NATN 408 (P121106)

Administrative tablet & envelope excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), 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 13131

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Has seal impression(s)

tablet
obverse
1. 1(disz) gu4 ab2 ur3
2. ki dingir-ma-dam-sza-ta
3. apin {d}lugal-ku3-ki-sze3
4. lugal-sipa engar i3-dab5
reverse
1. ugula x-x-gur-x PA-[x]
2. giri3 lu2-{d}nin-szubur
  1 line blank
3. mu sza#-asz-ru-um{ki} ba-hul
tablet
  rest 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: Tablet & envelope
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: NATN, 408

    [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.

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  • Museum No.: CBS 13131
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  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šulgi.42.00.00
  • Alternative Years: AS06
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-07-23 at 10:14:41 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-01-19 at 09:57:24 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:47:56 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:24:37 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:22:55 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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

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dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185) - -

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Cite this Artifact

“NATN 408 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P121106.
NATN 408 artifact entry (No. P121106). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P121106 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 408 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P121106 (Accessed: December 6, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-06]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {NATN 408 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P121106},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P121106},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“NATN 408 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P121106.
NATN 408 artifact entry (No. P121106). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P121106 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 408 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P121106 (Accessed: December 6, 2025).
@misc{2024NATN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-06]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {NATN 408 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P121106},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P121106},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/23/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P121106
LB  - CDLI:P121106
M1  - 2025/12/6/
TI  - NATN 408 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P121106
ER  - 
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