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

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Text

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]
blank space
seal impression
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)

Collections

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet & envelope
Material: Clay
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Join Information:
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Text Information

Genre(s): Legal
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

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.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: CBS 10007 & CBS 10019 + CBS 10024
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Šulgi.44.11.00
Alternative Years: SH25 SH32 IS03
Date Comments:
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-07-23 at 10:14:41	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
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
2017-04-29 at 15:45:53	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2017-02-28 at 17:16:33	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Ozaki Tohru		CDLI	Approved
2011-07-22 at 13:47:51	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2011-05-02 at 14:24:33	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2009-06-03 at 10:31:01	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2006-10-12 at 12:22:53	CDLI	Transliteration	CDLI		CDLI	Approved
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	CDLI		CDLI	Approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (025197) (025197)
Penn Museum (588457) (588457)
Penn Museum (588458) (588458)
Penn Museum (588459) (588459)
Electronic Babylonian Library (CBS.10007) (CBS.10007)
Electronic Babylonian Library (CBS.10019) (CBS.10019)
Electronic Babylonian Library (CBS.10024) (CBS.10024)

Seals

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 10, 2026).

@misc{2024NATN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-10]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {NATN 322 & 334 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P121020},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P121020},
}

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TI  - NATN 322 & 334 artifact entry
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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 10, 2026).

@misc{2024NATN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-10]},
	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  - 2026/3/10/
TI  - NATN 322 & 334 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P121020
ER  -