NATN 462 (P121160)

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

Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 13736

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

-

Text

tablet
obverse
  beginning broken
1'. 6(disz) [...]
2'. 4(disz) gu4 amar
  1 line blank
3'. libir-am3#
4'. 1(disz) ab2 mu 1(asz)
5'. 2(disz) ab2 mu 1(asz)
6'. ki ur-me-me-ta#
7'. 1(disz) ab2 mu 1(asz)
8'. [ki] lu2-dingir-ra engar x
9'. [mu] gu4-gesz-sze3
  rest broken
reverse
  beginning broken
1'. [...]-AN
2'. [x sila3] i3-nun [x sila3] ga#-ar3
3'. [mu]-kux(DU)
4'. [x] sila3# i3-nun#
5'. 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 ga-[ar3]
6'. u4 unu{ki}-sze3#
7'. ugula {d}inanna{na}-an-x mu na-an-x
8'. giri3 dingir-ba-ni
9'. zi#-ga#-am3#
10'. x [...]
  rest broken
left
1. mu en eridu{ki} u3 en ga-esz{ki!} ba-hun

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Accounting Period Amar-Suen.08.00.00 to Amar-Suen.09.00.00

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P121160

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
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 13736
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 025336
Penn Museum (Penn) 587306
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) CBS.13736

References

  • primary: NATN, 462

    [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: PBS 5, 047 (year date only)

    [Poebel1914PBS5] Poebel, Arno. 1914. Historical and Grammatical Texts. Publications of the Babylonian Section 5. University Museum, 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
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
2011-07-22 at 13:47:59 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:24:40 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

Cite this Artifacts

“NATN 462 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P121160.
NATN 462 artifact entry (No. P121160). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P121160 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 462 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P121160 (Accessed: April 10, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-10]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {NATN 462 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P121160},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P121160},
}


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Cite this Artifacts

“NATN 462 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P121160.
NATN 462 artifact entry (No. P121160). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P121160 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 462 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P121160 (Accessed: April 10, 2026).
@misc{2024NATN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-10]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {NATN 462 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P121160},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P121160},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/23/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P121160
LB  - CDLI:P121160
M1  - 2026/4/10/
TI  - NATN 462 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P121160
ER  -
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