NATN 149 (P120847)

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 08399

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. iti sze-sag11-ku5 u4 4(disz)? [zal-la]-ta#
2. mu-mu
3. lu2-{d}nin-szubur-ke4#?
4. ba-an-da-ab-ri#?
5. ur-me-me i3-du8 {d}[...]
6. lu2 szutum2 [...]
7. iti-da [x x]-ba 1(barig) 4(ban2) [sze?-ba]
8. in-[na-ab]-szum2#-mu
9. tukum#-[bi]
reverse
  beginning broken
1'. igi [...]
2'. igi [...]-x
3'. igi ur#-{d#}asznan# dub-[sar]
4'. igi ur-{d}szul-pa-e3 dub-[sar]
  single ruling
5'. mu si-mu-ru-um{ki} ba-hul#
seal 1
1. ur-me-me
2. ARAD2 {d}en-lil2
seal 2
1. mu-mu
2. dumu ur-dun

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Accounting Period Ibbi-Suen.03.00.00 to Ibbi-Suen.03.12.04 ?

Seals

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

Seal Seal Number Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 003808 (composite) (P456518) S003808 Nippur (mod. Nuffar) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
CDLI Seals 004536 (composite) (P457246) S004536 Nippur (mod. Nuffar) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P120847

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s) Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number CBS 08399
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 025026
Penn Museum (Penn) 583183
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) CBS.8399

References

  • primary: NATN, 149

    [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: Care of the Elderly p.23-57, p. 54

    [Wilcke1998elderly] Wilcke, Claus. 1998. “Care of the Elderly in Mesopotamia in the Third Millennium B.C.” In The Care of the Elderly in the Ancient Near East, edited by Marten Stol and Sven P. Vleeming, 23–57. Studies in the History and Culture of the Ancient Near East, Volume 14. Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill.

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 13:47:32 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:24:23 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2009-06-03 at 10:30:36 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2008-01-03 at 18:56:28 Dahl, Jacob L. Transliteration Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“NATN 149 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P120847.
NATN 149 artifact entry (No. P120847). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P120847 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 149 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P120847 (Accessed: November 3, 2026).
@misc{2024NATN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-03]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {NATN 149 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P120847},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P120847},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“NATN 149 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P120847.
NATN 149 artifact entry (No. P120847). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P120847 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 149 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P120847 (Accessed: November 3, 2026).
@misc{2024NATN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-03]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {NATN 149 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P120847},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P120847},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/23/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P120847
LB  - CDLI:P120847
M1  - 2026/11/3/
TI  - NATN 149 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P120847
ER  -
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