NATN 116 (P120814)

Administrative tablet & envelope 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 08347

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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Has fragments Has seal impression(s)

tablet
obverse
1. 3(asz)# sze# gur#
2. ki szu-da-gan
3. dingir-al-su
4. szu ba-ti
5. iti# szu-mar-ra
reverse
  blank space
1. mu ma2-dara3
envelope
obverse
1. 3(asz)# sze gur
2. ki# szu-{d}da-gan
3. dingir-al-su
4. szu ba-ti
  blank space
5. iti szu-ma-ra
6. mu ma2 dara3-abzu
reverse
  blank space
  seal impression
seal 1
1. [dingir]-al-[su]
2. sipa lugal
3. dumu [a]-a-ba-[du3]
  (following Hattori)

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 & envelope
  • Material: Clay
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  • This artifact is composed of fragments.
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  • primary: NATN, 116

    [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. 241 (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.

  • history: Nisaba 15, 206

    [Owen2013Nisaba15] Owen, David I. 2013. Cuneiform Texts Primarily from Iri-Saĝrig / Āl-Šarrākī and the History of the Ur III Period. Volume I: Commentary and Indexes. Volume II: Catalogue and Texts. Nisaba 15. Bethesda, Maryland: CDL Press.

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  • Museum No.: CBS 08347
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.02.00.00
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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
2017-10-13 at 15:03:18 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2017-01-02 at 03:12:56 Firth, Richard Atf Firth, Richard CDLI approved View
2013-09-26 at 11:21:37 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-10-21 at 17:10:59 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:47:30 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 10:30:31 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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This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 002159 (composite) (P454869) Nippur (mod. Nuffar) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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CDLI Notes:

P120814 leadP120814 lead

Cite this Artifact
“NATN 116 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P120814.
NATN 116 artifact entry (No. P120814). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P120814 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 116 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P120814 (Accessed: December 9, 2024).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-12-09]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {NATN 116 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P120814},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P120814},
}


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