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

Photo

Museum Collection(s)

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

Measurements

-

Text

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

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative ((Obv)7x(Rev)9 lines)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P268739

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation fragment
middle part, LE. missing

Provenance

Provenience Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number CBS 13726
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 166668
Penn Museum (Penn) 587296
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) CBS.13726

References

  • 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.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-07-23 at 10:14:41 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
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 View
2020-08-26 at 01:22:43 Firth, Richard Transliteration Firth, Richard CDLI, CDLI Approved View
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 View

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: October 12, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-12]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {CBS 13726 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P268739},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P268739},
}


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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: October 12, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-12]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {CBS 13726 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P268739},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P268739},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/23/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P268739
LB  - CDLI:P268739
M1  - 2026/10/12/
TI  - CBS 13726 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P268739
ER  -
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