NATN 678 (P121376)

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 29-15-957

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Economic concerning Gis.MA.IN.GU)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(u) 5(disz) {gesz}pesz3 sze-er-gu
2. 2(ban2) 5(disz) sila3# [...]
3. [...]
4. ki x-gi4-[x]
5. gal2-la
reverse
1. iti szu-numun
2. mu# us2-sa en# {d}en-ki eridu{ki} ba-hun
  blank space

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (Economic concerning Gis.MA.IN.GU)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P121376

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 29-15-957
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 025552
Penn Museum (Penn) 566650
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) UM.29-15-957

References

  • primary: NATN, 678

    [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), 419

    [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
2016-04-02 at 21:41:04 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Ozaki Tohru CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2016-04-02 at 21:38:53 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:48:27 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:24:58 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:23:01 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 678 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 5, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P121376.
NATN 678 artifact entry (No. P121376). (2024, September 5). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P121376 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 678 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P121376 (Accessed: October 29, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-29]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 5},
	title = {NATN 678 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P121376},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P121376},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“NATN 678 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 5, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P121376.
NATN 678 artifact entry (No. P121376). (2024, September 5). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P121376 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 678 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P121376 (Accessed: October 29, 2026).
@misc{2024NATN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-29]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 5},
	title = {NATN 678 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P121376},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P121376},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/9/5/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P121376
LB  - CDLI:P121376
M1  - 2026/10/29/
TI  - NATN 678 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P121376
ER  -
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