NATN 322 & 334 (P121020)

Legal tablet & envelope 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 10007 & CBS 10019 + CBS 10024

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Has seal impression(s)

tablet
obverse
1. 1(u) 7(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar
2. ur-{d}utu-ke4
3. erin-da-dingir-ra
4. kaskal-ta a-am-ma-da-du-a
5. la2-de3
reverse
1. mu lugal-bi i3-pa3
2. di nu-di-de3 nam-erim2 nu-gal2
3. 1(disz) lu2-{d}inanna
4. 1(disz) ka-tar
5. 1(disz) masz-tur
6. lu2-inim-ma-bi-me
left
1. iti udru{duru5}
2. mu lu-lu-bu-um si-mu-ru ba-hul
envelope
obverse
3. 1(u)# 7(disz)# gin2# ku3-babbar
4. ki# erin#-da#-dingir-ta
5. ur-{d#}[utu-ke4] szu ba-ti
6. kaskal-ta# [a-am-ma]-da-du#-a#
7. la2#-[de3]
8. <mu> lugal-[bi i3]-pa3#
9. [...]
reverse
1. [...]
2. 1(disz) lu2#-[{d}inanna]
3. 1(disz) ka-[tar]
4. 1(disz) masz-da5-[tur]
5. lu2-inim-ma#-[bi-me]
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6. iti udru{duru5}
  some text moved to next line
7. mu lu-lu-bu-um si-mu-ru-um{ki} a-ra2 1(u) la2 1(disz@t) ba-hul
seal 1
1. ur-{d}utu
2. dam-gar3
3. dumu ur-ma-ma

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 & envelope
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: NATN, 322 & 334

    [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, 043 (date only)

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

  • history: Sallaberger, OBO 160/3, p. 220

    [Sallaberger1999OBO160/3] Sallaberger, Walther. 1999. “Ur III-Zeit.” In Annäherungen 3: Mesopotamien. Akkade-Zeit Und Ur III-Zeit, edited by Pascal Attinger and Markus Wäfler, 119–390. Orbis Biblicus et Orientalis 160/3. Freiburg Schweiz: Universitätsverlag.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: CBS 10007 & CBS 10019 + CBS 10024
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šulgi.44.11.00
  • Alternative Years: SH25 SH32 IS03
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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
2017-04-29 at 15:45:53 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2017-02-28 at 17:16:33 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Ozaki Tohru 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
2009-06-03 at 10:31:01 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

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

Seal Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 005438 (composite) (P458148) Nippur (mod. Nuffar) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifacts

“NATN 322 & 334 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P121020.
NATN 322 & 334 artifact entry (No. P121020). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P121020 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 322 & 334 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P121020 (Accessed: March 9, 2026).
@misc{2024NATN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-09]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {NATN 322 & 334 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P121020},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P121020},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/23/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P121020
LB  - CDLI:P121020
M1  - 2026/3/9/
TI  - NATN 322 & 334 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P121020
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“NATN 322 & 334 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P121020.
NATN 322 & 334 artifact entry (No. P121020). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P121020 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 322 & 334 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P121020 (Accessed: March 9, 2026).
@misc{2024NATN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-09]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {NATN 322 & 334 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P121020},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P121020},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/23/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P121020
LB  - CDLI:P121020
M1  - 2026/3/9/
TI  - NATN 322 & 334 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P121020
ER  -
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