JCS 54, 034 04 (P301034)

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

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Museum Collection(s)

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

Museum Number

NBC 09930

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Turam-ili archive)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

45.0 mm × 42.0 mm × 19.0 mm

Has seal impression(s)

tablet
obverse
1. 1(asz) 1(barig) za-ha-din gur
2. ki tu-ra-am-i3-li2-ta
3. szu-esz18-dar
4. szu ba-ti
reverse
  blank space
1. iti sze-sag11-ku5
2. mu us2-sa {d}szu-{d}suen lugal uri5{ki}-ma-ke4 bad3 mar-tu mu-ri-iq-ti-id-ni-im mu-du3
seal 1
1. szu-esz18-dar
2. dumu zu-zu
3. dam-gar3

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
  • Measurements (mm): 45.0 high × 42.0 wide × 19.0 thick
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  • primary: JCS 54, p.29-48, p. 34 4

    [Garfinkle2002Turam-ili] Garfinkle, Steven J. 2002. “Turam-Ili and the Community of Merchants in the Ur III Period.” Journal of Cuneiform Studies 54 (1): 29–48. https://doi.org/10.2307/1360041.

  • history: Private Enterprise, 083

    [Garfinkle2000PrivateEnterprise] Garfinkle, Steven J. 2000. “Private Enterprise in Babylonia at the End of the Third Millennium B.C.”

  • citation: CBCY 3, p. 226, NBC 09930

    [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.

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  • Museum No.: NBC 09930
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.05.12.00 (us2 year)
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  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-07-07 at 13:41:50 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-07-07 at 13:41:06 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-01-21 at 07:03:51 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2013-06-07 at 12:25:43 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 14:50:19 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2009-06-03 at 11:40:09 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2008-01-03 at 20:49:36 Dahl, Jacob L. Atf Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI approved View
2006-02-08 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Englund, Robert K.; Guerra, Dylan; Middeke-Conlin, Robert; Pace, Carl Yale Babylonian Collection CDLI approved View

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

Seal Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 004180 (composite) (P456890) Nippur (mod. Nuffar) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifact
“JCS 54, 034 04 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 7, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P301034.
JCS 54, 034 04 artifact entry (No. P301034). (2024, July 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P301034 (Original work published 2006)
JCS 54, 034 04 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P301034 (Accessed: June 13, 2025).
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	title = {JCS 54, 034 04 artifact entry},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P301034},
}

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