-hul
 en: year following: “Anšan was destroyed”;
  Shulgi 35
15. mu {d}nanna kar-zi-da{ki} a-ra2 2(asz)-kam-asz e2#-a ba-kux(KWU636)#
 en: year: “Nanna of Karzida a 2nd time into the house was brought”;
  Shulgi 36
16. mu bad3 ma-da{ki} ba-du3
 en: year: “The wall of the land was built”;
  Shulgi 37
17. mu us2-sa bad3 ma-da{ki} ba-du3
 en: year following: “The wall of the land was built”;
  Shulgi 38
18. mu e2 puzur4-isz-{d}da-gan-na ba-du3
 en: year: “The house of Puzriš-Dagan was built”;
  Shulgi 39
19. mu us2-sa e2 puzur4-isz-{d}da-gan-na ba-du3
 en: year following: “The house of Puzriš-Dagan was built”;
  Shulgi 40
20. mu us2-sa e2 puzur4#-[isz]-{d}da-gan-na ba-du3 [mu us2]-sa-[bi]
 en: year following: “The temple of Puzriš-Dagan was built,” following that;
  Shulgi 41
21. mu sza-asz-ru{ki} ba#-hul#
 en: year: “The Šašrum was destroyed”;
  Shulgi 42
22. mu [...]
 en: year ... ;
  Shulgi 43
23. [mu ...]
 en: year ... ;
  Shulgi 44
24. [mu ...]
 en: year ... ;
  Shulgi 45
25. [mu ...]
 en: year ... ;
  Shulgi 46
26. [mu ...]
 en: year ... ;
  Shulgi 47
27. [mu ...]
 en: year ... ;
  Shulgi 48
28. [...]

Text content

Genre(s) School text
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
OB list of Ur III ynn
Accounting Period Šulgi.01.00.00 to --.--.--.--

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P265995

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation fragment

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s) Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey
Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number Ist Ni 00394 (cast: CBS 09763 + CBS 10802 ?)
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) Ni.394 + CBS.9763 + CBS.10802

References

  • primary: BE 1/2, 125

    [Hilprecht1896BE1/2] Hilprecht, Hermann Vollrath. 1896. Old Babylonian Inscriptions Chiefly from Nippur. The Babylonian Expedition of the University of Pennsylvania: Series A Cuneiform Texts, vol. 1/2. https://www.jstor.org/stable/1005492.

  • history: Hilprecht Assyriaca pp.22f.(not yet checked)

    [sec49776] N.d.

  • history: Scheil Recuil 17 pp.37f.(not yet checked)

    [sec49777] N.d.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-01-21 at 07:48:15 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2019-11-05 at 12:17:50 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2016-07-28 at 14:11:18 CDLI, CDLI Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2015-05-05 at 09:41:55 CDLI, CDLI Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2014-12-10 at 10:59:13 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2014-11-28 at 09:52:30 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2013-01-04 at 11:05:56 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Firth, Richard 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

“BE 01/2, 125 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P265995.
BE 01/2, 125 artifact entry (No. P265995). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P265995 (Original work published 2005)
BE 01/2, 125 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P265995 (Accessed: October 20, 2026).
@misc{2023BE,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-20]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {BE 01/2, 125 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P265995},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P265995},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P265995
LB  - CDLI:P265995
M1  - 2026/10/20/
TI  - BE 01/2, 125 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P265995
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“BE 01/2, 125 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P265995.
BE 01/2, 125 artifact entry (No. P265995). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P265995 (Original work published 2005)
BE 01/2, 125 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P265995 (Accessed: October 20, 2026).
@misc{2023BE,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-20]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {BE 01/2, 125 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P265995},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P265995},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P265995
LB  - CDLI:P265995
M1  - 2026/10/20/
TI  - BE 01/2, 125 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P265995
ER  -
This website uses essential cookies that are necessary for it to work properly. These cookies are enabled by default.