CBS 13804 (P268814)

Administrative 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 13804

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (W/seal impressions; Ridge X; (Side 1)3x(Side 2)1 line)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Has seal impression(s)

envelope
obverse
  beginning broken
1'. [...]-x-ta
2'. [... szu] ba#-ti
3'. [...]-x
reverse
  broken
seal 1
1. [...]
2. x-KAL-x
3. [...]
  (perhaps more than 3 lines)

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: Envelope Artifact type comments:

    envelope

  • Material: Clay
  • Measurements (mm):
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  • Artifact Preservation: fragment
  • Condition Description: envelope r. corner
  • Join Information:
  • Seal no.:
  • Seal information:

    Hattori: 1. [...], 2. X-KAL-X, 3. [...] (At least 3 lines, but the exact number of lines unknown)

  • Artifact comments:

    envelope

  • history: Hattori diss., p. 367 (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.

  • history: NATN, p. 37

    [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.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: CBS 13804
  • Accession No.:

  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
  • Elevation:
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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
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
2020-08-26 at 01:20:46 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: -
CDLI Notes: -
Cite this Artifact
“CBS 13804 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P268814.
CBS 13804 artifact entry (No. P268814). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P268814 (Original work published 2005)
CBS 13804 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P268814 (Accessed: May 8, 2025).
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	month = {jul 23},
	title = {CBS 13804 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P268814},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P268814},
}


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