BE 03/1, 137 (P105689)

Administrative tablet 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 11182

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Act of assignment of garments; (Obv)13 lines, (Rev)3 signs; *Peters describes as Nippur I, although Ur 3 tablets are characteristic to Nippur II. I" came from Tablet Hill)

Language(s)

Sumerian

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tablet
obverse
1. 4(u) 6(disz) tug2 usz-bar
2. 2(disz) tug2 guz-za du
3. 1(u) 1(disz) tug2 mug#
  1 line blank
4. sag-nig2-gur11-ra x[{ki} de6-a?]
5. sza3-bi-ta [(x)]
6. 1(disz) tug2 usz-bar
7. ki-la2-bi 1(disz) 5/6(disz) ma-<na> 6(disz) gin2#?
8. 1(disz) tug2 mug
9. ki-la2-bi 2(disz) ma-na 1(disz) [gin2 ...]
10. tug2!?(E2) sa-gi4-a
12. im-babbar2 ga2 [...]
13. kab2-du11-[ga ...]
reverse
  beginning broken
1'. iti [...]
2'. mu# [...] {d}[...]

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

#new_text=P105689 # ID FORM LEMMA UPOSTAG XPOSTAG FEATS HEAD DEPREL DEPS MISC 1 4(u) 4(u)[ten] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 2 6(disz) 6(disz)[one] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 3 tug2 tug[textile] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 4 usz-bar uszbar[garment_type] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 5 2(disz) 2(disz)[one] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 6 tug2 tug[textile] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 7 guz-za guza[chair] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 8 du gin[quality_designation] VERB V _ _ _ _ _ 9 1(u) 1(u)[ten] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 10 1(disz) 1(disz)[one] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 11 tug2 tug[textile] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 12 mug mug[inferior_wool] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 13 sag-nig2-gur11-ra sagnigGArak[available_assets] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 14 x{ki} _[1] PROPN SN Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 15 de6-a de[bring] VERB V _ _ _ _ _ 16 sza3-bi-ta szag[heart] NOUN N Number=Sing|Case=Abl|Animacy=Nhum _ _ _ _ 17 (x) _[_] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 18 1(disz) 1(disz)[one] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 19 tug2 tug[textile] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 20 usz-bar uszbar[garment_type] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 21 ki-la2-bi kila[weight] NOUN N Number=Sing|Case=Abs|Animacy=Nhum _ _ _ _ 22 1(disz) 1(disz)[one] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 23 5/6(disz) 5/6(disz)[one] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 24 ma-na mana[unit] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 25 6(disz) 6(disz)[one] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 26 gin2 gig[unit] NOUN N Number=Sing|Case=Abs _ _ _ _ 27 1(disz) 1(disz)[one] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 28 tug2 tug[textile] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 29 mug mug[inferior_wool] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 30 ki-la2-bi kila[weight] NOUN N Number=Sing|Case=Abs|Animacy=Nhum _ _ _ _ 31 2(disz) 2(disz)[one] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 32 ma-na mana[unit] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 33 1(disz) 1(disz)[one] NUM NU _ _ _ _ _ 34 gin2 gig[unit] NOUN N Number=Sing|Case=Abs _ _ _ _ 35 ... _[_] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 36 tug2(E2) tug[textile] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 37 sa-gi4-a sagi[prepare] VERB V _ _ _ _ _ 38 im-babbar2 imbabbar[gypsum] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 39 ga2 ga[house] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 40 ... _[_] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 41 kab2-du11-ga kabdug[check] VERB V _ _ _ _ _ 42 ... _[_] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 43 iti iti[month] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 44 ... _[_] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 45 mu mu[year] NOUN N Number=Sing _ _ _ _ 46 ... _[_] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 47 {d}... _[_] _ _ _ _ _ _ _

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • Genre(s): Administrative (Act of assignment of garments; (Obv)13 lines, (Rev)3 signs; *Peters describes as Nippur I, although Ur 3 tablets are characteristic to Nippur II. I" came from Tablet Hill)
  • Language(s): Sumerian


  • primary: BE 3/1, 137

    [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.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: CBS 11182
  • Accession No.:

  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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    E.side of Shatt, while "II" came from T.H.; W.side of Shatt."

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
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
2022-12-04 at 11:30:39 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Annotation McGrath, William; Wang Jinyan Machine Translation and Automated Analysis of Cuneiform Languages Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2017-05-01 at 11:14:24 Firth, Richard Atf Firth, Richard CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:24:46 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:08:51 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:16:55 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“BE 03/1, 137 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P105689.
BE 03/1, 137 artifact entry (No. P105689). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P105689 (Original work published 2001)
BE 03/1, 137 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P105689 (Accessed: December 10, 2024).
@misc{2023BE,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-12-10]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {BE 03/1, 137 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P105689},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P105689},
}

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