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

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)

Text

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)

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Seals

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

Seal Seal Number Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 003521 (composite) (P456231) S003521 Nippur (mod. Nuffar) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
CDLI Seals 003936 (composite) (P456646) S003936 Nippur (mod. Nuffar) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
CDLI Seals 004182 (composite) (P456892) S004182 Nippur (mod. Nuffar) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
CDLI Seals 004441 (composite) (P457151) S004441 Nippur (mod. Nuffar) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
CDLI Seals 005562 (composite) (P458272) S005562 Nippur (mod. Nuffar) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P120907

Physical information

envelope

Artifact type Envelope
envelope
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s) Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number CBS 09036
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 025086
Penn Museum (Penn) 583720
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) CBS.9036

References

  • 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.

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
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, CDLI Approved View
2017-01-04 at 08:48:52 Firth, Richard Transliteration Firth, Richard CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2017-01-02 at 05:46:47 Firth, Richard Transliteration Firth, Richard CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:47:35 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:24:25 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:22:51 CDLI, CDLI Transliteration CDLI, CDLI 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 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: October 19, 2026).
@misc{2024NATN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-19]},
	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  - 2026/10/19/
TI  - NATN 209 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P120907
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“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: October 19, 2026).
@misc{2024NATN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-19]},
	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  - 2026/10/19/
TI  - NATN 209 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P120907
ER  -
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