NBC 10879 (P289489)

Administrative tablet excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Cite

Museum Collection(s)

Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Museum Number

NBC 10879

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

32.0 mm × 28.0 mm × 15.0 mm

Text content

Genre(s)	Administrative
Language(s)	Sumerian

Chronology

Period	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced	Amar-Suen.03.11.00
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P289489
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P289489

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions	32.0 mm × 28.0 mm × 15.0 mm
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience	Girsu (mod. Tello)
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Museum Number	NBC 10879
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS)	078093
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC)	BC-013839
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	NBC.10879

References

citation: CBCY 3, 248 NBC 10879

[Sigrist2001CBCY3] Sigrist, Marcel. 2001. Neo-Sumerian Archival Texts in the Nies Babylonian Collection. Catalogue of the Babylonian Collections at Yale 3. Bethesda, Maryland: CDL Press.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status	Action
2023-01-21 at 07:01:26	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2006-02-07 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Ditchey, Mallory; Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifacts

“NBC 10879 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P289489.

NBC 10879 artifact entry (No. P289489). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P289489 (Original work published 2006)

NBC 10879 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P289489 (Accessed: April 10, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P289489},
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Cite this Artifacts

“NBC 10879 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P289489.

NBC 10879 artifact entry (No. P289489). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P289489 (Original work published 2006)

NBC 10879 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P289489 (Accessed: April 10, 2026).

@misc{2023NBC,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-10]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {NBC 10879 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P289489},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P289489},
}

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