NATN 622 (P121320)

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 29-15-632

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Receipt of silver wages; 8x6 lines)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar
 en: 1 shekel silver,
 de: 1 Sekel Silber,
2. a2 en-te iti min-na-sze3
 en: labor of the wintertime, over two months,
 de: Arbeitsleistung der Winterzeit, über zwei Monate,
3. ki ur-{d}da-mu-ta
 en: from Ur-Damu
 de: von Ur-Damu
4. 1(disz) ur-ga2-gi4-a
 en: did 1 Ur-gagia,
 de: haben ein Ur-gagia,
5. 1(disz) lugal-he2-gal2
 en: one Lugal-ḫegal
 de: ein Lugal-ḫegal
6. 1(disz) ur-{d}szul-pa-e3
 en: and 1 Ur-Sulpa’e
 de: und ein Ur-Šulpa’e
reverse
1. szu ba-ti-esz2
 en: receive;
 de: bekommen;
2. iti bara2-za3-gar
 en: month: “bara-zagar”
 de: Monat: „bara-zagar“
3. u4? 3(disz) zal-la
 en: the 3rd day completed,
 de: am Ende des 3. Tags,
4. mu lu-lu-bu-um{ki} ba-hul
 en: year: “Lullubum was destroyed.”
 de: Jahr: „Lullubum wurde zerstört.“

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (Receipt of silver wages; 8x6 lines)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P121320

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 UM 29-15-632
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 025496
Penn Museum (Penn) 566335
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) UM.29-15-632

References

  • primary: NATN, 622

    [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: CDOG 4 (pp. 121-152), 126, 148

    [Englund2012CDOG4] Englund, Robert K. 2012. “Versilberte Arbeit. Äquivalenzenfestsetzung in Der Ur-III-Zeit,” Colloquium der Deutschen Orient-Gesellschaft, 4: 121–52.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-09-21 at 10:22:58 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
2014-03-16 at 14:45:55 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:48:15 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:24:52 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:22:59 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 622 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 21, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P121320.
NATN 622 artifact entry (No. P121320). (2024, September 21). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P121320 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 622 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P121320 (Accessed: October 20, 2026).
@misc{2024NATN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-20]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 21},
	title = {NATN 622 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P121320},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P121320},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/9/21/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P121320
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M1  - 2026/10/20/
TI  - NATN 622 artifact entry
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ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“NATN 622 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 21, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P121320.
NATN 622 artifact entry (No. P121320). (2024, September 21). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P121320 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 622 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P121320 (Accessed: October 20, 2026).
@misc{2024NATN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-20]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 21},
	title = {NATN 622 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P121320},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P121320},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/9/21/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P121320
LB  - CDLI:P121320
M1  - 2026/10/20/
TI  - NATN 622 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P121320
ER  -
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