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

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

-

Has seal impression(s)

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]

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Seals

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

Seal Seal Number Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 006157 (composite) (P458867) S006157 Nippur (mod. Nuffar) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P120971

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number CBS 09540
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 025149
Penn Museum (Penn) 583863
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) CBS.9540

References

  • 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)

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
2024-06-16 at 14:02:50 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 13:47:48 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:24:31 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2009-06-03 at 10:30:55 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2008-01-03 at 18:56:44 Dahl, Jacob L. Transliteration Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“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: November 5, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-05]},
	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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Cite this Artifact

“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: November 5, 2026).
@misc{2024NATN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-05]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {NATN 273 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P120971},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P120971},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/23/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P120971
LB  - CDLI:P120971
M1  - 2026/11/5/
TI  - NATN 273 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P120971
ER  -
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