NATN 107 (P120805)

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

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Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 08307

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

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tablet
obverse
column 1
1. 1(disz) ma-na 1(u) 5(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar
2. i3-li2-an-dul3
3. 1/2(disz) ma-na ku3-babbar
4. lu2-{d}szul-gi
5. 1(u) 8(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar
6. ur-{d}szul-pa-e3
7. 1(u) 7(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar
8. ha-ru-hu-ul-e
9. 7(disz) gin2 igi-3(disz)-gal2 ku3-babbar
10. tu-ra-am-dingir
11. 3(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar
12. i3-ba-lu5-u2
13. 3(disz) 1/3(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar
14. dingir-su-illat
15. 1/3(disz) ma-na ku3-babbar
16. ur-{d}suen
17. 3(asz) gu2-gal-gal gur
18. sa6-ga
column 2
1. n 1(disz) 5/6(disz) ma-na [ku3-babbar]
2. lu2-{d}[x]
3. 1(disz) gin2 ku3#? husz?-[a]
4. szesz-x-[x]
5. 1(u) 6(disz) gin2 ku3# [...]
6. ur-{d}suen
7. 6(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar masz-szu-gid2#-gid2
8. 1(disz) ma-na ku3-babbar
9. en-um-i3-li2
10. 3(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar lu2-{d}suen
11. 2(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar ib2-be2
12. 2(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar un-da-ga
13. 1(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar ur-{d}suen
14. 1(disz) 1/3(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar gu-da
15. 1/3(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar ur-me-me gu-za-la2-me
16. 2/3(disz) gin2 2(u) sze ku3-babbar
17. 1(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar e2-x
18. 1/2(disz) gin2 ku3 [...]
19. lugal-a2-zi-[da]
reverse
column 1
1. 1(disz) igi-3(disz)-gal2 1(u) 2(disz) sze x
2. szesz-kal-la szesz ur-husz-a
3. 1(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar ARAD2-mu
4. n 3(disz) gin2 1(u) 5(disz) sze ku3-babbar
5. puzur4#-{d}szakkan2
6. 1(disz) n igi-4(disz)-gal2 ku3#-babbar
7. mi-ni-mi-ni
8. 1(u) 5(disz) 1/2(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar
9. lugal-ad-da
10. 2/3(disz) gin2# ku3-babbar
11. szesz-dingir-li-li2
12. 3(disz) 1/2(disz) ma-na ku3#-babbar
13. 2(gesz2) sze gur {d}en-lil2-mas?-su2
14. 5(u) gur geme2-[...]
15. 1(u) 6(asz) gur x-[...]
16. 1(u) gin2 ku3-babbar sza3-[...]
17. 1(u) 6(asz) 3(barig) 2(ban2) gur AN-[...]-lu2-[...]
18. 1(u) 5(disz) gin2 lugal-[...]
19. 5/6(disz) ma-na 5(disz) gin2#? [...]
column 2
1. lu2-{d}suen
2. 1/2(disz) ma-na 5(disz) gin2
3. er11-ra-ba-ni
4. 1(u) 4(disz) gin2 a2-gu
5. 2(u) 5(asz) gur an-da-ga
6. 1(u) 3(disz) 1/3(disz) gin2 e2-mah
7. 3(disz) 1/2(disz) gin2 er3!-ra-ba-ni
8. 1(u) 5(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar
9. ur-{d}szul-gi-ra
10. 4(disz) 1/3(disz) gin2 lu2-du10-ga
11. 2(disz) gin2 lugal-he2-gal2
12. 1(u) 5(disz) gin2 {d}szara2?-kam#?
13. 2(disz) gin2 tu-i3-li2
14. 1(u) gin2 gal-zu-mun-ti
15. 1(gesz2) 4(u) 5(asz) gur nu-ur2-esz18-dar
16. 1(u) 5(disz) gin2 gu4-KU
17. 3(asz) gur ur-nigar{gar}
18. 2(disz) gin2 puzur4-isz
19. szunigin 1(u) 9(disz) 5/6(disz) ma-na 5(disz) 1/2(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar UD-a gal2-la
left
1. iti ku3-SZIM u4 1(u) 6(disz) ba-zal ur-du6-ku3
2. mu en {d}inanna unu{ki}-ga masz2 i3-pa3

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Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: NATN, 107

    [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), 169 2

    [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.

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  • Museum No.: CBS 08307
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Ibbi-Suen.02.10.16
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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
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 View
2018-03-23 at 19:18:40 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2017-02-28 at 17:16:33 Englund, Robert K. Atf Ozaki Tohru CDLI approved View
2016-11-11 at 14:57:50 Englund, Robert K. Atf Ozaki Tohru CDLI approved View
2016-07-28 at 15:41:29 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:47:30 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:24:20 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2009-06-03 at 10:30:25 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2008-01-06 at 13:53:33 Dahl, Jacob L. Atf Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI approved View
2008-01-03 at 18:56:23 Dahl, Jacob L. Atf Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact

“NATN 107 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P120805.
NATN 107 artifact entry (No. P120805). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P120805 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 107 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P120805 (Accessed: September 4, 2025).
@misc{2024NATN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-09-04]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {NATN 107 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P120805},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P120805},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/23/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P120805
LB  - CDLI:P120805
M1  - 2025/9/4/
TI  - NATN 107 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P120805
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“NATN 107 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P120805.
NATN 107 artifact entry (No. P120805). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P120805 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 107 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P120805 (Accessed: September 4, 2025).
@misc{2024NATN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-09-04]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {NATN 107 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P120805},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P120805},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/23/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P120805
LB  - CDLI:P120805
M1  - 2025/9/4/
TI  - NATN 107 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P120805
ER  -
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