NATN 489 (P121187)

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

Lineart

Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 13801

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

-

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(szar2) 4(gesz'u) 2(gesz2) sa [gi]
2. [...] x [...]
  rest broken
reverse
1. [...]-ki maszkim
  1 line blank
2. ki ur-me-me-ka-ta
3. kiszib3 sukkal-mah-bi ib2#-[ra]
4. mu en-mah-gal#-an-na en {d}[nanna] ba-[hun]
seal 1
column 1
1. {d#}szul#-gi#
2. nita kal-ga
3. lugal# uri5#{ki#}-ma#
column 2
1. [lugal an-ub-da limmu2-ba]
2. ur#?-na
3. dub#-sar#
4. ARAD2-zu
  (following Hattori)

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Accounting Period

Seals

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

Seal Seal Number Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 005043 (composite) (P457753) S005043 Nippur (mod. Nuffar) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P121187

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 13801
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 025363
Penn Museum (Penn) 587354
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) CBS.13801

References

  • primary: NATN, 489

    [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: Hattori diss., p. 353 (seal)

    [Hattori2002diss] Hattori, Atsuko. 2002. “Texts and Impressions: A Holistic Approach to Ur III Cuneiform Tablets from the University of Pennsylvania Expeditions to Nippur.” Phdthesis, University of 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
2024-06-12 at 09:25:16 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
2018-08-23 at 08:57:13 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2017-01-21 at 07:00:56 Firth, Richard Transliteration Firth, Richard CDLI Approved View
2017-01-21 at 06:57:58 Firth, Richard Transliteration Firth, Richard CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:48:07 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:24:44 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:22:57 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“NATN 489 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P121187.
NATN 489 artifact entry (No. P121187). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P121187 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 489 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P121187 (Accessed: April 17, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-17]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {NATN 489 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P121187},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P121187},
}


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Cite this Artifacts

“NATN 489 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P121187.
NATN 489 artifact entry (No. P121187). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P121187 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 489 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P121187 (Accessed: April 17, 2026).
@misc{2024NATN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-17]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {NATN 489 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P121187},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P121187},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/23/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P121187
LB  - CDLI:P121187
M1  - 2026/4/17/
TI  - NATN 489 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P121187
ER  -
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