NATN 542 (P121240)

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 29-13-129

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Account of delivery of cloth; seals; 5x3 lines)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Has seal impression(s)

tablet
obverse
1. 1(u) 3(disz) tug2 hi-a
2. ki-la2-bi 4(u) 6(disz) 2/3(disz) ma-na 8(disz) gin2
3. ki nin-me-lam2-ta
4. mu-kux(DU) iti du6-ku3
reverse
1. u4 7(disz) ba-zal
  blank space
2. mu en ga-esz5{ki} ba-hun
seal 1
column 1
1. lugal-me-lam2
2. ensi2
3. nibru{ki}
column 2
1. lugal-ma2-gur8-re
2. dub-sar
3. ARAD2-zu

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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, 542

    [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 29-13-129
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.09.07.07
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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 13:48:11 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:24:47 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2009-06-03 at 10:31:53 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:22:58 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

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This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 005819 (composite) (P458529) Nippur (mod. Nuffar) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifacts

“NATN 542 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P121240.
NATN 542 artifact entry (No. P121240). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P121240 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 542 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P121240 (Accessed: February 27, 2026).
@misc{2024NATN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-27]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {NATN 542 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P121240},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P121240},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“NATN 542 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P121240.
NATN 542 artifact entry (No. P121240). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P121240 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 542 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P121240 (Accessed: February 27, 2026).
@misc{2024NATN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-27]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {NATN 542 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P121240},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P121240},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/23/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P121240
LB  - CDLI:P121240
M1  - 2026/2/27/
TI  - NATN 542 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P121240
ER  - 
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