NATN 256 (P120954)

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 09243 & CBS 09243a

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

-

Has seal impression(s)

tablet
obverse
1. 4(asz) sze gur ur5-sze3
2. masz2 1(asz) gur 1(barig) 4(ban2)-ta
3. ki ur-{d}szul-pa-e3-ta
4. bu-zi-na
5. szu ba-ti
reverse
1. iti udru{duru5}
2. u4 7(disz) ba-zal
  blank space
3. mu {d}i-bi2-{d}suen lugal-e si-mu-ru-um{ki} mu-hul
envelope
  (not given)
seal 1
1. bu-zi-na
2. dumu lugal-x-x

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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  • primary: NATN, 256

    [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 09243 & CBS 09243a
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Ibbi-Suen.03.11.07
  • Alternative Years: SH25 SH32 SH44
  • Date Comments:
  • 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
2017-01-02 at 05:54:14 Firth, Richard Atf Firth, Richard CDLI approved View
2013-06-12 at 16:30:28 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:47:38 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:24:27 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2009-06-03 at 10:30:53 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:22:52 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 002062 (composite) (P454772) Nippur (mod. Nuffar) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifact
“NATN 256 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P120954.
NATN 256 artifact entry (No. P120954). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P120954 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 256 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P120954 (Accessed: November 9, 2024).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-11-09]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {NATN 256 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P120954},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P120954},
}

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