NATN 612 (P121310)

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

UM 29-13-975

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Receipt of silver loan; seal; 5x6 lines)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Has seal impression(s)

tablet
obverse
1. [...] 1/2(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar
2. ki ur-du6-ku3-ga-ta
3. na-bi2-{d}en-lil2
4. szu ba-an-ti
5. iti szu-numun-a
reverse
1. iti 2(disz)-sze3
2. gu-la2-dam
3. mu lugal-bi in-pa3
4. mu si-mu-ru-um[{ki}] mu-hul
seal 1
1. na-bi2-{d}en-lil2
2. dumu en-i3-li2
3. szagina |BAD3.AN|?[{ki?}]

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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  • Genre(s): Legal (Receipt of silver loan; seal; 5x6 lines)
  • Language(s): Sumerian


  • primary: NATN, 612

    [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: Mesopotamia 12, 90 n. 30

    [Michalowski1977Mes12] Michalowski, Piotr. 1977.

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  • Museum No.: UM 29-13-975
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Ibbi-Suen.03.00.00, Ibbi-Suen.03.04.00
  • Alternative Years: SH25 SH32 SH44
  • Date Comments:
  • Accounting Period: Ibbi-Suen.03.00.00 to Ibbi-Suen.03.04.00

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-08-23 at 15:40:14 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
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
2011-07-22 at 13:48:15 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:24:51 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:22:59 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 003853 (composite) (P456563) Nippur (mod. Nuffar) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifact

“NATN 612 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P121310.
NATN 612 artifact entry (No. P121310). (2024, August 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P121310 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 612 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P121310 (Accessed: January 17, 2026).
@misc{2024NATN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-17]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {aug 23},
	title = {NATN 612 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P121310},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P121310},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/8/23/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P121310
LB  - CDLI:P121310
M1  - 2026/1/17/
TI  - NATN 612 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P121310
ER  - 

Cite this Artifact

“NATN 612 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P121310.
NATN 612 artifact entry (No. P121310). (2024, August 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P121310 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 612 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P121310 (Accessed: January 17, 2026).
@misc{2024NATN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-17]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {aug 23},
	title = {NATN 612 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P121310},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P121310},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/8/23/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P121310
LB  - CDLI:P121310
M1  - 2026/1/17/
TI  - NATN 612 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P121310
ER  - 
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