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TCBI 2/2, 44 (P381698)

Administrative tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Banca d'Italia, Rome, Italy

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Text / annotations

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Chemical Data

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Museum Collection(s)

Banca d'Italia, Rome, Italy

Museum Number

BdI C 43

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(asz) sze gur ur5-sze3
2. masz2-bi-sze3
3. 3(u) sar szum2-ma
4. ki ARAD2-mu-ta
reverse
1. ar-szi-ah!(UD)
2. szu ba-ti
blank space
seal impression
3. mu en ga-esz ba-hun-ga2
seal 1
1. ar-szi-ah#
2. dumu nam#?-[...]

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)

Collections

Banca d'Italia, Rome, Italy

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: TCBI 2/2, II-44

[D’Agostino2006TCBI2/1] Pomponio, Francesco, and Franco d’Agostino. 2006. “Le Tavolette Neo-Sumeriche.” In Tavolette Cuneiformi Di Varia Provenienza Delle Collezioni Della Banca d’Italia, edited by Francesco Pomponio, Marten Stol, and Aage Westenholz, 2:69–157. Roma: Banca d’Italia.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BdI C 43
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Elevation:
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Findspot Square:
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.09.00.00
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2017-09-05 at 16:48:34	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Ozaki Tohru	CDLI	approved
2013-07-19 at 18:34:37	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	approved
2013-07-03 at 22:22:31	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	approved
2013-06-07 at 13:25:50	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	approved
2011-07-22 at 15:04:56	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	approved
2009-04-10 at 08:55:38	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	approved
2007-12-12 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	Cripps, Eric L.; Molina, Manuel	CDLI	approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (169753) (169753)

Seals

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

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
CDLI Seals 001989 (composite) (P454699)	Nippur (mod. Nuffar)	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Notes

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Cite this Artifact

“TCBI 2/2, 44 Artifact Entry.” 2007. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 12, 2007. https://cdli.earth/P381698.

TCBI 2/2, 44 artifact entry (No. P381698). (2007, December 12). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P381698

TCBI 2/2, 44 artifact entry (2007) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P381698 (Accessed: January 19, 2026).

@misc{2007TCBI,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-19]},
	year = {2007},
	month = {dec 12},
	title = {TCBI 2/2, 44 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P381698},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P381698},
}

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DA  - 2007/12/12/
PY  - 2007
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LB  - CDLI:P381698
M1  - 2026/1/19/
TI  - TCBI 2/2, 44 artifact entry
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ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“TCBI 2/2, 44 Artifact Entry.” 2007. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 12, 2007. https://cdli.earth/P381698.

TCBI 2/2, 44 artifact entry (No. P381698). (2007, December 12). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P381698

TCBI 2/2, 44 artifact entry (2007) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P381698 (Accessed: January 19, 2026).

@misc{2007TCBI,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-19]},
	year = {2007},
	month = {dec 12},
	title = {TCBI 2/2, 44 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P381698},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P381698},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2007/12/12/
PY  - 2007
ID  - P381698
LB  - CDLI:P381698
M1  - 2026/1/19/
TI  - TCBI 2/2, 44 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P381698
ER  -