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NATN 490 (P121188)

Legal envelope 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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Chemical Data

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Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 13802

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
beginning broken
1'. [...] ki
2'. [...] HI 2(disz)
3'. [...] ma-na
4'. [...] ku3-babbar
5'. [...] szuszin{ki}
6'. [...] tab-ba-ni-sze3
7'. [...] x-nam-ta e3-de3
8'. [mu] lugal in-pa3
9'. [...] lu-gi-im
reverse
broken
seal 1
(not given)

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)

Collections

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Physical Information

Artifact type: Envelope Artifact type comments:
envelope
Material: Clay
Measurements (mm):
Weight:
Artifact Preservation:
Condition Description:
Join Information:
Seal no.:
Seal information:
Artifact comments:
envelope

Text Information

Genre(s): Legal
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: NATN, 490

[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. 310 (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.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: CBS 13802
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Elevation:
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Excavation No:
Findspot Square:
Findspot Comments:

Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: --.--.00.00
Alternative Years:
Date Comments:
Accounting Period:

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-07-23 at 10:14:41	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-06-12 at 09:25:16	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
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
2011-07-22 at 13:48:07	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2011-05-02 at 14:24:44	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2006-10-12 at 12:22:57	CDLI	Transliteration	CDLI		CDLI	Approved
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	CDLI		CDLI	Approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (025364) (025364)
Penn Museum (588440) (588440)
Electronic Babylonian Library (CBS.13802) (CBS.13802)

Seals

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

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185)	-	-

Notes

General Notes: -

CDLI Notes: -

Cite this Artifacts

“NATN 490 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P121188.

NATN 490 artifact entry (No. P121188). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P121188 (Original work published 2001)

NATN 490 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P121188 (Accessed: February 5, 2026).

@misc{2024NATN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-05]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {NATN 490 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P121188},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P121188},
}

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DA  - 2024/7/23/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P121188
LB  - CDLI:P121188
M1  - 2026/2/5/
TI  - NATN 490 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P121188
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“NATN 490 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P121188.

NATN 490 artifact entry (No. P121188). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P121188 (Original work published 2001)

NATN 490 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P121188 (Accessed: February 5, 2026).

@misc{2024NATN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-05]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {NATN 490 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P121188},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P121188},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/23/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P121188
LB  - CDLI:P121188
M1  - 2026/2/5/
TI  - NATN 490 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P121188
ER  -