NATN 494 (P121192)

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 14127

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
1. 2(disz) tug2 gesztu{+tug2} 3(disz) us2 e2-ba-an
2. ki-la2-bi 1(u) 8(disz) 1/2(disz) gin2 ki ugula-ta
3. 1(disz) tug2 guz-za 4(disz) us2
4. 1(disz) tug2 guz-za 4(disz) us2 tur
5. 2(disz) tug2 bar-si bu-ra
6. ki-la2-bi 3(disz) 1/3(disz) ma-na
7. 9(disz) tug2 guz-za 4(disz) us2
8. [ki]-la2#-bi 3(u) 2(disz) 2/3(disz) ma-na
9. 3(disz) tug2# usz#-bar
10. ki-la2-[bi] 1(u) 4(disz) ma-na 8(disz) x x
11. 9(disz) tug2# usz-bar
12. ki-la2-bi# 2(u) 6(disz) 2/3(disz) ma-na 5(disz) gin2
13. 4(disz) tug2 ug3-IL2
14. ki-la2-bi 1(u) 2(disz) 2/3(disz) ma-na
15. 1(disz) tug2 a-bala
16. ki-la2-bi 4(disz) 1/3(disz) ma-na 5(disz) gin2
  blank space
17. [...] gu2 3(u) 6(disz) 5/6(disz) ma-na 8(disz) gin2
reverse
1. [ki um]-mi-t,a-bat5-ta
2. 2(disz) tug2 guz-za 4(disz) us2 tur
3. ki-la2-bi 4(disz) 2/3(disz) ma-na 5(disz) gin2
4. 1(disz) tug2 aktum2 du
5. 2(disz) tug2 guz-za du
6. ki-la2-bi 1(u) 5(disz) 1/2(disz) ma-na
7. 2(disz) tug2 sag usz-bar
8. ki-la2-bi 8(disz) 2/3(disz) ma-na
9. 1(disz) tug2 usz-bar
10. ki-la2-bi 3(disz) 5/6(disz) ma-na
11. 1(disz) tug2 ug3-IL2
12. ki-la2-bi 2(disz) 5/6(disz) 7(disz) gin2
  blank space
13. szunigin 3(u) 5(disz) 2/3(disz) ma-na 2(disz) gin2 siki?
14. ki nin9-kal-la-ta
15. 1(disz) PA munu4 us2
16. 1(disz) PA us2
17. ki-la2-bi 2(disz) 5/6(disz) ma-na 4(disz) gin2
18. ki ri-tug2-ad-ta
19. mu-kux(DU) iti ku3-SZIM u4 9(disz) zal-la#
20. mu en eridu{ki} ba-hun

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P121192

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number CBS 14127
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 025368
Penn Museum (Penn) 587576
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) CBS.14127

References

  • primary: NATN, 494

    [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.

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
2019-08-04 at 13:18:34 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2017-02-28 at 17:16:34 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Ozaki Tohru CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:48:08 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:24:45 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:22:57 CDLI, CDLI Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“NATN 494 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P121192.
NATN 494 artifact entry (No. P121192). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P121192 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 494 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P121192 (Accessed: November 2, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-02]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {NATN 494 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P121192},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P121192},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“NATN 494 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P121192.
NATN 494 artifact entry (No. P121192). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P121192 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 494 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P121192 (Accessed: November 2, 2026).
@misc{2024NATN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-02]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {NATN 494 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P121192},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P121192},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/23/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P121192
LB  - CDLI:P121192
M1  - 2026/11/2/
TI  - NATN 494 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P121192
ER  -
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