NATN 289 (cast) (P120987)

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 09746

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

-

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 4(u) 9(asz) 2(barig) 1(ban2) 2(disz) sila3 ziz2 gur
2. sa2-du11
3. gu-du-mu
4. 1(asz) ziz2 gur
5. lu2-{d}suen
6. 3(barig) ziz2 ku3-{d}nanna
reverse
  blank space
1. szunigin 4(u) 9(asz) 1(ban2) 2(disz) sila3 ziz2 gur
2. ganun-ta
3. ba-zi
4. iti sze-sag11-ku5
5. mu ma-da za-ab-sza-li{ki} ba-hul

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P120987

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 09746
Accession Number

External resources

References

  • primary: NATN, 289 (cast)

    [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.

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
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
2017-03-03 at 09:54:01 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:47:49 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
2006-10-12 at 12:22:53 CDLI, CDLI Transliteration CDLI, CDLI 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 289 (Cast) Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P120987.
NATN 289 (cast) artifact entry (No. P120987). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P120987 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 289 (cast) artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P120987 (Accessed: November 1, 2026).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P120987},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P120987},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“NATN 289 (Cast) Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P120987.
NATN 289 (cast) artifact entry (No. P120987). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P120987 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 289 (cast) artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P120987 (Accessed: November 1, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-01]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {NATN 289 (cast) artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P120987},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P120987},
}

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