NATN 392 (P121090)

Legal 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 12722

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Has seal impression(s)

tablet
obverse
  broken
reverse
1. [...] AN x [...]
2. [iti] sze-sag11-ku5 [...]
3. [iti] szu-numun-a ag2-[...]
4. [mu lugal-bi in-pa3]
5. [...] a#-lu-lu5 szu-i
6. [...] x-ki#-ag2 dub?-[sar?]
  rest broken
seal 1
  (legend broken)

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: Envelope Artifact type comments:

    envelope

  • Material: Clay
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  • Join Information:
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  • Seal information:

    Hattori: 1. X X X [...], 2. dumu wa-HA?-[...], 3. X [...]

  • Artifact comments:

    envelope


  • primary: NATN, 392

    [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. 360

    [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.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: CBS 12722
  • Accession No.:

  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: --.--.12.00, --.--.04.00
  • Alternative Years:
  • Date Comments:
  • Accounting Period: --.--.12.00 to --.--.04.00

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
2011-07-22 at 13:47:55 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:24:36 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:22:55 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
dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185) - -

General Notes: -
CDLI Notes: -

Cite this Artifacts

“NATN 392 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P121090.
NATN 392 artifact entry (No. P121090). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P121090 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 392 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P121090 (Accessed: March 7, 2026).
@misc{2024NATN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-07]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {NATN 392 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P121090},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P121090},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/23/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P121090
LB  - CDLI:P121090
M1  - 2026/3/7/
TI  - NATN 392 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P121090
ER  - 

Cite this Artifacts

“NATN 392 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P121090.
NATN 392 artifact entry (No. P121090). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P121090 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 392 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P121090 (Accessed: March 7, 2026).
@misc{2024NATN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-07]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {NATN 392 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P121090},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P121090},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/23/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P121090
LB  - CDLI:P121090
M1  - 2026/3/7/
TI  - NATN 392 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P121090
ER  - 
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