NATN 455 (P121153)

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 13727

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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Has seal impression(s)

tablet
obverse
1. 2(ban2) sze lugal
2. sza3-gal ansze-sze3
3. 4(disz) sila3 sza3-gal gu4 niga-sze3
4. 5(disz) sila3 ab-ba-du10-ga
5. ki ur-ub3-ku3-ga-ta
reverse
1. ba-zi
2. sza3-gal gu4 niga ab-ba-du10-ga ib2-su-su
  blank space
  seal impression
3. mu# us2-sa {d}szu-[{d}]suen lugal-e [bad3] mar-tu mu-du3
seal 1
1. ur-me-me
2. dub-[sar]
3. dumu ur-{d}samanx(|BU.NUN.SZE.SZE3|)#

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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, 455

    [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 13727
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.05.00.00 (us2 year)
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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
2013-07-03 at 11:51:33 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:47:59 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:24:39 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2009-06-03 at 10:31:15 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:22:56 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):

Seal Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 004538 (composite) (P457248) Nippur (mod. Nuffar) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifact

“NATN 455 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P121153.
NATN 455 artifact entry (No. P121153). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P121153 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 455 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P121153 (Accessed: November 22, 2025).
@misc{2024NATN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-11-22]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {NATN 455 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P121153},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P121153},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“NATN 455 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P121153.
NATN 455 artifact entry (No. P121153). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P121153 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 455 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P121153 (Accessed: November 22, 2025).
@misc{2024NATN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-11-22]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {NATN 455 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P121153},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P121153},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/23/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P121153
LB  - CDLI:P121153
M1  - 2025/11/22/
TI  - NATN 455 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P121153
ER  - 
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