NATN 855 (P121552)

Administrative tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures West Asia & North Africa Museum, Chicago, Illinois, USA

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Museum Collection(s)

Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures West Asia & North Africa Museum, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Museum Number

OIM A30044

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
  1 line blank
1. 5(u) 3(disz) a2 dara3#
2. 1(gesz2) 3(u) 6(disz) si am
3. 1(gesz2) 3(u) si masz-da3
4. ki dingir-ba-ni-ta
reverse
1. da-da gala
2. szu ba-ti
  1 line blank
3. iti u5-bi2-gu7
4. mu {d}amar-{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, 855

    [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.

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  • Museum No.: OIM A30044
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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  • Excavation No: 2N-T0658
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.01.03.00 (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
2011-07-22 at 13:48:39 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:25:06 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:23:07 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 855 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P121552.
NATN 855 artifact entry (No. P121552). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P121552 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 855 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P121552 (Accessed: April 4, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-04-04]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {NATN 855 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P121552},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P121552},
}


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