NATN 088 (P120786)

Administrative tablet & 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

Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 08240 & CBS 08240A

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(disz) 1/2(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar
2. masz2 5(disz) gin2 1(disz) gin2-ta
3. ki ur-nigar{gar}-ta
4. lugal-inim-gi-na
5. iti ku3-SZIM
reverse
1. u4 1(u) 1(disz) zal-la
2. szu ba-ti
3. iti sig4-ga
4. gi4-gi4-da
  blank space
5. mu hu-uh2-nu-ri2{ki} ba-hul
seal 1
1. lugal-inim-gi#-[na]
2. dumu na-ba-dam-[x]
  uncertain

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Accounting Period Amar-Suen.07.10.11 to Amar-Suen.08.03.00

Seals

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

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P120786

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet & envelope
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s) Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number CBS 08240 & CBS 08240A
Accession Number

External resources

References

  • primary: NATN, 88

    [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), 170 08

    [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.

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
2013-07-09 at 19:35:23 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:47:28 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:24:19 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:22:49 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“NATN 088 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P120786.
NATN 088 artifact entry (No. P120786). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P120786 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 088 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P120786 (Accessed: April 9, 2026).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P120786},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“NATN 088 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P120786.
NATN 088 artifact entry (No. P120786). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P120786 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 088 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P120786 (Accessed: April 9, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-09]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {NATN 088 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P120786},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P120786},
}

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DA  - 2024/7/23/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P120786
LB  - CDLI:P120786
M1  - 2026/4/9/
TI  - NATN 088 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P120786
ER  - 
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