NATN 837 (P121534)
Legal tablet 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
UM 55-21-098Period
Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)Provenience
Nippur (mod. Nuffar)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
Legal (Contract for plowing of a field; 7x8 lines; 5.6x5.0)Language(s)
SumerianMeasurements
-Has seal impression(s)
obverse
1. 1(bur3) GAN2
2. szuku i-ri-ib
3. uru4-de3
4. e2-a-ma-lik-ra
5. in-na-an-szum2
6. tukum-bi
7. sze-numun mur-gu4
reverse
1. a2 nam-lu2-u18
2. u3 {gesz}eme [x]
3. zu2 {gesz}GAN2-ur3-ta
4. esz2 nu-ni-du3
5. a-sza3-bi in-TUL2
6. igi szu-a-zi-sze3
7. igi [szu]-ku-bu-um-sze3
8. igi [x]-x-la-sze3
seal 1
1. e2-a-ma-lik
2. dumu a-hu-wa-qar
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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primary: NATN, 837
[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.: UM 55-21-098
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- Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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- Excavation No: 2N-T0624
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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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| 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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| 2017-02-28 at 17:16:31 | Englund, Robert K. | Atf | Ozaki Tohru | CDLI | approved |
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| 2011-07-22 at 13:48:38 | Englund, Robert K. | Atf | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | approved |
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| 2011-05-02 at 14:25:06 | Englund, Robert K. | Atf | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | approved |
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| 2006-10-12 at 12:23:04 | 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 (025709) (025709)
- Penn Museum (567707) (567707)
- Electronic Babylonian Library (UM.55-21-98) (UM.55-21-98)
This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):
| Seal | Provenience | Period | Date |
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| CDLI Seals 002239 (composite) (P454949) | Nippur (mod. Nuffar) | Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) |
Cite this Artifact
@misc{2024NATN,
note = {[Online; accessed 2025-10-12]},
year = {2024},
month = {jul 23},
title = {NATN 837 artifact entry},
url = {https://cdli.earth/P121534},
howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P121534},
}
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