NATN 244 (P120942)

Administrative tablet 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 09171

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (gu4 hu-nu)

Language(s)

Sumerian

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tablet
obverse
1. 2(asz) sze gur e2-sze3
2. 1(barig) 4(ban2) 4(disz) sila3 nig2-sa10-am3-bi
3. 1(ban2) zi3-gu 1(ban2) dabin
4. 4(ban2) sza3-gal {ansze}kunga2
5. a2-bi2-la-sza
6. 2(ban2) sza3-gal {ansze}kunga2 sanga
7. 4(ban2) sza3-gal {ansze}kunga2 zabar-dab5
8. 2(ban2) sze sa-sze3 ansze du-szu-um
9. 3(ban2) nin-{d}lamma-mu
10. 4(ban2) dabin ki ur-{d}nanibgal
11. 5(disz) sila3 diri ma2 ansze a-hu-um-ma
reverse
1. iti du6-ku3
2. 2(asz) sze gur
3. e2-sze3
4. 1(asz) gur za-ni-a mu sukkal zabar-dab5
5. 3(ban2) ur-{d}nin-urta nu-banda3 gesz-kin-ti
6. 1(asz) gur ur-{d}en-lil2-la2 mu nig2-sa10-am3 gu4-sze3
7. 2(ban2) ur-ki-es3 dub-sar
8. 1(ban2) sza3-gal gu4 niga
9. 1(barig) sza3-gal gu4 hu-nu
10. szunigin 7(asz) 1(barig) 3(ban2) 9(disz) sila3 sze [gur]
11. ba-zi ganun-ta
left
1. iti {gesz}apin-du8-a
2. mu ma-da za-ab-sza-li{ki} ba-hul

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: NATN, 244

    [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), 172 17

    [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.

    p. 164: two gur of gab for a pig

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  • Museum No.: CBS 09171
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.07.07.00, Šū-Suen.07.08.00
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  • Accounting Period: Šū-Suen.07.07.00 to Šū-Suen.07.08.00

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-10-30 at 09:42:25 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
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
2018-03-17 at 15:34:05 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2017-03-03 at 09:54:00 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2015-12-11 at 16:10:28 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2014-09-26 at 11:16:21 Firth, Richard Transliteration Firth, Richard CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:47:37 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:24:27 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 244 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 30, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P120942.
NATN 244 artifact entry (No. P120942). (2024, October 30). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P120942 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 244 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P120942 (Accessed: February 27, 2026).
@misc{2024NATN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-27]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 30},
	title = {NATN 244 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P120942},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P120942},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/30/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P120942
LB  - CDLI:P120942
M1  - 2026/2/27/
TI  - NATN 244 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P120942
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“NATN 244 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 30, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P120942.
NATN 244 artifact entry (No. P120942). (2024, October 30). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P120942 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 244 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P120942 (Accessed: February 27, 2026).
@misc{2024NATN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-27]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 30},
	title = {NATN 244 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P120942},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P120942},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/30/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P120942
LB  - CDLI:P120942
M1  - 2026/2/27/
TI  - NATN 244 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P120942
ER  -
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