NATN 273 (P120971)

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 09540

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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Text

tablet
obverse
rest broken
1'. a?-ki?-[...]
2'. gab2-gi-[bi?-im?]
3'. igi ur-{d}nanibgal
4'. ensi2 nibru{ki}-ka-sze3
5'. in-na-szum2
6'. 1(disz) ur-{d}nin-urta sukkal
7'. 1(disz) igi-sa6-sa6 nu-banda3 sahar-ra
8'. 1(disz) masz-da5 sagi
9'. [1(disz)] lugal-a2-zi-da
10'. [1(disz)] x-RI-la-mu
rest broken
reverse
broken
seal 1
column 1
1. {d}szul-gi
2. nita kal-ga
3. lugal uri5[{ki}]-ma
4. lugal [ki-en-gi] ki-uri
column 2
1. ur-[{d}]nanibgal
2. ensi2
3. nibru[{ki}]
4. dumu lugal-engar-du10
5. ensi2
6. nibru{ki}-ka
7. [ARAD2-zu]

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)

Collections

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: NATN, 273

[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.
citation: JNES 31 (pp. 87-95), 93 n. 50-02

[Hallo1972JNES31] Hallo, William W. 1972. “The House of Ur-Meme.” Journal of Near Eastern Studies 31 (2): 87–95. https://doi.org/10.1086/372151.

(seal inscription)

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: CBS 09540
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: --.--.00.00
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-07-23 at 10:14:41	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-06-16 at 14:02:50	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
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
2011-07-22 at 13:47:48	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2011-05-02 at 14:24:31	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2009-06-03 at 10:30:55	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2008-01-03 at 18:56:44	Dahl, Jacob L.	Transliteration	Dahl, Jacob L.		CDLI	Approved
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	CDLI		CDLI	Approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (025149) (025149)
Penn Museum (583863) (583863)
Electronic Babylonian Library (CBS.9540) (CBS.9540)

Seals

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

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
CDLI Seals 006157 (composite) (P458867)	Nippur (mod. Nuffar)	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifacts

“NATN 273 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P120971.

NATN 273 artifact entry (No. P120971). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P120971 (Original work published 2001)

NATN 273 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P120971 (Accessed: February 28, 2026).

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	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {NATN 273 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P120971},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P120971},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“NATN 273 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P120971.

NATN 273 artifact entry (No. P120971). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P120971 (Original work published 2001)

NATN 273 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P120971 (Accessed: February 28, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-28]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {NATN 273 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P120971},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P120971},
}

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TI  - NATN 273 artifact entry
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