CBS 11196 (P266358)

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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Photo

Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 11196

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (*Peters describes as Nippur I, although Ur3 tablets are characteristic to Nippur II. I" came from Tablet Hill)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text

tablet
obverse
1. n sze gur [...]
2. szunigin 1(u) 4(asz) sze [gur ...]
3. sag nig2-gur11#-[ra-kam]
4. sza3-bi-[ta]
5. 7(asz) 1(barig) 2(ban2) sze gur# lugal#
6. 2(asz) sze gur lugal#
7. 2(asz) sze gur [...] gu4 x GISZ# [...]
rest broken
reverse
broken

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)

Text content

Genre(s)	Administrative (*Peters describes as Nippur I, although Ur3 tablets are characteristic to Nippur II. I" came from Tablet Hill)
Language(s)	Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

CDLI number	P266358
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P266358

Physical information

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

Provenance

Provenience	Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot	E.side of Shatt, while "II" came from T.H.; W.side of Shatt; 9 lines"
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number	CBS 11196
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS)	166643
Penn Museum (Penn)	585277
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	CBS.11196

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
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
2020-08-25 at 03:16:21	Firth, Richard	Transliteration	Firth, Richard		CDLI, CDLI	Approved
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

Cite this Artifact

“CBS 11196 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P266358.

CBS 11196 artifact entry (No. P266358). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P266358 (Original work published 2005)

CBS 11196 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P266358 (Accessed: November 5, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-05]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {CBS 11196 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P266358},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P266358},
}

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ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“CBS 11196 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P266358.

CBS 11196 artifact entry (No. P266358). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P266358 (Original work published 2005)

CBS 11196 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P266358 (Accessed: November 5, 2026).

@misc{2023CBS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-05]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {CBS 11196 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P266358},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P266358},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P266358
LB  - CDLI:P266358
M1  - 2026/11/5/
TI  - CBS 11196 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P266358
ER  -