NATN 008 (P120703)

Literary 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 07268

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Literary

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
column 1
  beginning broken
1'. [...]
2'. [{i7}buranun] kesz2-ra2#-ni#
3'. {i7#}idigna gar-gar-ra#-ni#
4'. ul-mu-ra ul-gu2#? e3-a-ni
5'. gada babbar2-ra za3 kesz2-ra2-a-ni
6'. me nam-nin-a-ka
7'. szu-gal du7-a-ni
8'. tug2 szu#-gur4-a men-edin#-na#
9'. sag-ga2 gal2#-la-ni
10'. eb#-gal-sze3 giri3# dab5-ba-ni
11'. eb-gal-ta
12'. giri3 dab5-ba-ni
column 2
  beginning broken
1'. [...]
2'. gaba-ni#? [...]
3'. sza3 ki x [...]
4'. szu-na ba-an#-[x]
5'. szu-ni ba-an-[x]
6'. giri3-na ba-[...]
7'. giri3-ni ba-[...]
8'. gu2-na ba-an-da#-[x]
9'. gu2-ni-ri suh3 [...]
10'. x-ni [...] {d}asar#-lu2#-[hi x x]
11'. a-ni {d}en-ki#
12'. lu2 mu-szi-gi4#-gi
13'. szu-nigin-dam
14'. a-ra2?-la#?-x-na x [x]
15'. nu-zu me-ba-gub-e
reverse
column 1
1. dumu-mu a-na nu-zu
2. a-na a-na-ab-dah#-e
3. gi e2?-musz3?
4. na-ri-ga
5. [...]
  rest broken
column 2
1. tug2#-na-da DI-e
2. enuru{+e2-nu-ru}
3. munus-a-kam
  blank space

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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, 8

    [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.: CBS 07268
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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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
2019-08-04 at 13:18:37 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2017-02-16 at 21:52:14 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:47:16 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:24:12 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:22:47 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 008 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P120703.
NATN 008 artifact entry (No. P120703). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P120703 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 008 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P120703 (Accessed: November 9, 2024).
@misc{2024NATN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-11-09]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {NATN 008 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P120703},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P120703},
}


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