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BE 03/1, 022 (P105575)

Administrative tablet & 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 03422a & CBS 03422 + CBS 14257

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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Has seal impression(s)

tablet
obverse
1. 1/2(disz) ma-na ku3-babbar
2. masz2 5(disz) gin2 1(disz) gin2-ta
3. ki ur-{d}szul-pa-e3-ta
4. giri3#-ni-i3-sa6
reverse
1. x x x
  blank space
2. iti gan-gan-e3
3. mu en {d}inanna unu{ki} masz2#-[e i3]-pa3#
envelope
  beginning broken
  blank space
1'. iti gan-gan-e3
2'. mu en {d}inanna unu{ki} masz2-e in-pa3#
seal 1
1. giri3#-ni#-i3#-sa6#
2. dumu ha-ba-[...]
3. gu-za-[la2]
  (following Hattori)

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Consult sign list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet & envelope
  • Material: Clay
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  • Condition Description: Tablet (3422a) + envelope fragment (3422 + 14257)
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  • primary: BE 3/1, 22

    [Myhrman1910BE3/1] Myhrman, David W. 1910. Sumerian Administrative Documents, Dated in the Reigns of the Kings of the Second Dynasty of Ur, from the Temple Archives of Nippur, Preserved in Philadelphia. The Babylonian Expedition of the University of Pennsylvania. Series A: Cuneiform Texts, Volume 3, Part 1. Philadelphia: Department of Archaeology, University of Pennsylvania.

  • history: Hattori diss., p. 258 (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. 39, pl. 7

    [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.

    (CBS 14257)

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  • Museum No.: CBS 03422a & CBS 03422 + CBS 14257
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Ibbi-Suen.02.09.00
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  • Accounting Period: 0

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
2023-01-19 at 09:57:24 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2017-01-03 at 02:40:55 Firth, Richard Atf Firth, Richard CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:24:40 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:08:47 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2009-06-03 at 09:53:08 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:16:53 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 002363 (composite) (P455073) Nippur (mod. Nuffar) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifact
“BE 03/1, 022 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P105575.
BE 03/1, 022 artifact entry (No. P105575). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P105575 (Original work published 2001)
BE 03/1, 022 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P105575 (Accessed: May 17, 2025).
@misc{2024BE,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-17]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {BE 03/1, 022 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P105575},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P105575},
}


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