NATN 230 (P120928)

Administrative tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), 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 09156

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 2(u) 5(asz) 1(barig) 5(ban2) sze gur lugal
2. ki u3-ma-ni-ta
3. lugal-inim-gi-na
4. szu ba-ti
reverse
1. sza3 e2 sag-da-na nibru{ki}
2. iti ezem-{d}nin-a-zu
3. mu en-nam-szita-{d}szul-gi-ra-ke4-ba-gub ba-hun
  1 line blank

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/P120928

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number CBS 09156
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 025107
Penn Museum (Penn) 583746
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) CBS.9156

References

  • primary: NATN, 230

    [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: JNES 33 (pp. 417-420), 418

    [Owen1974JNES33] Owen, David I. 1974. “Reviewed Work(s): Neo-Sumerian Account Texts from Drehem by Clarence Elwood Keiser.” Journal of Near Eastern Studies 33: 417–20. https://doi.org/10.1086/372382.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-09-05 at 08:30:28 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
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 13:47:36 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:24:26 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:22:52 CDLI, CDLI Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“NATN 230 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 5, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P120928.
NATN 230 artifact entry (No. P120928). (2024, September 5). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P120928 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 230 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P120928 (Accessed: October 23, 2026).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 5},
	title = {NATN 230 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P120928},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P120928},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“NATN 230 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 5, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P120928.
NATN 230 artifact entry (No. P120928). (2024, September 5). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P120928 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 230 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P120928 (Accessed: October 23, 2026).
@misc{2024NATN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-23]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 5},
	title = {NATN 230 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P120928},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P120928},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/9/5/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P120928
LB  - CDLI:P120928
M1  - 2026/10/23/
TI  - NATN 230 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P120928
ER  -
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