NATN 028 (P120723)

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 07980

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
1. [...] 2(asz)# 5(ban2)# x [sila3?] sze gur#-ta
2. [...] 6(asz) gur
3. [...] 4(asz) gur
4. [...] 1(barig) 3(ban2) gur
5. [...] lu2# hun-ga2 al ak# u2 ze2-a
6. [...] gur a2 gu4-da-re-a
7. [...] x 2(barig) 3(ban2)-ta
8. mur#-gu4 hu-nu
9. 1(asz) 1(barig) gur sza3-gal amar
10. 1(barig) 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 sze-ba i3-li2-s,e-lu-ni
11. ($ blank space $) iti 8(disz)-am3
reverse
1. 1(barig) 4(ban2) sze-ba lugal-szu-da-ri2 iti 5(disz)-am3
2. [...] x lugal-szu-da-ri2
3. [...] 2(u) 6(asz) 5(ban2) gur
4. [...] mur-gu4 a2 lu2 [...] x hu-nu u3 sza3-gal amar
5. [...] {ansze}kunga2
6. [...] a2 lu2 hun-ga2 [...] x da-ga gub-ba
7. [...] x {gesz}ma-nu ku5-a
8. [...] gur sze ur5-ra
  1 line blank
9. [...] 5(asz) 1(barig) 4(ban2) sze gur
10. [...]-AN
fragment a
  beginning broken
1'. [...]-x
2'. [...]-x-a
3'. [...]-kam
4'. [...]-ta#
5'. [...]-x
  rest broken

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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, 28

    [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: MCS 7, 05

    [Fish1957MCS7] Fish, Thomas. 1957. Manchester Cuneiform Studies 7.

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  • Museum No.: CBS 07980
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.04.00.00
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-07-23 at 10:14:41 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-01-19 at 09:57:24 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:47:17 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:24:13 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:22:47 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

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Cite this Artifacts

“NATN 028 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P120723.
NATN 028 artifact entry (No. P120723). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P120723 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 028 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P120723 (Accessed: March 1, 2026).
@misc{2024NATN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-01]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {NATN 028 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P120723},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P120723},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/23/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P120723
LB  - CDLI:P120723
M1  - 2026/3/1/
TI  - NATN 028 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P120723
ER  - 

Cite this Artifacts

“NATN 028 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P120723.
NATN 028 artifact entry (No. P120723). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P120723 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 028 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P120723 (Accessed: March 1, 2026).
@misc{2024NATN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-01]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {NATN 028 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P120723},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P120723},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/23/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P120723
LB  - CDLI:P120723
M1  - 2026/3/1/
TI  - NATN 028 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P120723
ER  - 
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