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NATN 374 (P121072)

Administrative tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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Text / annotations

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Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 11117

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 5(asz) 3(barig) sze gur lugal
2. ki {d}er3-ra-szum2-ta
3. 2(asz) 1(barig) 3(ban2) sze gur
4. ki ur-{d}esz3-bar-ra-ta
5. szunigin 7(asz) 4(barig) 3(ban2) sze gur
6. sag-nig2-gur11-ra-kam
7. sza3-bi-ta
8. 6(asz) 4(barig) 3(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 sze [(x)]
9. sze-numun mur-gu4#
10. la2-ia3 1(asz) 4(barig) 4(ban2) 5(disz) sila3#
11. ur#?-mes#? engar
12. [...] sze gur ki AN-[...]
13. [...] sze gur ki ur-[...]
14. [x] 4(barig) 3(ban2) sze gur
15. [sag]-nig2-gur11-ra-kam#
16. [...] x
reverse
1. [...] 1(disz) sila3 sze gur
2. [...]-x-ta
3. [...] 1/3(disz) sila3 sze gur
4. [...]-x engar
5. [...] sze gur ki x {d}er3-ra-szum2-ta
6. sag-nig2-gur11-ra-kam
7. sza3-bi-ta
8. 3(asz) 3(barig) 3(ban2) 8(disz) 1/3(disz) sila3 sze gur
9. sze-numun mur-gu4
10. la2-ia3 1(asz) 4(barig) 1(ban2) gur
11. szu-{d}er3-ra
12. sze USZ-a de6-a
13. a-sza3 hi-ba-ri2-tum
14. iti sze-sag11-ku5
15. mu ha-ar-szum{ki} ba-hul

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
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: NATN, 374

[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, 045 (date only)

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

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: CBS 11117
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
Elevation:
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Findspot Square:
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Šulgi.48.01.00
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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
2017-03-03 at 09:54:02	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	CDLI		CDLI	Approved
2011-07-22 at 13:47:54	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2011-05-02 at 14:24:35	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2006-10-12 at 12:22:54	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 (025248) (025248)
Penn Museum (585211) (585211)
Electronic Babylonian Library (CBS.11117) (CBS.11117)

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“NATN 374 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P121072.

NATN 374 artifact entry (No. P121072). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P121072 (Original work published 2001)

NATN 374 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P121072 (Accessed: January 26, 2026).

@misc{2024NATN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-26]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {NATN 374 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P121072},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P121072},
}

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DA  - 2024/7/23/
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ID  - P121072
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M1  - 2026/1/26/
TI  - NATN 374 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P121072
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“NATN 374 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P121072.

NATN 374 artifact entry (No. P121072). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P121072 (Original work published 2001)

NATN 374 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P121072 (Accessed: January 26, 2026).

@misc{2024NATN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-26]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {NATN 374 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P121072},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P121072},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/23/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P121072
LB  - CDLI:P121072
M1  - 2026/1/26/
TI  - NATN 374 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P121072
ER  -