NATN 202 (P120900)

Legal tablet & envelope 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 09029

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(u) 5(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar
2. masz2 5(disz) gin2 1(disz) gin2-ta
3. ki ur-{d}szul-pa-e3-ta
4. nam-ha-ni
5. szu ba-ti
reverse
1. [...]-USZ# mu lugal#-bi in-pa3
  erasure
  blank space
2. iti gan-gan-e3
3. mu {d}i-bi2-{d}suen lugal-e si-mu-ru-um ba#-hul
envelope
  (not given)
seal 1
1. nam-ha-ni
2. dumu lugal-me-[lam2]

Text content

Genre(s) Legal
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Seals

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

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P120900

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet & envelope
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s) Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number CBS 09029
Accession Number

External resources

References

  • primary: NATN, 202

    [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.

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
2017-01-14 at 08:25:37 Firth, Richard Transliteration Firth, Richard CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:47:35 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:24:25 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2009-06-03 at 10:30:47 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:22:51 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“NATN 202 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P120900.
NATN 202 artifact entry (No. P120900). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P120900 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 202 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P120900 (Accessed: April 10, 2026).
@misc{2024NATN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-10]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {NATN 202 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P120900},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P120900},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/23/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P120900
LB  - CDLI:P120900
M1  - 2026/4/10/
TI  - NATN 202 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P120900
ER  - 

Cite this Artifacts

“NATN 202 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P120900.
NATN 202 artifact entry (No. P120900). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P120900 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 202 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P120900 (Accessed: April 10, 2026).
@misc{2024NATN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-10]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {NATN 202 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P120900},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P120900},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/23/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P120900
LB  - CDLI:P120900
M1  - 2026/4/10/
TI  - NATN 202 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P120900
ER  - 
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