Orient 55, 170 no. 18 (P424383)
Administrative tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, Massachusetts, USAMetadata / catalogue
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Museum Collection(s)
Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, Massachusetts, USAMuseum Number
WCMA 20.1.16Period
Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)Provenience
Nippur (mod. Nuffar)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
Administrative [identification uncertain]Language(s)
SumerianMeasurements
38.0 mm × 32.0 mmHas seal impression(s)
obverse
1. 1(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar
en: 1 shekel silver
2. ur5-sze3
en: for interest
3. ki lugal-ku3-zu dam-gar3-ta
en: from Lugalkuzu, merchant,
reverse
1. u-bar i3-du8 {d}nin-lil2-la2
en: Ubar, doorman of Ninlil,
2. szu ba-ti
en: has received.
3. iti sig4 u4 8(disz) ba-zal
en: Month: “Bricks,” 8 days passed;
5. mu {d}szu-{d}suen lugal-e ma-da za-ab-sza-li{ki} mu-hul
en: year: “Šu-Suen, the king, destroyed the country Zabšali.”
seal 1
1. u-bar
en: Ubar,
2. i3-du8 {d}nin-lil2-la2
en: doorman of Ninlil,
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): 38.0 high × 32.0 wide
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- Genre(s): Administrative [identification uncertain]
- Language(s): Sumerian
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primary: Orient 55, p.155-172, p. 170 no. 18
[Liu2020Williams] Liu, Changyu. 2020. “The Neo-Sumerian Texts in the Williams College Museum of Art.” Orient, Report of the Society for Near Eastern Studies in Japan 55: 155–72.
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- Museum No.: WCMA 20.1.16
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- Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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- Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
- Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.07.03.08
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| Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
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| 2020-06-12 at 08:17:43 | Lafont, Bertrand | Transliteration | Lafont, Bertrand | CDLI | Approved |
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| 2011-10-25 at 09:40:07 | Englund, Robert K. | Transliteration | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | Approved |
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| 2011-10-08 at 11:14:53 | Englund, Robert K. | Transliteration | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | Approved |
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| 2011-10-07 at 00:00:00 | CDLI | Artifact metadata | Freedman, Sally M. | CDLI | Approved |
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Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:
- Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (191548) (191548)
This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):
| Seal | Provenience | Period | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185) | - | - |
Cite this Artifacts
@misc{2011Orient,
note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-15]},
year = {2011},
month = {oct 7},
title = {Orient 55, 170 no. 18 artifact entry},
url = {https://cdli.earth/P424383},
howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P424383},
}
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