NATN 164 (P120862)

Administrative tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), 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 08463

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 8(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar
2. ki ad-da-kal-la-ta
3. gi-na
4. u3 ma-ni
5. szu ba-ti-esz2
reverse
1. iti nesag-sze3 su-su-dam
2. tukum-bi nu-su
3. ib2-tab-ba-a mu lugal-bi in-<pa3>
4. igi ur-{d}szul-pa-e3-sze3
5. igi na-ba-sa6-sze3
6. iti {d}dumu-zi
7. mu si-mu-ru-um{ki} ba-hul
seal 1
1. ma-ni
2. dam a-ad-da-bi
seal 2
1. gi-na
2. dumu a-ad-da-bi

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Accounting Period Ibbi-Suen.03.12.00 to Ibbi-Suen.04.04.00

Seals

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

Seal Seal Number Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 002343 (composite) (P455053) S002343 Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
CDLI Seals 003780 (composite) (P456490) S003780 Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P120862

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number CBS 08463
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 025041
Penn Museum (Penn) 583248
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) CBS.8463

References

  • primary: NATN, 164

    [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: Sallaberger, OBO 160/3, p. 219

    [Sallaberger1999OBO160/3] Sallaberger, Walther. 1999. “Ur III-Zeit.” In Annäherungen 3: Mesopotamien. Akkade-Zeit Und Ur III-Zeit, edited by Pascal Attinger and Markus Wäfler, 119–390. Orbis Biblicus et Orientalis 160/3. Freiburg Schweiz: Universitätsverlag.

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
2015-06-06 at 07:18:23 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Ozaki Tohru CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:47:33 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:24:23 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2009-06-03 at 10:30:40 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:22:50 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“NATN 164 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P120862.
NATN 164 artifact entry (No. P120862). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P120862 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 164 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P120862 (Accessed: April 12, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-12]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {NATN 164 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P120862},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P120862},
}


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Cite this Artifacts

“NATN 164 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P120862.
NATN 164 artifact entry (No. P120862). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P120862 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 164 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P120862 (Accessed: April 12, 2026).
@misc{2024NATN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-12]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {NATN 164 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P120862},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P120862},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/23/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P120862
LB  - CDLI:P120862
M1  - 2026/4/12/
TI  - NATN 164 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P120862
ER  -
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