NATN 209 (P120907)

Administrative 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

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Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 09036

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Has seal impression(s)

tablet
obverse
  beginning broken
1'. ugula edin-e-ki-ag2
2'. 1(disz) a2-zi-da
3'. 1(disz) ur-{d}iszkur dingir-zu
4'. 1(disz) ur-du6-ku3-ga
5'. 1(disz) ur-{d}iszkur
6'. 1(disz) ur2-dingir
7'. 1(disz) {d}en-lil2-mas-su2
8'. 1(disz) lugal-inim-gi-na
9'. 1(disz) ka5-a
10'. 1(disz) ur-{d}da-mu
reverse
  broken
seal 1
1. lugal-inim-gi-na
2. dumu lugal-iti-da
seal 2
1. {d}en-lil2-mas-su2
2. dumu lugal-nimgir?
  -ezem?
seal 3
1. a-a-kal-la
2. dumu lugal-[...]
seal 4
1. kalam-sa6#-[...]
2. dumu na-[...]
  (following Hattori)
seal 5
1. balag#-e2#-ki#-ag2#
2. dumu lugal-[...]
  (following Hattori)

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)

  • Artifact type: Envelope Artifact type comments:

    envelope

  • Material: Clay
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  • Artifact comments:

    envelope

  • primary: NATN, 209

    [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: Hattori diss., p. 244, 269 (seals)

    [Hattori2002diss] Hattori, Atsuko. 2002. “Texts and Impressions: A Holistic Approach to Ur III Cuneiform Tablets from the University of Pennsylvania Expeditions to Nippur.” Phdthesis, University of Pennsylvania.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: CBS 09036
  • Accession No.:

  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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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
2024-06-12 at 09:25:16 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
2017-01-04 at 08:49:36 Firth, Richard Transliteration Firth, Richard CDLI Approved View
2017-01-04 at 08:48:52 Firth, Richard Transliteration Firth, Richard CDLI Approved View
2017-01-02 at 05:46:47 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
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

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

Seal Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 003521 (composite) (P456231) Nippur (mod. Nuffar) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
CDLI Seals 003936 (composite) (P456646) Nippur (mod. Nuffar) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
CDLI Seals 004182 (composite) (P456892) Nippur (mod. Nuffar) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
CDLI Seals 004441 (composite) (P457151) Nippur (mod. Nuffar) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
CDLI Seals 005562 (composite) (P458272) Nippur (mod. Nuffar) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifacts

“NATN 209 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P120907.
NATN 209 artifact entry (No. P120907). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P120907 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 209 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P120907 (Accessed: March 25, 2026).
@misc{2024NATN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-25]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {NATN 209 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P120907},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P120907},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/23/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P120907
LB  - CDLI:P120907
M1  - 2026/3/25/
TI  - NATN 209 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P120907
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“NATN 209 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P120907.
NATN 209 artifact entry (No. P120907). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P120907 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 209 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P120907 (Accessed: March 25, 2026).
@misc{2024NATN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-25]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {NATN 209 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P120907},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P120907},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/23/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P120907
LB  - CDLI:P120907
M1  - 2026/3/25/
TI  - NATN 209 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P120907
ER  -
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