NATN 773 (P121470)
Administrative envelope excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USAMetadata / catalogue
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Museum Collection(s)
Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USAMuseum Number
CBS 13353 + N 0790 (+) CBS 14241 (+) N 0793Period
Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)Provenience
Nippur (mod. Nuffar)Artifact Type
EnvelopeMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
Administrative (Uninscribed; Case from a letter order?; seals; Fine seal impression with winged dragon, lion; the same impression appears on N793 (case frag); not inscribed but has an inscription in seal impression; *or Ur3)Language(s)
SumerianMeasurements
-Has fragments Has seal impression(s)
(impression of tablet on envelope)
obverse
beginning broken
1'. [...] da#-a-ke4
2'. [...] mu-na-[x]
3'. [...] la-sze3 ha-mu-[x]
4'. lu2# na-an-KA#
5'. inim# szabra-ta
6'. x [...]
rest broken
envelope
broken
seal 1
1. {d}szul-gi
2. nita kal-ga
3. lugal uri5{ki}-ma
4. ur-ki-ur3-ra
5. dub-sar
6. dumu e2-ki-x
7. nu-banda3 en-nu ARAD2-[zu]
(following Hattori)
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)
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Artifact type:
Envelope Artifact type comments:
envelope
- Material: Clay
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- This artifact is composed of fragments.
- Condition Description: frag
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- Seal no.:
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Artifact comments:
envelope
- Genre(s): Administrative (Uninscribed; Case from a letter order?; seals; Fine seal impression with winged dragon, lion; the same impression appears on N793 (case frag); not inscribed but has an inscription in seal impression; *or Ur3)
- Language(s): Sumerian
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primary: NATN, 773
[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.
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history: Hattori diss., p. 350 (seal)
[Hattori2002diss] Hattori, Atsuko. 2002. “Texts and Impressions: A Holistic Approach to Ur III Cuneiform Tablets from the University of Pennsylvania Expeditions to Nippur.” Phdthesis, University of Pennsylvania.
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history: PBS 14, 0271, 0277
[Legrain1925PBS14] Legrain, Léon. 1925. The Culture of the Babylonians from Their Seals in the Collections of the Museum. Publications of the Babylonian Section 14.
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history: NATN, p. 33, pl. 6
[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.
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- Museum No.: CBS 13353 + N 0790 (+) CBS 14241 (+) N 0793
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- Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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- Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
- Dates Referenced: --.--.00.00
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| Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
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| 2024-07-23 at 10:14:41 | Firth, Richard | Artifact, Other Entity | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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| 2024-06-12 at 09:25:16 | Firth, Richard | Artifact, Other Entity | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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| 2023-08-23 at 21:14:22 | Dahl, Jacob L. | Atf | Dahl, Jacob L. | Dahl, Jacob L. | approved |
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| 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 |
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| 2017-01-20 at 09:12:32 | Firth, Richard | Atf | Firth, Richard | CDLI | approved |
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| 2013-07-29 at 11:47:11 | Englund, Robert K. | Atf | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | approved |
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| 2011-07-22 at 13:48:34 | Englund, Robert K. | Atf | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | approved |
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| 2011-05-02 at 14:25:02 | Englund, Robert K. | Atf | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | approved |
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| 2006-10-12 at 12:23:03 | CDLI | Atf | CDLI | CDLI | approved |
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| 2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 | CDLI | Artifact | CDLI | CDLI | approved |
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Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:
- Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (025646) (025646)
- Penn Museum (587675) (587675)
- Penn Museum (587676) (587676)
- Penn Museum (526077) (526077)
- Penn Museum (526085) (526085)
- Electronic Babylonian Library (N.790) (N.790)
This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):
| Seal | Provenience | Period | Date |
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| CDLI Seals 003803 (composite) (P456513) | Nippur (mod. Nuffar) | Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) |
Hattori diss. p. 392 Hattori diss. p. 392
Cite this Artifact
@misc{2024NATN,
note = {[Online; accessed 2025-07-29]},
year = {2024},
month = {jul 23},
title = {NATN 773 artifact entry},
url = {https://cdli.earth/P121470},
howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P121470},
}
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