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JCS 28, 238 03 (P466540)

Administrative tablet excavated in Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar), dated to the Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC) period and now kept in Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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Penn —

Period

Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)

Provenience

Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

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tablet
obverse
1. 3(ban2) 6(disz) sila3 1(u) 4(disz) x i3#-[nun]
2. 1(ban2) 8(disz) 1/3(disz) sila3 ga-ar3
3. 2(barig) 7(disz) 1/3(disz) sila3 zu2-lum
4. iti udru{duru5}
5. 3(ban2) 7(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3 i3-nun
6. 2(ban2) ga-ar3
7. 2(barig) 1(ban2) 1(disz) 2/3(disz)# sila3# zu2-lum
8. iti# sze-sag11-ku5
9. 1(ban2)# 7(disz) 1/2(disz) sila3 i3-nun
10. [n] ga-ar3
rest broken
reverse
beginning broken
1'. nu-ur2-i3-li2-szu#
blank space
2'. szu# ba-an-ti#
3'. mu {d}li#-pi2-it#-esz18#-dar# lugal-e en-nin-sun2#-[zi] en {d}nin-[gubalag] uri5#{ki}-[ma] masz2-e i3-[pa3]

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)
Consult word list of Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)

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Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

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

Related publications

primary: JCS 28 (pp. 233- 242), 238 03

[Loding1976JCS28] Loding, Darlene. 1976. “Old Babylonian Texts from Ur, 1.” Journal of Cuneiform Studies 28 (4): 233–42. https://doi.org/10.2307/1359721.

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Museum No.: Penn —
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
Elevation:
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Excavation No: U 02589
Findspot Square:
Findspot Comments:

Chronology

Period: Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)
Dates Referenced: Lipit-Ishtar.G.11.00, Lipit-Ishtar.G.12.00
Alternative Years:
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Accounting Period: 0

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Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-06-19 at 18:44:05	Firth, Richard	Artifact, Other Entity	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
2023-01-20 at 12:10:25	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	approved
2017-11-02 at 03:14:17	Firth, Richard	Atf	Vandyke, Elizabeth G.		CDLI	approved
2017-10-24 at 06:02:55	Firth, Richard	Atf	Firth, Richard		CDLI	approved
2014-07-04 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	CDLI		CDLI	approved

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Electronic Babylonian Library (U.2589)

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“JCS 28, 238 03 Artifact Entry.” (2014) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 19, 2024. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P466540.

JCS 28, 238 03 artifact entry (No. P466540). (2024, June 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P466540 (Original work published 2014)

JCS 28, 238 03 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P466540 (Accessed: March 17, 2025).

@misc{2024JCS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-03-17]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jun 19},
	title = {JCS 28, 238 03 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P466540},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P466540},
}

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“JCS 28, 238 03 Artifact Entry.” (2014) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 19, 2024. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P466540.

JCS 28, 238 03 artifact entry (No. P466540). (2024, June 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P466540 (Original work published 2014)

JCS 28, 238 03 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P466540 (Accessed: March 17, 2025).

@misc{2024JCS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-03-17]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jun 19},
	title = {JCS 28, 238 03 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P466540},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P466540},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/6/19/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P466540
LB  - CDLI:P466540
M1  - 2025/3/17/
TI  - JCS 28, 238 03 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.ucla.edu/P466540
ER  -

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