NATN 040 (P120736)

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 08114

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

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tablet
obverse
1. 1(gesz2) 1(u) 3(disz) sar
2. a-sza3 ad-da-a-ka
3. esz2-gar3-sze3 inim gal2-la
4. 4(iku) GAN2 la2 2(u) 2(disz) sar
5. esz2-gar3 {d}szu-zi-an-ka
reverse
1. a-sza3 a-e de6-a
2. giri3 lugal-a2-zi-da
3. dumu ad-da-a
4. a-sza3 [...]
5. [...]

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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  • primary: NATN, 40

    [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), 176 27

    [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.

  • history: BBVO 18 (pp. 301-339), 313

    [Wilcke1999BBVO18] Wilcke, Claus. 1999. “Flurschäden, Verursacht Durch Hochwasser, Unwetter, Militär, Tiere Und Schuldhaftes Verhalten Zur Zeit Der 3. Dynastie Von.” Landwirtschaft Im Alten Orient, Berliner Beiträge zum Vorderer Orient, 18: 301–39.

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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
2024-07-07 at 14:18:31 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-07-07 at 14:16:47 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
2011-07-22 at 13:47:18 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:24:14 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:22:48 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 040 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P120736.
NATN 040 artifact entry (No. P120736). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P120736 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 040 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P120736 (Accessed: October 3, 2025).
@misc{2024NATN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-10-03]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {NATN 040 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P120736},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P120736},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/23/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P120736
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M1  - 2025/10/3/
TI  - NATN 040 artifact entry
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Cite this Artifact

“NATN 040 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P120736.
NATN 040 artifact entry (No. P120736). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P120736 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 040 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P120736 (Accessed: October 3, 2025).
@misc{2024NATN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-10-03]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {NATN 040 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P120736},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P120736},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/23/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P120736
LB  - CDLI:P120736
M1  - 2025/10/3/
TI  - NATN 040 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P120736
ER  - 
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