NATN 213 (P120911)

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

Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 09059

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

-

Text

tablet
obverse
1. la2-ia3 lugal-inim-gi-na
2. 1(disz) za-al-lum
3. 1(disz) szesz-kal-la dumu un-da-ga
4. 1(disz) u3-ma-ni
5. 1(disz) lugal-engar dumu URUDU-na
6. 1(disz) lugal-ezem dub-sar
7. 1(disz) ur-nigar{gar} dumu ur-{d}da-mu
8. 1(disz) lugal-ezem dumu a-a-kal-la
9. 1(disz) lugal-engar dumu ur-{d}suen
10. 1(disz) szesz-kal-la iti
11. 1(disz) giri3-ni iti
12. 1(disz) ur-dun dumu ma-ba
reverse
13. [1(disz)] i-bi2-lum
14. 1(disz) szu-er3-ra
15. 1(disz) ur-{d}suen dumu unu{ki}-ki-bi
16. 1(disz) lugal-szuba3
17. 1(disz) lugal-KU dumu ur-{d}iszkur
  blank space
18. la2-ia3 e2 lu2-x-x-me-esz2
19. iti sig4-ga u4 1(disz)-x
20. mu [en]-am#-gal-an-na en# {d}inanna ba-hun

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Accounting Period

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P120911

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number CBS 09059
Accession Number

External resources

References

  • primary: NATN, 213

    [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.

Revisions and credits

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 13:47:35 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:24:26 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2008-02-01 at 12:09:32 Dahl, Jacob L. Transliteration Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI Approved View
2008-01-06 at 13:53:34 Dahl, Jacob L. Transliteration Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI Approved View
2008-01-03 at 18:56:33 Dahl, Jacob L. Transliteration Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“NATN 213 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P120911.
NATN 213 artifact entry (No. P120911). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P120911 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 213 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P120911 (Accessed: June 13, 2026).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P120911},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“NATN 213 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P120911.
NATN 213 artifact entry (No. P120911). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P120911 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 213 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P120911 (Accessed: June 13, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-06-13]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {NATN 213 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P120911},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P120911},
}

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