CBS 13722 (P268735)

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 13722

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative ((Obv)6*x(Rev)17 lines, *what appeared on RE.to Rev.)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
  beginning broken
1'. 2(u) la2 1(disz) ninda# [...]
2'. sahar-bi 4(disz)#? [... sar]
3'. 1(gesz2) 9(disz) ninda 4(disz) 5/6(disz) sar-ta#
4'. sahar-bi 5(gesz2) 3(u) 3(disz) 1/2(disz) sar
5'. ($ blank space $) 1(gesz2) 8(disz) ninda gid2
6'. ($ blank space $) sukud u2-bi 5(disz) kusz3-ta
7'. u2-bi 1(szar2) 1(gesz'u) 3(gesz2) 2(u) gu2
8'. 5(u) 2(disz) ninda 7(disz) sar-ta
9'. sahar-bi 8(gesz2)# 4(disz) sar
10'. sukud u2-bi 7(disz)# kusz3-ta
11'. u2-bi 1(szar2) 4(u)#? gu2
12'. 1(u) 4(disz) ninda gid2 sukud-bi 6(disz) kusz3-ta?
13'. u2-bi 1(gesz'u) 4(gesz2) gu2 sahar-dah
  blank space
14'. szunigin 4(gesz2) 1(u) 1(disz) ninda usz
15'. szunigin sahar-bi 2(gesz'u) 3(gesz2) 5(u) 8(disz) sar
16'. szunigin u2-bi 2(szar2) 3(gesz'u) 2(gesz2) [...]
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)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • Artifact Preservation: fragment
  • Condition Description: chip, loe. missing, rev, ruled
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  • history: NATN, p. 35

    [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 13722
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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 01:22:23 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 13722 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P268735.
CBS 13722 artifact entry (No. P268735). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P268735 (Original work published 2005)
CBS 13722 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P268735 (Accessed: May 16, 2025).
@misc{2024CBS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-16]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {CBS 13722 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P268735},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P268735},
}

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