NATN 098 (P120796)

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, USA

Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 08291

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (legal)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 3(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar
 de: 3 Sekel Silber,
2. a2 szu-dur-ul3
 de: die Arbeitsleistung des Šu-durul, ihr Sohn,
3. mu asz-a-kam
 de: (während) eines Jahres,
4. ki lugal-a2-zi-da-ta
 de: von Lugal-azida
5. geme2-{d}nun-gal-ke4
 de: hat Geme-Nungal
6. szu ba-ti
 de: empfangen;
7. tukum-bi
 de: falls
8. szu-dur-ul3
 de: Šu-durul
9. u4 1(disz)-am3 ga2-la in-dag
 de: für einen Tag die Arbeit aussetzt,
reverse
1. 1(ban2) sze-ta i3-ag2
 de: 1 ban2 Gerste (für) jeden (Tag) wird er darmessen,
2. mu lugal-bi in-pa3
 de: hat er beim königlichen Namen geschworen;
3. 1(disz) a-bi2-nu-a
 de: 1 A’agnua,
4. 1(disz) la-te-ni-isz
 de: 1 La-teniš,
5. 1(disz) lu2-{d}suen
 de: 1 Lu-Suen,
6. 1(disz) ad-da-kal-la
 de: 1 Addakala,
  1 line blank
7. lu2-inim-ma-bi-me
 de: sind dabei die Zeugen;
8. iti kin-{d}inanna
 de: Monat: “...-Inannas”,
9. mu en {d}inanna unu{ki} masz2-e i3-pa3
 de: Jahr: “Der en-Priester Inannas in Uruk wurde durch Leberschau bestimmt.”
seal 1
1. hu-ba-tum
 de: Ḫubbatum,
2. dumu ba-zi-na
 de: Sohn des Bagina.

Text content

Genre(s) Legal (legal)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Seals

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

Seal Seal Number Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 002434 (composite) (P455144) S002434 Nippur (mod. Nuffar) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P120796

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

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 08291
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 024975
Penn Museum (Penn) 583094
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) CBS.8291

References

  • primary: NATN, 98

    [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: JAOS 56, 494

    [Fish1936JAOS494] Fish, Thomas. 1936. “A Nippur Tablet of Ur III.” Journal of the American Oriental Society 56 (4): 494.

  • citation: CDOG 4 (pp. 121-152), 126, 149-150

    [Englund2012CDOG4] Englund, Robert K. 2012. “Versilberte Arbeit. Äquivalenzenfestsetzung in Der Ur-III-Zeit,” Colloquium der Deutschen Orient-Gesellschaft, 4: 121–52.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-09-21 at 10:22:58 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
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
2014-03-16 at 14:45:55 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:47:29 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:24:20 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 Artifact

“NATN 098 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 21, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P120796.
NATN 098 artifact entry (No. P120796). (2024, September 21). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P120796 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 098 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P120796 (Accessed: May 16, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-16]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 21},
	title = {NATN 098 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P120796},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P120796},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/9/21/
PY  - 2024
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LB  - CDLI:P120796
M1  - 2026/5/16/
TI  - NATN 098 artifact entry
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Cite this Artifact

“NATN 098 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 21, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P120796.
NATN 098 artifact entry (No. P120796). (2024, September 21). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P120796 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 098 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P120796 (Accessed: May 16, 2026).
@misc{2024NATN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-16]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 21},
	title = {NATN 098 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P120796},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P120796},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/9/21/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P120796
LB  - CDLI:P120796
M1  - 2026/5/16/
TI  - NATN 098 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P120796
ER  -
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