NATN 873 (P121570)

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

UM 55-21-134

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Expenditures of barley for wages of agricultural workers; Nippur calendar; cf. 2N-T692; 12x8 lines; 7.5x5.0)

Language(s)

Sumerian

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tablet
obverse
1. 1(bur3) GAN2 u2 ze2-a 2(u) <sar>-ta
2. a2-bi 1(gesz2) 3(u) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3
3. 1(esze3) GAN2 al 5(disz) sar-ta
4. a2-bi 2(gesz2) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3
5. 1(gesz2) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3
6. {gesz}gaba-tab ib2-gid2
7. 1(asz) gur a2 gu4 hun-ga2
8. 1(u) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3 u2 ib2-zi
9. 5(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3 al i3!(GAG)-ib2-ba
10. 1(asz) 3(barig) sze x x
11. 1(gesz2) 1(u) 5(disz) gurusz [u4 1(disz)-sze3]
reverse
1. lu2 [...]
2. 3(ban2) 6(disz) sila3 lu2# [...]
3. 5(ban2) a-da# [...]
4. 4(ban2) lu2-{d}EN#-[x]
  blank space
5. lu2 hun-ga2-me
  blank space
6. szunigin 7(asz) 4(barig) 6(disz) sila3 sze gur
7. zi-ga-am3
8. iti udru{duru5}
  some text moved to next line
9. mu bad3-gal ba-du3

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
  • Material: Clay
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  • Genre(s): Administrative (Expenditures of barley for wages of agricultural workers; Nippur calendar; cf. 2N-T692; 12x8 lines; 7.5x5.0)
  • Language(s): Sumerian


  • primary: NATN, 873

    [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.: UM 55-21-134
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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  • Excavation No: 2N-T0690
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Ibbi-Suen.06.11.00
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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
2017-03-03 at 09:54:09 Englund, Robert K. Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:48:44 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:25:07 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2009-06-03 at 10:32:40 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 873 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P121570.
NATN 873 artifact entry (No. P121570). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P121570 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 873 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P121570 (Accessed: February 18, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-02-18]},
	year = {2024},
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	title = {NATN 873 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P121570},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P121570},
}

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