NATN 234 (P120932)

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 09160

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

-

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 3(disz) tug2 usz-bar
2. tug2-ba igi-nim-ma-ta
3. ma-asz2-e i3-dab5
4. gesz-tug2-ga ru-gu2-dam
5. mu dumu-munus lugal ensi2 an-sza{ki}-ke4 ba-an-tuku
reverse
  blank space

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P120932

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s) Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number CBS 09160
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 025111
Penn Museum (Penn) 583750
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) CBS.9160

References

  • primary: NATN, 234

    [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: Iraq 5 (p. 157-179), 178 35

    [Fish1938Iraq5] Fish, Thomas. 1938. “The Sumerian City Nippur in the Period of the Third Dynasty of Ur.” Iraq 5: 157–79. https://doi.org/10.2307/4241631.

  • history: PBS 5, 050 (date only)

    [Poebel1914PBS5] Poebel, Arno. 1914. Historical and Grammatical Texts. Publications of the Babylonian Section 5. University Museum, 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
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
2011-07-22 at 13:47:37 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:24:26 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:22:52 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“NATN 234 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P120932.
NATN 234 artifact entry (No. P120932). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P120932 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 234 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P120932 (Accessed: May 3, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-03]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {NATN 234 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P120932},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P120932},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“NATN 234 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P120932.
NATN 234 artifact entry (No. P120932). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P120932 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 234 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P120932 (Accessed: May 3, 2026).
@misc{2024NATN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-03]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {NATN 234 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P120932},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P120932},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/23/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P120932
LB  - CDLI:P120932
M1  - 2026/5/3/
TI  - NATN 234 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P120932
ER  -
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