NATN 012 (P120707)

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

Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 07393

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (messenger text SM catalogue: messenger text--distribution of beer, bread etc.)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

27.0 mm × 30.0 mm × 12.0 mm

Text

tablet
obverse
1. ku3 sila-a gal2-la
2. ur-du6-ku3-ga-ka
3. ku3 sila-a gal2-la
4. lu2-{d}inanna-ka
5. NE-NE-nu-da-ti
6. ur-bi-mu x
reverse
1. [...]
2. igi x-[x]-x-sze3
3. igi geme2-{d}asar#-lu2#!-hi#!-[sze3]
4. igi lu2-{d}da-mu-sze3
5. igi lu2-ma2-gan{ki}-sze3
6. igi ad-da-kal-la-sze3
7. lu2-inim-ma-bi-me
  1 line blank
8. iti ku3-SZIM u4 6(disz) ba-zal
left
1. mu en {d}inanna unu{ki}-ga masz2-e i3-pa3

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (messenger text SM catalogue: messenger text--distribution of beer, bread etc.)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P120707

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions 27.0 mm × 30.0 mm × 12.0 mm
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation
complete.

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s) Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number CBS 07393
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 024889
Penn Museum (Penn) 582187
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) CBS.7393

References

  • primary: NATN, 12

    [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: Iraq 5 (p. 157-179), 168 1

    [Fish1938Iraq5] Fish, Thomas. 1938. “The Sumerian City Nippur in the Period of the Third Dynasty of Ur.” Iraq 5: 157–79. https://doi.org/10.2307/4241631.

  • history: MCS 1, 21, CBS 7393

    [Fish1951MCS1] Fish, Thomas. 1951. Manchester Cuneiform Studies 1.

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 13:47:16 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:24:12 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:22:47 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“NATN 012 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P120707.
NATN 012 artifact entry (No. P120707). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P120707 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 012 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P120707 (Accessed: May 3, 2026).
@misc{2024NATN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-03]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {NATN 012 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P120707},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P120707},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“NATN 012 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P120707.
NATN 012 artifact entry (No. P120707). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P120707 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 012 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P120707 (Accessed: May 3, 2026).
@misc{2024NATN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-03]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {NATN 012 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P120707},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P120707},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/23/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P120707
LB  - CDLI:P120707
M1  - 2026/5/3/
TI  - NATN 012 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P120707
ER  -
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