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CBS 11666 (P266807)

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

CBS 11666

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative ((Obv)7x(Rev)7 lines)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
  beginning broken
1'. [n gur]
2'. igi-bi n [...]
3'. inim-sa6-[...]
4'. 1(gesz2) 3(u) 3(asz) [gur]
5'. igi-bi 3(barig) 4(ban2)# [...]
6'. ur-AN-x x [x]
7'. 1(gesz2) 8(asz) gur#
8'. igi-bi 3(barig) 4(ban2)# [...]
reverse
1. lu2 za-ri2-iq
2. 1(gesz2) 8(asz) gur igi-bi 3(barig) 4(ban2) 5(disz)#? sila3#?
3. lu2-lal3-ta
4. 1(gesz2) 8(asz) gur igi-bi 3(barig) 4(ban2) 5(disz) sila3#
5. lugal-za3-e
6. 1(gesz2) 8(asz) gur igi-bi x? 3(barig) 4(ban2)# 5(disz) sila3
  rest broken
left
  (drafts?)

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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  • Artifact Preservation: fragment
  • Condition Description: obv. partially damaged, UE. broken off
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  • history: NATN, p. 31

    [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 11666
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-07-23 at 10:14:41 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-01-21 at 07:48:15 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2020-08-26 at 01:22:00 Firth, Richard Atf Firth, Richard CDLI approved View
2005-04-25 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Englund, Robert K.; Fitzgerald, Madeleine; Foxvog, Daniel A.; Frayne, Douglas R.; Peterson, Jeremiah; Veldhuis, Niek; Zimmermann, Lynn-Salammbô Penn Museum CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“CBS 11666 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P266807.
CBS 11666 artifact entry (No. P266807). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P266807 (Original work published 2005)
CBS 11666 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P266807 (Accessed: April 19, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-04-19]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {CBS 11666 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P266807},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P266807},
}


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