NATN 448 (P121146)

Administrative tablet 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 13718

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

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tablet
obverse
1. [...] 2(u) gurusz sza3-bi-ta
2. 2(u) la2 1(disz) gi sila-a gub-ba
3. 1(disz) aga3-us2 szabra
4. 3(disz) gu4 apin nu-tuku
5. 1(disz) ki ur-{d}utu aga3-us2 sanga
6. 1(disz) lu2 hun-ga2 hun-e-de3
7. la2-ia3 5(disz) gurusz sza3-gu4-me-esz2
8. 1(gesz2) 1(u) 2(disz) gurusz gi ku5-a gub-ba
9. lu2 hun-ga2-me-esz2
10. nu-banda3 lugal-me-lam2
11. 1(u) 7(disz) gurusz sza3-bi-ta
12. 1(u) 2(disz) gurusz gi ku5-a gub-ba
13. 1(disz) aga3-us2 szabra#
14. [...] sag AN [...]
  rest broken
reverse
  beginning broken
1'. [...] 2(u) 1(disz) [...]
2'. lu2 hun-ga2-[me-esz2]
3'. nu-banda3 lugal-{d}[...]
  blank space
4'. szunigin 3(u) 1(disz) gurusz gub-ba
5'. szunigin 6(disz) gurusz la2-ia3
6'. sza3-gu4-me
7'. szunigin 2(gesz2) 6(disz) gurusz gub-ba
8'. lu2 hun-ga2-me-esz2
9'. gurum2 ak u4 1(disz)-kam
10'. a-sza3 {d}szu-{d}suen {d}en-lil2-da nir-gal2
11'. iti NE-NE-gar u4 1(u) 4(disz) ba-zal
12'. mu {d}szu-{d}suen lugal-e e2 {d}szara2 umma{ki} mu-du3

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Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: NATN, 448

    [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 13718
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.09.05.14
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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
2017-03-03 at 09:54:04 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:47:59 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:24:39 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

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Cite this Artifacts

“NATN 448 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P121146.
NATN 448 artifact entry (No. P121146). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P121146 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 448 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P121146 (Accessed: March 2, 2026).
@misc{2024NATN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-02]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {NATN 448 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P121146},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P121146},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“NATN 448 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P121146.
NATN 448 artifact entry (No. P121146). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P121146 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 448 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P121146 (Accessed: March 2, 2026).
@misc{2024NATN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-02]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {NATN 448 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P121146},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P121146},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/23/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P121146
LB  - CDLI:P121146
M1  - 2026/3/2/
TI  - NATN 448 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P121146
ER  - 
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