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NATN 588 (P121286)

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

UM 29-13-795

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Receipt of wool; Drehem calendar; 4x8 lines)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Has seal impression(s)

tablet
obverse
1. 1(u) ma-na siki
2. egir buru14-sze3 4(ban2)-ta
  blank space
3. ki ur-li-ta
4. e2 gada?-na ugula 1(u)
reverse
1. [x] x [x]
2. [u3] x-lal3
3. szu ba#-ti-esz
4. igi x-ne
5. igi i-bi2#-lu-lu
  blank space
6. iti ezem-mah
7. mu {d}i-bi2-{d}suen lugal
seal 1
  broken

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
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    illegible

  • Artifact comments:

  • primary: NATN, 588

    [Owen1982NATN] Owen, David I. 1982. Neo-Sumerian Archival Texts Primarily from Nippur in the University Museum, the Oriental Institute and the Iraq Museum (NATN). Winona Lake, Indiana: Eisenbrauns.

  • history: Hattori diss., p. 370 (seal)

    [Hattori2002diss] Hattori, Atsuko. 2002. “Texts and Impressions: A Holistic Approach to Ur III Cuneiform Tablets from the University of Pennsylvania Expeditions to Nippur.” Phdthesis, University of Pennsylvania.

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  • Museum No.: UM 29-13-795
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Ibbi-Suen.01.10.00 (Reichskalender)
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  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-07-23 at 10:14:41 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-06-12 at 09:25:16 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
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
2017-01-25 at 00:43:50 Firth, Richard Atf Firth, Richard CDLI approved View
2013-06-07 at 12:25:43 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:48:13 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:24:50 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2009-06-03 at 10:32:02 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:22:59 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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

Seal Provenience Period Date
dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185) - -

General Notes: -
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Cite this Artifact
“NATN 588 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P121286.
NATN 588 artifact entry (No. P121286). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P121286 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 588 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P121286 (Accessed: April 11, 2025).
@misc{2024NATN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-04-11]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {NATN 588 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P121286},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P121286},
}


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