CBS 13726 (P268739)

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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Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 13726

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative ((Obv)7x(Rev)9 lines)

Language(s)

Sumerian

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tablet
obverse
  beginning broken
1. [...]-ba-hun-ta
2. [...] x-[x]-ta#? ha-za-num2
3. [n] gin2# ku3 kiszib3 da-a-ga
4. [n] 5(ban2)# gur kiszib3 ep-qu2-sza lu2 ur!?-me-me-ka
5. kiszib3#-bi ki da-a-ga-ka i3-gal2-la-am3
  rest broken
reverse
  beginning broken
1'. [...] x x [...]
2'. 3(barig) 4(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 sze
3'. 1(u) la2 1(disz) dug dida mangaga3 3(ban2)-ta
4'. 2(ban2) 7(disz) sila3 za-ha-din
5'. 3(asz) 1(barig) 4(ban2) nig2-ar3-ra du gur
6'. [n] 2(disz)#? gin2 ku3-babbar
7'. [n] 1(gesz'u)# 6(gesz2)# 3(u) 3(disz) 1/2(disz) sa gi
8'. [...]-x x RI? NA? x
9'. [...] x gur
10'. [...] x
11'. [...] x
  rest 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: middle part, LE. missing
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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 13726
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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 01:22:43 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 13726 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P268739.
CBS 13726 artifact entry (No. P268739). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P268739 (Original work published 2005)
CBS 13726 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P268739 (Accessed: May 12, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-12]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {CBS 13726 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P268739},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P268739},
}


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