NATN 346 (P121044)

Legal 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 10039

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(asz) sze gur masz2-bi 1(barig)-ta
2. ki a2-zi-da
3. giri3-ni szu ba-ti
4. iti sig4 su-su-da
5. mu lugal-bi pa3#
6. ku3-da-an
reverse
1. da-ab-gi
2. igi ba-ah-sza
3. igi lu2-{d}en-lil2-la2
  blank space
  seal impression
4. mu en {d}inanna unu
seal 1
1. giri3#-ni
2. [dumu] szu#-ma-ma#?
  (following Hattori)

Text content

Genre(s) Legal
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Accounting Period Ibbi-Suen.02.00.00 to Ibbi-Suen.02.03.00

Seals

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

Seal Seal Number Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 004384 (composite) (P457094) S004384 Nippur (mod. Nuffar) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P121044

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 10039
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 025220
Penn Museum (Penn) 584176
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) CBS.10039

References

  • primary: NATN, 346

    [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: Hattori diss., p. 257

    [Hattori2002diss] Hattori, Atsuko. 2002. “Texts and Impressions: A Holistic Approach to Ur III Cuneiform Tablets from the University of Pennsylvania Expeditions to Nippur.” Phdthesis, University of 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
2024-06-12 at 09:25:16 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
2017-01-03 at 02:28:00 Firth, Richard Transliteration Firth, Richard CDLI Approved View
2015-12-11 at 09:38:12 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:47:52 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:24:34 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2009-06-03 at 10:31:03 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:22:54 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“NATN 346 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P121044.
NATN 346 artifact entry (No. P121044). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P121044 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 346 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P121044 (Accessed: May 2, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-02]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {NATN 346 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P121044},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P121044},
}


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DA  - 2024/7/23/
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TI  - NATN 346 artifact entry
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Cite this Artifact

“NATN 346 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P121044.
NATN 346 artifact entry (No. P121044). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P121044 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 346 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P121044 (Accessed: May 2, 2026).
@misc{2024NATN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-02]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {NATN 346 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P121044},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P121044},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/23/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P121044
LB  - CDLI:P121044
M1  - 2026/5/2/
TI  - NATN 346 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P121044
ER  -
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