NATN 166 (P120864)

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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Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 08467

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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Text

tablet
obverse
beginning broken
1. [...] u3 [...]
2. [...] sar [...]
3. [...] tug2 sze [...]
4. [...] tug2 [...]
5. [...] tug2 [...]
6. [...] tug2 [...]
7. [...] 1(disz) tug2 [...]
8. [...] 1(gesz2) 1(u) PA [...]
9. [...] szuku dab5-ba [...]
10. [...] 1/4(iku) GAN2 gurx(|SZE.KIN|) ku5-a
11. [...] adab{ki}
12. [...] x-za-nu-um
13. [...] 2(iku) GAN2 gurx(|SZE.KIN|) ku5-a
14. [dam]-gar3 umma{ki}-me
15. ugula u3-ma-ni
16. 4(iku) GAN2 gurx(|SZE.KIN|) ku5-a
17. dam-gar3 unu{ki}-me
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1. ugula e-bu-um
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2. 4(bur3) 4(iku) 1/4(iku) GAN2 gurx(|SZE.KIN|) ku5-a gurusz-bi 1(gesz2) 1(u) 2(disz) u4 1(disz)-sze3
3. dah-hu dam-gar3 iri{ki} didli-me
4. [...] 3(disz) gurusz a2 2/3(disz) 1(u) gurusz a2 1/2(disz)
5. [x] gurusz a2 1/3(disz)
6. [x] 2(u) 3(disz) gurusz
7. dam#-gar3 adab{ki#}-me
8. [...] 4(disz) gurusz a2 1/2(disz) 6(disz)# gurusz a2 1/3(disz)
9. 1(u) gurusz#
10. dam-gar3 umma{ki}-me
11. 1(u) gurusz a2 1/3(disz)
12. 1(u) gurusz
13. dam-gar3 unu{ki}-me
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14. szunigin 1(gesz2) 4(disz) gurusz# u4 1(disz)-sze3
15. zar3 tab-ba-da gub-ba-me
16. dah-hu dam-gar3 iri{ki} didli-me
17. giri3 {d}iszkur-illat lu2 kin-[gi4-a ...]
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18. szunigin2 8(gesz2) 3(u) gurusz# [...]
19. dah-hu x [...]
20. giri3 [...]
21. mu [...]

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Collections

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: NATN, 166

[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: Fs Owen p.131-141, p. 132-133

[Garfinkle2010knowledge] Garfinkle, Steven J. 2010. “The Organization of Knowledge in Early Mesopotamia. Information, Wealth, and Archives in the Ur III Period.” In Why Should Someone Who Know Something Conceal It? Cuneiform Studies in Honor of David I. Owen on His 70th Birthday, edited by Alexandra Kleinerman and Jack M. Sasson, 131–41. Bethesda: CDL Press.
citation: BBVO 10, p. 25 n. 89 (rev. 5-14)

[Englund1990Fischerei] Englund, Robert K. 1990. Organisation Und Verwaltung Der Ur III-Fischerei. Berliner Beiträge Zum Vorderen Orient, Band 10. Berlin: Dietrich Reimer.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: CBS 08467
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: --.--.00.00
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-07-23 at 10:14:41	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
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
2017-03-03 at 09:53:59	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	CDLI		CDLI	Approved
2011-07-22 at 13:47:33	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2011-05-02 at 14:24:24	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2006-10-12 at 12:22:50	CDLI	Transliteration	CDLI		CDLI	Approved
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	CDLI		CDLI	Approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (025043) (025043)
Penn Museum (583251) (583251)
Electronic Babylonian Library (CBS.8467) (CBS.8467)

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Cite this Artifacts

“NATN 166 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P120864.

NATN 166 artifact entry (No. P120864). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P120864 (Original work published 2001)

NATN 166 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P120864 (Accessed: February 28, 2026).

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	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {NATN 166 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P120864},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P120864},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“NATN 166 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P120864.

NATN 166 artifact entry (No. P120864). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P120864 (Original work published 2001)

NATN 166 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P120864 (Accessed: February 28, 2026).

@misc{2024NATN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-28]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {NATN 166 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P120864},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P120864},
}

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DA  - 2024/7/23/
PY  - 2024
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LB  - CDLI:P120864
M1  - 2026/2/28/
TI  - NATN 166 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P120864
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