NATN 253 (P120951)

Administrative tablet & 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 09193 & CBS 09194

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Has seal impression(s)

tablet
obverse
1. 1(disz) ma-na 2(disz) 1/2(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar
2. masz2 5(disz) gin2 1(disz) gin2-ta
3. ki ur-{d}szul-pa-e3
4. ur-{d}dumu-zi-da-ke4
reverse
1. szu ba-ti
2. iti gan#-gan#-e3
3. u4 1(u) 5(disz) ba-zal
4. mu en {d}inanna unu{ki} masz-e i3-pa3
envelope
obverse
1. [...] ku3-[babbar]
2. masz2# 5(disz)# gin2# 1(disz) gin2-[ta]
3. ki# ur-{d}szul-pa-e3#
  rest broken
reverse
  broken
seal 1
column 1
1. da-da#
2. ensi2
3. [nibru{ki}]
4. [ur-{d}dumu]-zi#-da#
column 2
1. [...]
2. [dumu ...]
3. [x ...]
4. [ARAD2 {d}...]

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 & envelope
  • Material: Clay
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  • Seal information:

    Hattori : (i) 1. da-da, 2. ensi2, 3. nibru{ki}, (ii) 1'. dumu lugal-[...], 2'. X-X (col. ii In. 2: not ARAD-zu, but dub-sar or rather aga3-us2, etc., more line(s) to follow in both columns.)

  • Artifact comments:

  • primary: NATN, 253

    [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. 362 (seal)

    [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 09193 & CBS 09194
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Ibbi-Suen.02.09.15
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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
2013-10-05 at 13:22:30 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:47:38 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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This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal Provenience Period Date
dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185) - -

General Notes: -
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Cite this Artifacts

“NATN 253 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P120951.
NATN 253 artifact entry (No. P120951). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P120951 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 253 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P120951 (Accessed: March 6, 2026).
@misc{2024NATN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-06]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {NATN 253 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P120951},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P120951},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/23/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P120951
LB  - CDLI:P120951
M1  - 2026/3/6/
TI  - NATN 253 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P120951
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“NATN 253 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P120951.
NATN 253 artifact entry (No. P120951). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P120951 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 253 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P120951 (Accessed: March 6, 2026).
@misc{2024NATN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-06]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {NATN 253 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P120951},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P120951},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/23/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P120951
LB  - CDLI:P120951
M1  - 2026/3/6/
TI  - NATN 253 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P120951
ER  -
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