NATN 792 (P121489)

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

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Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

N 1197

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Seal; 2 lines)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Has seal impression(s)

seal 1
column 1
1. {d}szu-{d}suen
2. lugal kal-ga
3. lugal# uri5[{ki}-ma]
4. [lugal an-ub-da limmu2-ba-ke4?]
column 2
1. {d}szul-gi-ha-zi-ir#?
2. szagina
3. ARAD2-da-ni-[ir]
4. [in-na-ba]

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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  • Condition Description: frag,
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  • primary: NATN, 792

    [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: HSAO 9, p.145-174, p. 164, p. 167 12

    [Mayr2004-8AMVDIQL] Mayr, Rudolf H., and David I. Owen. 2004. “The Royal Gift Seal in the Ur III Period.” In Von Sumer Nach Ebla Und Zurück. Festschrift Giovanni Pettinato Zum 27. September 1999 Gewidmet von Freunden, Kollegen Und Schülern., 9:145–74. Heidelberger Studien Zum Alten Orient. Heidelberg.

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  • Museum No.: N 1197
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-12-28 at 12:05:29 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact, Other Entity Pagé-Perron, Émilie Pagé-Perron, Émilie 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
2018-08-23 at 08:57:14 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2013-07-21 at 17:32:57 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:48:35 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:25:03 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:23:03 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 006070 (composite) (P458780) Nippur (mod. Nuffar) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifact
“NATN 792 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 28, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P121489.
NATN 792 artifact entry (No. P121489). (2024, December 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P121489 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 792 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P121489 (Accessed: July 4, 2025).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {dec 28},
	title = {NATN 792 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P121489},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P121489},
}

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