CBS 12534 (P267173)

Legal 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

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Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 12534

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal [identification uncertain] (Temple record; contract?; w/seal impressions; 2 lines)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Has seal impression(s)

tablet
obverse
  (not given)
seal 1
1. a2-ne-[...]
2. x x [...]
3. dumu? mu-[...]
4. x x

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Consult sign list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet & envelope
  • Material: Clay
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  • Artifact Preservation: fragment
  • Condition Description: envelope, small from edge
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  • Genre(s): Legal [identification uncertain] (Temple record; contract?; w/seal impressions; 2 lines)
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • history: Hattori diss., p. 235 (seal)

    [Hattori2002diss] Hattori, Atsuko. 2002. “Texts and Impressions: A Holistic Approach to Ur III Cuneiform Tablets from the University of Pennsylvania Expeditions to Nippur.” Phdthesis, University of Pennsylvania.

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  • Museum No.: CBS 12534
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-06-12 at 09:25:16 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
2017-01-02 at 02:18:05 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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This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal Provenience Period Date
dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185) - -

General Notes: -
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Cite this Artifact
“CBS 12534 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 12, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P267173.
CBS 12534 artifact entry (No. P267173). (2024, June 12). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P267173 (Original work published 2005)
CBS 12534 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P267173 (Accessed: May 5, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-05]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jun 12},
	title = {CBS 12534 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P267173},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P267173},
}


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