NATN 302 (cast) (P121000)

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 09792

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

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tablet
obverse
column 1
1. 1(disz) a2-la-la#
2. 1(disz) ur-{d}dun-a-NE-bi
3. dumu-nita2#-me
4. e2#? ad-da-ba ib2-ba
5. ur#-{d}dun ba-usz2
6. geme2#-{d}suen dam ur#-{d}dun-ke4
7. [a2]-la2-la2
8. [mu a-sza3] e2 nig2 ha-[la-ba ur]-{d}dun-sze3
9. [szu] da#-da
10. ensi2# nibru{ki}-ka
11. [di] in#-da-du11
12. [x] GAN2# a-sza3 su4-su4-a
13. [x] GAN2# a-sza3 du6-babbar2
14. iri#-bar-ra
  rest broken
column 2
1. nig2-gu2-na iri-sza3-ga
2. ha-la-ba ur-{d}dun
3. 1(disz) ma2-gur8-re
4. 1(disz) ba-an-zi-ge
5. 1(disz) dingir-igi-du
6. 1(disz) dingir-igi-du 2(disz)
7. 1(disz) dingir-mu-dah
8. 1(disz) an-ta-lu2
9. 1(disz) {d}utu-a2-dah
10. sag-nita-me
  sic nita
11. 1(disz) ar-bi2-id
12. 1(disz) u3-ta2-dingir
13. 1(disz) nin-mu-ba-an-zi-ge
14. 1(disz) a-na-ni-a
15. 1(disz) sa6-an-zu
16. 1(disz) geme2-{d}szul-pa-e3
  blank space
17. sag-munus-me
18. u3 e2 nam-ha-ni
19. a2-la-la-a
20. in-ba
21. 1(esze3)? 3(iku)? GAN2 a-sza3 su4-su4#-[a]
22. nig2#-gu2#-na NE x [...] x
  rest broken
reverse
column 1
  beginning broken
1'. u3# x [...]
2'. du3-a-[bi ...]
3'. nigin2#-gal2# iri-bar#-[ra ...] du3-a-[bi]
4'. nig2-gu2-na iri-bar-ra# ha-la-ba a2-la-la
5'. 1(disz)# {gesz}gu-za gid2-da iri-sza3-ga
6'. 1(disz) a-ba-ad-da-gin7
7'. 1(disz) in-na-a
8'. 1(disz) dingir-dan
9'. 1(disz) dingir-mu-dah
10'. 1(disz) du-ra-ra
11'. 1(disz) dingir-an-dul3
12'. 1(disz) nin-szubur-an-dul3
13'. 1(disz) {d}suen-an-dul3
14'. 1(disz) szu-{d}nisaba
15'. 1(disz) lu2-gir-gi4-lu{ki}
16'. sag-nita-me
  sic nita
17'. 1(disz) pesz2-tur-tur
18'. 1(disz) {d}nin-szubur-ama-mu
19'. 1(disz) nin-mu-ba-an-zi-gin7
20'. 1(disz) nin-ezem
21'. sag-munus-me
22'. geme2-{d}suen-ke4
23'. in-ba
24'. nu-gi4-gi4-de3
column 2
  beginning broken
1'. [...]-x
2'. [...]-x-ra
3'. [...]-la
4'. [...] x x
5'. [...] x [...] x
6'. [...] x TAR x
7'. [...] x x
8'. [a2-la]-la
9'. [nam]-erim2#-bi in#-ku5-e
10'. maszkim#? ad#-da#-kal-la
11'. iti# [udru]{duru5}
12'. mu# {d#}szu#-{d}suen lugal# uri5{ki}-ma-ke4 ma2-gur8#-mah {d}en#-[lil2] {d}nin-lil2-[ra mu-ne]-dim2
seal 1
1. geme2-{d}suen
2. dam ur-dun

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: NATN, 302 (cast)

    [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: Rendre la justice, p.35-68, no. 10

    [Lafont2000textes-judiciaires] Lafont, Bertrand. 2000. “Les Textes Judiciaires Sumériens.” In Rendre La Justice En Mésopotamie. Archives Judiciaires Du Proche-Orient Ancien (IIIe-Ier Millénaires Avant J.-C.), edited by Francis Joannès, 35–68. Temps & Espaces. Saint Denis: Presses Universitaires de Vincennes.

  • history: ZA 70, 170-184

    [Owen1980ZA70] Owen, David I. 1980. “Widows’ Rights in the Ur III Sumer.” Zeitschrift Für Assyriologie 70: 170–84.

  • citation: AoF 16, 222

    [Neumann1989AoF16] Neumann, Hans. 1989. “Bemerkungen Zur Freilassung von Sklaven Im Alten Mesopotamien Gegen Ende Des 3. Jahrtausends v.u.Z.” Altorientalische Forschungen 16: 220–33.

  • citation: Neumann, Hans, JbfW 1987/3, 036 + n. 85

    [sec15518] N.d.

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  • Museum No.: CBS 09792
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.08.11.00
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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
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
2017-02-28 at 17:16:33 Englund, Robert K. Atf Ozaki Tohru CDLI approved View
2016-07-28 at 16:35:35 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2015-01-30 at 09:55:56 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:47:50 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:24:32 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2009-06-03 at 10:30:57 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2008-01-03 at 18:56:49 Dahl, Jacob L. Atf Dahl, Jacob L. 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 002338 (composite) (P455048) Nippur (mod. Nuffar) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifact
“NATN 302 (Cast) Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P121000.
NATN 302 (cast) artifact entry (No. P121000). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P121000 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 302 (cast) artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P121000 (Accessed: December 14, 2024).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {NATN 302 (cast) artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P121000},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P121000},
}


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