NATN 487 (P121185)
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, USAMetadata / catalogue
Flat catalogue
As CSV As TSVExpanded catalogue
As JSONLinked catalogue
As TTL As JSON-LD As RDF/JSON As RDF/XMLText / annotations
Text data
As ATF As JTFLinked annotations
As TTL As JSON-LD As RDF/JSON As RDF/XML
Museum Collection(s)
Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USAMuseum Number
CBS 13762 + CBS 13843 + CBS 13844Period
Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)Provenience
Nippur (mod. Nuffar)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
AdministrativeLanguage(s)
SumerianMeasurements
-
tablet
obverse
1. [n gurusz]
2. [apin ...]
3. [n] 1/2(disz) gurusz#
4. engar# szu-ma-[ma]
5. n gurusz#
6. engar# ur-{d}[da]-mu
7. 2(disz) gurusz
8. engar lu2-usz-gi-na
reverse
1. u2 ku5 1(u) 5(disz) sar-ta#
2. nu-banda3 {d}en-lil2-la2-dingir-zu
3. a-sza3 bar-rim4 -gu#-[la]
4. gurum2 ak u4 [n-kam]
5. iti# kin-{d}inanna# [u4 n?] ba-[zal?]
6. mu# {d}szu-{d}suen# [... na]-ru2-a-mah# [...] mu#-du3#
obverse
1. [n gurusz]
2. [apin ...]
3. [n] 1/2(disz) gurusz#
4. engar# szu-ma-[ma]
5. n gurusz#
6. engar# ur-{d}[da]-mu
7. 2(disz) gurusz
8. engar lu2-usz-gi-na
reverse
1. u2 ku5 1(u) 5(disz) sar-ta#
2. nu-banda3 {d}en-lil2-la2-dingir-zu
3. a-sza3 bar-rim4 -gu#-[la]
4. gurum2 ak u4 [n-kam]
5. iti# kin-{d}inanna# [u4 n?] ba-[zal?]
6. mu# {d}szu-{d}suen# [... na]-ru2-a-mah# [...] mu#-du3#
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
- Material: Clay
- Measurements (mm):
- Weight:
- Artifact Preservation:
- Condition Description:
- Join Information:
- Seal no.:
- Seal information:
- Artifact comments:
- Genre(s): Administrative
- Language(s): Sumerian
-
primary: NATN, 487
[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 13762 + CBS 13843 + CBS 13844
- Accession No.:
- Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
- Elevation:
- Stratigraphic Level:
- Excavation No:
- Findspot Square:
- Findspot Comments:
- Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
- Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.06.06.00
- Alternative Years:
- Date Comments:
- Accounting Period:
| 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 |
 |
|
| 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 |
|
| 2012-07-07 at 21:45:00 | Englund, Robert K. | Atf | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | approved |
|
|
| 2012-07-07 at 21:44:44 | Englund, Robert K. | Atf | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | approved |
|
|
| 2011-07-22 at 13:48:07 | Englund, Robert K. | Atf | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | approved |
|
|
| 2011-05-02 at 14:24:44 | Englund, Robert K. | Atf | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | approved |
|
|
| 2006-10-12 at 12:22:57 | CDLI | Atf | CDLI | CDLI | approved |
|
|
| 2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 | CDLI | Artifact | CDLI | CDLI | approved |
|
Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:
- Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (025361) (025361)
- Penn Museum (587810) (587810)
- Penn Museum (587811) (587811)
- Penn Museum (587812) (587812)
- Electronic Babylonian Library (CBS.13762) (CBS.13762)
- Electronic Babylonian Library (CBS.13843) (CBS.13843)
- Electronic Babylonian Library (CBS.13844) (CBS.13844)
General Notes:
-
CDLI Notes:
-
Cite this Artifact
“NATN 487 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P121185.
NATN 487 artifact entry (No. P121185). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P121185 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 487 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P121185 (Accessed: November 23, 2025).
@misc{2024NATN,
note = {[Online; accessed 2025-11-23]},
year = {2024},
month = {jul 23},
title = {NATN 487 artifact entry},
url = {https://cdli.earth/P121185},
howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P121185},
}
TY - ELEC DA - 2024/7/23/ PY - 2024 ID - P121185 LB - CDLI:P121185 M1 - 2025/11/23/ TI - NATN 487 artifact entry UR - https://cdli.earth/P121185 ER -