NATN 568 (P121266)

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

UM 29-13-455

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Receipt for barley rations; 11x3 lines)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 2(u) 6(asz)# 3(barig) sze gur lugal
2. i3-dub a-sza3 lu2-{d}ha-ia3
3. 1(u) 2(asz) gur i3-dub e-da-du8-a
4. 3(asz) 1(barig) gur sze szuku lu2-uru11{ki} sipa
5. la2-ia3 su-ga
6. lu2-{d}nanna szabra
7. i3-dub sipa-da-ri2{ki}
8. szunigin 3(u) 5(asz) 2(barig) sze gur
9. sze-ba nu-{gesz}kiri6-ke4-ne
reverse
1. iti masz-da3-ku3-gu7-ta
2. iti sze-sag11-ku5-sze3
3. iti-bi iti 1(u) 2(disz)-am3
4. 2(ban2) ur-{d}lamma dumu ur-{d}lugal
5. 3(ban2) szesz-kal-la dumu ib-ni-a
6. 3(ban2) szesz-kal#-la#
7. 2(ban2) {d}nanna#-uri3
8. dumu [...]-x-me
9. szunigin sze-[bi 1(barig) 4(ban2)] gur#
10. la2-ia3 su#-ga#
11. i3-dub# [lu2-{d}]ha#-ia3#
  line uncertain
13. sze-ba dumu ur#-[{d}]ab ba-usz2-a
14. iti u5-bi2{muszen}-gu7-ta
15. [iti] sze#-sag11-ku5-sze3
16. [iti]-bi iti 1(u)-am3 le
left?
column 1
1. [e2?] lugal-ku3-zu-ta
2. ur-me-me szu ba-ti
column 2
1. giri3 a-hu-ma
2. mu szu-{d}suen lugal

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (Receipt for barley rations; 11x3 lines)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Accounting Period Šū-Suen.01.01.00 to Šū-Suen.01.12.00 (Reichskalender)

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P121266

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s) Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number UM 29-13-455
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 025442
Penn Museum (Penn) 565196
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) UM.29-13-455

References

  • primary: NATN, 568

    [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
2017-03-03 at 09:54:05 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:48:12 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:24:49 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

Cite this Artifacts

“NATN 568 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P121266.
NATN 568 artifact entry (No. P121266). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P121266 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 568 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P121266 (Accessed: April 12, 2026).
@misc{2024NATN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-12]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {NATN 568 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P121266},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P121266},
}


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Cite this Artifacts

“NATN 568 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P121266.
NATN 568 artifact entry (No. P121266). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P121266 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 568 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P121266 (Accessed: April 12, 2026).
@misc{2024NATN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-12]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {NATN 568 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P121266},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P121266},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/23/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P121266
LB  - CDLI:P121266
M1  - 2026/4/12/
TI  - NATN 568 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P121266
ER  -
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