NATN 238 (P120936)

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

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Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 09164

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

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tablet
obverse
1. 2(asz) sze gur lugal
2. 1(barig) munu4 si-e3
3. 1(asz) gu2# SZIM saga
4. 3(asz) gu2 SZIM da-ni-um
5. ki lu2-du10-ga-ta
reverse
1. {d}er3-ra-dan
2. szu ba-ti
  1 line blank
3. iti sze-sag-ku5
4. mu ha-ar-szi{ki} ba-hul

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: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: NATN, 238

    [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: MCS 7, 11

    [Fish1957MCS7] Fish, Thomas. 1957. Manchester Cuneiform Studies 7.

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  • Museum No.: CBS 09164
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  • Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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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
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

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Cite this Artifacts

“NATN 238 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P120936.
NATN 238 artifact entry (No. P120936). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P120936 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 238 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P120936 (Accessed: January 24, 2026).
@misc{2024NATN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-24]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {NATN 238 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P120936},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P120936},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/23/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P120936
LB  - CDLI:P120936
M1  - 2026/1/24/
TI  - NATN 238 artifact entry
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Cite this Artifacts

“NATN 238 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P120936.
NATN 238 artifact entry (No. P120936). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P120936 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 238 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P120936 (Accessed: January 24, 2026).
@misc{2024NATN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-24]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {NATN 238 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P120936},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P120936},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/23/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P120936
LB  - CDLI:P120936
M1  - 2026/1/24/
TI  - NATN 238 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P120936
ER  - 
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