CBS 13735 (P268748)

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 13735

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (NIN-IR mentioned in oath formula; (Obv)14x(LoE)1x(Rev)4 lines)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
  beginning broken
1'. [...] ur#?-AN#-x-[x?]-x-ka-ke4
2'. [...]-x-me dumu e2-zi-[x?] in#-ne-szi-sa10
3'. x ad-da-kal-la dumu-[ni]
4'. [ku3]-bi szu-ne-ne-a ab-si
5'. |LU2&LU2|-u3 la-ba-an-gi4-gi4-da#
6'. mu {d}nin-urta
7'. mu lugal-bi al#-[pa3]
8'. 1(disz) ur-{d}suen dumu# [...]
9'. 1(disz) ku3-{d}nanna# [...]
10'. 1(disz) lugal-a2-[zi-da]
11'. [1(disz) ...]-IGI-[...]
12'. [1(disz)] x-ku3-ga-[...]
  rest broken
reverse
  beginning broken
1'. [...] {d}en-lil2-[...]-sa6?
2'. [ku3]-la2-a-bi-im
3'. [...]-la
4'. [...]-ta#?
  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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  • Condition Description: u. pt, lo. cnrs. & most of rev. missing, ruled
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  • Genre(s): Administrative (NIN-IR mentioned in oath formula; (Obv)14x(LoE)1x(Rev)4 lines)
  • Language(s): Sumerian


  • 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 13735
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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 01:23:55 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 13735 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P268748.
CBS 13735 artifact entry (No. P268748). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P268748 (Original work published 2005)
CBS 13735 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P268748 (Accessed: May 8, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-08]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {CBS 13735 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P268748},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P268748},
}

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