NATN 456 (P121154)
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, USAMetadata / catalogue
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Museum Collection(s)
Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USAMuseum Number
CBS 13728Period
Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)Provenience
Nippur (mod. Nuffar)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
AdministrativeLanguage(s)
SumerianMeasurements
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tablet
obverse
1. 1(barig) 2(ban2) <sila3 sze gur> 2(disz) <ma-na siki> ur-{d}lamma
2. dumu ur-{d}lugal-banda3{da}
3. 1(barig) 2(ban2) szesz-kal-la
4. 1(barig) 2(ban2) ur-{d}al-la
5. dumu ka5-a ba-usz2-me
6. szu 4(ban2) 3(disz) me-esz18-dar
7. [3(disz)] i3#-du8 e2-sza3-iri-sag
reverse
1. sze#-bi 1(barig) 3(ban2)
2. iti# 1(disz)-kam
3. iti 1(u) 2(disz)-sze3
4. sze-bi 3(asz) 3(barig) gur
5. siki-bi 9(disz) ma-na
6. sza3 im gurum2-ta
7. sza3 gir2-su{ki}
8. mu szi-ma-num2{ki} ba-hul
obverse
1. 1(barig) 2(ban2) <sila3 sze gur> 2(disz) <ma-na siki> ur-{d}lamma
2. dumu ur-{d}lugal-banda3{da}
3. 1(barig) 2(ban2) szesz-kal-la
4. 1(barig) 2(ban2) ur-{d}al-la
5. dumu ka5-a ba-usz2-me
6. szu 4(ban2) 3(disz) me-esz18-dar
7. [3(disz)] i3#-du8 e2-sza3-iri-sag
reverse
1. sze#-bi 1(barig) 3(ban2)
2. iti# 1(disz)-kam
3. iti 1(u) 2(disz)-sze3
4. sze-bi 3(asz) 3(barig) gur
5. siki-bi 9(disz) ma-na
6. sza3 im gurum2-ta
7. sza3 gir2-su{ki}
8. mu szi-ma-num2{ki} ba-hul
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
- Language(s): Sumerian
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primary: NATN, 456
[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 13728
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- Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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- Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
- Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.03.00.00
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| Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
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| 2024-07-23 at 10:14:41 | Firth, Richard | Artifact metadata, Other metadata | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | Approved |
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| 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 |
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| 2011-07-22 at 13:47:59 | Englund, Robert K. | Transliteration | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | Approved |
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| 2011-05-02 at 14:24:39 | Englund, Robert K. | Transliteration | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | Approved |
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| 2009-06-03 at 10:31:15 | Englund, Robert K. | Transliteration | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | Approved |
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| 2008-01-03 at 18:57:11 | Dahl, Jacob L. | Transliteration | Dahl, Jacob L. | CDLI | Approved |
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| 2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 | CDLI | Artifact metadata | CDLI | CDLI | Approved |
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Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:
- Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (025330) (025330)
- Penn Museum (587298) (587298)
- Electronic Babylonian Library (CBS.13728) (CBS.13728)
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Cite this Artifacts
“NATN 456 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P121154.
NATN 456 artifact entry (No. P121154). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P121154 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 456 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P121154 (Accessed: March 1, 2026).
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