NATN 492 (P121190)

Plan or Drawing 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 14019

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Scholarly or scientific > Plan or Drawing (field plan (drawing))

Language(s)

Sumerian

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tablet
obverse
  (field plan)
1. i?
2. [n] 1(u) 1(disz) 1/2(disz) nu-lum? 5(u) 7(disz) 1/2(disz) lum?
3.a. 1(gesz2)
3.b. 2(u) 6(disz)
3.c. 1(gesz'u) 3(gesz2)
  60 x 26 x 1/2 = 780
4.a. 2(u) 6(disz)
4.b. 1(gesz2) 1(u)
4.c. 5(u)# 8(disz)#
4.d. 4(gesz'u) 9(gesz2)
  ((26 + 58)/2 =) 42 x 70 = 2940
5.a. 1(gesz2) 1(u) ninda
5.b. 2(gesz2) 2(u) ninda#
6. 3(gesz2) 5(u) sar [...]
7. 1(szar2) 2(gesz'u) 2(gesz2) sar x [...]
8. 2(szar2) n [szar ...]
  rest broken
reverse
  beginning broken
1'. [n] GAN2
2'. [...] x
3'. [...] e2#-gal-ka
4'. [mu us2]-sa ki-masz{ki} ba-hul-a mu# ab-us2-a

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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, 492

    [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 14019
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šulgi.48.00.00 (us2 year)
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  • Accounting Period: 0

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
2011-07-22 at 13:48:08 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:24:44 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2009-06-03 at 10:31:18 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2008-01-03 at 18:57:15 Dahl, Jacob L. Atf Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“NATN 492 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P121190.
NATN 492 artifact entry (No. P121190). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P121190 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 492 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P121190 (Accessed: May 5, 2025).
@misc{2024NATN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-05]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {NATN 492 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P121190},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P121190},
}

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