NATN 104 (P120802)

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 08300

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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tablet
obverse
column 1
1. [1(asz@c) 1(barig) ...]
2. [1(asz@c) 1(barig)] ur-ra#
3. 1(asz@c) 1(barig) ur-ba-gara2
4. 1(asz) 5(ban2) lu2-{d}nin-szubur
5. ab-ba-kal-la engar
6. 1(asz@c) 1(barig) lu2-{d}inanna engar
7. 1(asz@c) 1(barig) lu2-{d}utu
8. [1(asz@c)] 1(barig) a-ba-a-a-mu szitim
9. [1(asz)] 5(ban2) im-mi-du11-ga
10. lu2#-{d}inanna engar i3-dab5
11. 1(asz@c) 1(barig) ur-{d}ba-ba6 engar
12. 1(asz@c) 1(barig) ab-ba-mu
13. 1(asz@c) 1(barig) ur-{d}ab-u2
14. 1(asz) 5(ban2) a-a-kal-la
15. ur-{d}ba-ba6 engar i3-dab5
  blank space
16. szunigin 9(asz@c) gurusz 1(barig) sze-ta
17. [szunigin] 3(asz) gurusz 5(ban2)-ta
18. [sze-bi] 2(asz) 1(barig) gur
19. [...] x-engur-ra
column 2
1. 1(asz@c) 1(barig) {d}suen#-an-[dul3?]
2. 1(asz@c) 1(barig) ur-{d}nin-a-zu
3. 1(asz) 5(ban2) lu2-{d}ba-ba6
4. giri3-ni engar i3-dab5
5. 1(asz@c) 1(barig) lu2-dingir-ra engar
6. 1(asz@c) 1(barig) ba-zi
7. 1(asz@c) 1(barig) {d}nin-mar{ki}-ga
8. 1(asz) 5(ban2) ab-ba-ne-ne
9. lu2-dingir-ra engar i3-dab5
10. 1(asz@c) 1(barig) lugal-eb2-gu-ul engar
11. 1(asz@c) 1(barig) ur-igi-gal2
12. 1(asz) 5(ban2) engar-zi
13. 1(asz) 5(ban2) lu2-dingir-ra
14. lugal-eb2-gu-ul engar i3-dab5
15. 1(asz@c) 1(barig) ur-{d}ab-u2 engar
16. 1(asz@c) 1(barig) da-a-a-ti
17. 1(asz@c) 1(barig) i-ri-ib
column 3
1. 1(asz) [5(ban2) ...]
2. BAD [...]
3. 1(asz) [1(barig) ...]
4. 1(asz) [1(barig) ...]
5. 1(asz) 1(barig) [...]
6. 1(asz) 5(ban2) [...]-zi# [...]
7. lu2-dingir-ra engar# [i3-dab5]
  blank space
8. szunigin 1(u@c) 7(asz@c) gurusz [1(barig)] sze-ta
9. szunigin 7(asz) gurusz 5(ban2)-ta
10. sze-bi 4(asz) 1(barig) 5(ban2) gur
11. a-sza3 a-ba-al-la
12. 1(asz@c) 1(barig) ur-{d}lamma engar
13. 1(asz@c) 1(barig) lugal-dur2-du10
14. 1(asz) 5(ban2) {d}utu-ba-an-e3
reverse
column 1
1. ur-{d}lamma engar i3-dab5
2. szunigin 3(asz@c) gurusz 1(barig) sze-ta
3. szunigin 1(asz) gurusz 5(ban2)
4. [sze]-bi# 3(barig) 5(ban2)
5. [a-sza3] su3#-GAN2
  rest broken
column 2
1. GIN2? nig2-{d}ba-ba6
2. x ur-{d}ba-ba6
3. [...] x-dingir-ra
  rest broken
column 3
  blank space
1. szunigin 1(u@c) [x gurusz ...]
  n lines broken
2'. x [...]
3'. sza3 gir2#-[su{ki}]
4'. e2 lugal#?-[ku3-zu?]
5'. giri3 x-[...]
6'. iti diri sze#-[sag11-ku5]
7'. mu {d}szu-{d}suen# [lugal]

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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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  • primary: NATN, 104

    [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.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: CBS 08300
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.01.12d.00 (intercalated)
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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
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
2017-03-03 at 09:53:58 Englund, Robert K. Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:47:29 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:24:20 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2009-06-03 at 10:30:20 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:22:49 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
“NATN 104 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P120802.
NATN 104 artifact entry (No. P120802). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P120802 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 104 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P120802 (Accessed: March 14, 2025).
@misc{2024NATN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-03-14]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {NATN 104 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P120802},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P120802},
}


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