NATN 300 (cast) (P120998)

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 09786

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

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tablet
obverse
1. [...] en-x x sar-ta
2. 2(disz) szu-ku6 tul2-du3 5(disz) sar-ta
3. 1(disz) ugula kikken2 5(disz) sar
4. 1(disz) munu4-mu2 5(disz) sar
5. 6(disz) lu2 lunga 2(disz) sar-ta
6. 1(disz) i3-du8 2(disz) sar
7. 1(disz) i3-du8 1(disz) 2/3(disz) sar
8. 1(disz) szitim 1(disz) 2/3(disz) sar
9. 1(disz) ad-kup4 1(disz) 2/3(disz) sar
10. 1(disz) lu2 mun-gazi 2(disz) sar
11. 5(disz) bahar2 3(disz) 1/3(disz) sar-ta#
12. 5(disz) kikken2 3(disz) 1/3(disz) sar-ta
reverse
1. 4(gesz2) 1(u) 5(disz) 2/3(disz) sar
2. sza3-bi-ta
3. 3(gesz2) 4(u) 2(disz) sar sig4 du8-a
4. sahar-bi 5(u) 2(disz) sar
5. 1(u) sar u3-LAGAB
6. sahar-bi 1(u) 5(disz) sar
7. 5(u) 1(disz) sar im du8-a
8. 3(u) la2 1(disz) sar sza3 im-ga-tum
9. [x] x al 1(u) gin2-ta
10. [...] gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3
11. [...] im
12. [...]

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
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: NATN, 300 (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.

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  • Museum No.: CBS 09786
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-07-23 at 10:14:41 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-01-19 at 09:57:24 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2013-07-22 at 12:40:11 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:47:49 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:24:32 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:22:53 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“NATN 300 (Cast) Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P120998.
NATN 300 (cast) artifact entry (No. P120998). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P120998 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 300 (cast) artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P120998 (Accessed: June 21, 2025).
@misc{2024NATN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-06-21]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {NATN 300 (cast) artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P120998},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P120998},
}

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