NATN 031 (P120727)

Legal 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 08035

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
1. 1(u) 6(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar
2. ki ur-{d}da-mu-ta
3. ur-du6-ku3-ke4
4. masz-bi-sze3
5. du-ne szu ba-ti
6. mu lugal-bi i3-pa
7. ur-{d}nin-tu
8. ad-da-kal-la
reverse
1. id-lul
2. ku5-da
3. ur-{d}da#-mu
4. lu2-inim-ma#-[bi]-me
5. iti? gan-gan-[e3]
6. u4 [...] x
7. mu sza-asz-ru{ki} ba-hul

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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, 31

    [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: Iraq 5 (p. 157-179), 170 07

    [Fish1938Iraq5] Fish, Thomas. 1938. “The Sumerian City Nippur in the Period of the Third Dynasty of Ur.” Iraq 5: 157–79. https://doi.org/10.2307/4241631.

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  • Museum No.: CBS 08035
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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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
2021-08-03 at 12:28:04 Lafont, Bertrand Atf Lafont, Bertrand CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:47:18 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:24:13 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:22:47 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 031 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P120727.
NATN 031 artifact entry (No. P120727). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P120727 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 031 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P120727 (Accessed: January 14, 2026).
@misc{2024NATN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-14]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {NATN 031 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P120727},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P120727},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/23/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P120727
LB  - CDLI:P120727
M1  - 2026/1/14/
TI  - NATN 031 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P120727
ER  - 

Cite this Artifact

“NATN 031 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P120727.
NATN 031 artifact entry (No. P120727). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P120727 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 031 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P120727 (Accessed: January 14, 2026).
@misc{2024NATN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-14]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {NATN 031 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P120727},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P120727},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/23/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P120727
LB  - CDLI:P120727
M1  - 2026/1/14/
TI  - NATN 031 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P120727
ER  - 
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