NATN p. 54 catalogue (P275840)

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, USA

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Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

N 0680

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Date; 3 lines)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Has seal impression(s)

envelope
obverse
  broken
reverse
  beginning broken
1'. lu2-inim-ma-bi-[me]
2'. iti sze-sag11-ku5 u4 6(disz) zal-[la]
  blank space
  seal impression
3'. [mu] en# {d}inanna# [...]
seal 1
1. AN-x-x-[...]
2. dumu x-[...]

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: Envelope Artifact type comments:

    envelope

  • Material: Clay
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  • Artifact Preservation: fragment
  • Condition Description: rev
  • Join Information:
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  • Artifact comments:

    envelope


  • primary: NATN, p. 54

    [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.

    catalogue


  • history: Hattori diss., p. 254

    [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.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: N 0680
  • Accession No.:

  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
  • Elevation:
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.09.12d.06 (intercalated)
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  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-07-23 at 10:14:41 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-06-12 at 09:25:16 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-01-21 at 07:48:15 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2020-08-27 at 02:18:57 Firth, Richard Atf Firth, Richard CDLI approved View
2005-10-24 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Fitzgerald, Madeleine; Peterson, Jeremiah Penn Museum CDLI approved View

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This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal Provenience Period Date
dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185) - -

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Cite this Artifact
“NATN p. 54 Catalogue Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P275840.
NATN p. 54 catalogue artifact entry (No. P275840). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P275840 (Original work published 2005)
NATN p. 54 catalogue artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P275840 (Accessed: April 29, 2025).
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