NATN 428 (P121126)

Administrative 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

Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 13544

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 2(barig) 2(ban2) sze ur5-sze3
2. masz2 1(asz) gur 1(barig) 4(ban2)-ta
3. ki lugal-a2-zi-da-ta
4. ur-{d}ba-ba6-ke4
5. szu ba-ti
reverse
1. iti bara2 za3 gar-ra u4 3(disz) ba-zal
  blank space
2. mu en {d}inanna unu{ki} masz2-e i3-pa3
seal 1
1. ur-{d}ba-ba6
2. [...]
3. dumu [...]
  (following Hattori)

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Accounting Period

Seals

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

Seal Seal Number Provenience Period Date
dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185) S999999 - -

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P121126

Physical information

unopened envelope

Artifact type Tablet & envelope
unopened envelope
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number CBS 13544
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 025302
Penn Museum (Penn) 587204
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) CBS.13544

References

  • primary: NATN, 428

    [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. 329 (seal)

    [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
2017-01-16 at 05:45:10 Firth, Richard Transliteration Firth, Richard CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:47:58 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:24:38 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2009-06-03 at 10:31:13 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

Cite this Artifacts

“NATN 428 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P121126.
NATN 428 artifact entry (No. P121126). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P121126 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 428 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P121126 (Accessed: April 25, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-25]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {NATN 428 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P121126},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P121126},
}


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Cite this Artifacts

“NATN 428 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P121126.
NATN 428 artifact entry (No. P121126). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P121126 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 428 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P121126 (Accessed: April 25, 2026).
@misc{2024NATN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-25]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {NATN 428 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P121126},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P121126},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/23/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P121126
LB  - CDLI:P121126
M1  - 2026/4/25/
TI  - NATN 428 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P121126
ER  -
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