NATN 734 (P121432)

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

Lineart

Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

N 0028

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Account of reeds and thread; 4 lines)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 3(u) gi NE gu
2. a-ra2 1(disz)-a-kam
3. 2(u) 5(disz) gu-la2-a-du [x]
4. [x] gu#-la2-a-du [x]
  rest broken
reverse
  broken

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (Account of reeds and thread; 4 lines)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P121432

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation
fragment, upper end

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s) Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number N 0028
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 025608
Penn Museum (Penn) 568975
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) N.28

References

  • primary: NATN, 734

    [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
2011-07-22 at 13:48:31 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:25:01 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:23:02 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“NATN 734 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P121432.
NATN 734 artifact entry (No. P121432). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P121432 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 734 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P121432 (Accessed: April 8, 2026).
@misc{2024NATN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-08]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {NATN 734 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P121432},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P121432},
}


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DA  - 2024/7/23/
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LB  - CDLI:P121432
M1  - 2026/4/8/
TI  - NATN 734 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P121432
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“NATN 734 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P121432.
NATN 734 artifact entry (No. P121432). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P121432 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 734 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P121432 (Accessed: April 8, 2026).
@misc{2024NATN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-08]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {NATN 734 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P121432},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P121432},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/23/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P121432
LB  - CDLI:P121432
M1  - 2026/4/8/
TI  - NATN 734 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P121432
ER  -
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