NATN 435 (P121133)

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

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Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 13552

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)

tablet
  (enclosed in envelope)
envelope
obverse
1. 1(asz) sze gur ur5-sze3
2. masz2 1(barig) 4(ban2)-ta-am3
  blank space
  seal impression
3. ki lugal-a2-zi-da-ta
4. lu2-{d}inanna-ke4
5. szu ba-ti
reverse
1. iti sig4-ga gi4-gi4-dam
2. 1(disz) zi-ni u3 lugal-ma2-gur8-re
3. lu2-inim-ma-bi-me
  blank space
  seal impression
4. iti ku3-SZIM u4 2(disz) zal-la
5. mu en-mah-gal-an-na ba-hun-ga2
seal 1
1. lu2-{d}inanna
2. dumu ur-[ba-ba?]

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 Artifact type comments:

    unopened envleope

  • Material: Clay
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  • Artifact comments:

    unopened envleope


  • primary: NATN, 435

    [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.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: CBS 13552
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
  • Elevation:
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.04.10.02, Amar-Suen.05.03.00
  • Alternative Years:
  • Date Comments:
  • Accounting Period: Amar-Suen.04.10.02 to Amar-Suen.05.03.00

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
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
2016-01-17 at 16:26:55 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. 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 10:31:14 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:22:56 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

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

Seal Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 003119 (composite) (P455829) Nippur (mod. Nuffar) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifacts

“NATN 435 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P121133.
NATN 435 artifact entry (No. P121133). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P121133 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 435 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P121133 (Accessed: March 11, 2026).
@misc{2024NATN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-11]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {NATN 435 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P121133},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P121133},
}

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PY  - 2024
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M1  - 2026/3/11/
TI  - NATN 435 artifact entry
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Cite this Artifacts

“NATN 435 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P121133.
NATN 435 artifact entry (No. P121133). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P121133 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 435 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P121133 (Accessed: March 11, 2026).
@misc{2024NATN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-11]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {NATN 435 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P121133},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P121133},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/23/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P121133
LB  - CDLI:P121133
M1  - 2026/3/11/
TI  - NATN 435 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P121133
ER  - 
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