NATN 318 (P121016)

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 09967

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. igi-3(disz)-gal2 ku3-babbar
2. masz2 nu-tuku
3. ki ur-gal-mah?-ta
4. i-NE-NE
5. u3 i-di3-dingir
6. szu ba-ti
reverse
1. egir buru14-sze3 su-su-dam
2. igi hu-bi2-dam
3. igi nam-dumu
4. mu en {d}inanna masz2-i-e ba:pa3#

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P121016

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s) Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number CBS 09967
Accession Number

External resources

References

  • primary: NATN, 318

    [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: PBS 5, 063 (date only)

    [Poebel1914PBS5] Poebel, Arno. 1914. Historical and Grammatical Texts. Publications of the Babylonian Section 5. University Museum, Pennsylvania.

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
2018-03-23 at 19:18:40 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:47:51 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:24:33 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:22:53 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“NATN 318 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P121016.
NATN 318 artifact entry (No. P121016). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P121016 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 318 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P121016 (Accessed: April 9, 2026).
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	month = {jul 23},
	title = {NATN 318 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P121016},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P121016},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“NATN 318 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P121016.
NATN 318 artifact entry (No. P121016). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P121016 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 318 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P121016 (Accessed: April 9, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-09]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {NATN 318 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P121016},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P121016},
}

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PY  - 2024
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LB  - CDLI:P121016
M1  - 2026/4/9/
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