NATN 496 (P121194)

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

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Chemical Data

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Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 14249

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(barig) 3(ban2) sze
2. a2 lu2 hun-ga2 5(disz) sila3-ta
3. ki lu2-{d}nin-szubur-ta
4. ur-{d}da-mu
reverse
1. szu ba-ti
blank space
2. iti sze-sag11-ku5
3. mu si-mu-ru-um{ki} ba-hul
seal 1
(anepigraphic)

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: Tablet
Material: Clay
Measurements (mm):
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Condition Description:
Join Information:
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Seal information:
Hattori: anepigraphic
Artifact comments:

Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: NATN, 496

[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. 360 (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.
history: PBS 14, 0280

[Legrain1925PBS14] Legrain, Léon. 1925. The Culture of the Babylonians from Their Seals in the Collections of the Museum. Publications of the Babylonian Section 14.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: CBS 14249
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Elevation:
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Findspot Square:
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Ibbi-Suen.03.12.00
Alternative Years: SH25 SH32 SH44
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
2017-01-23 at 01:58:42	Firth, Richard	Transliteration	Firth, Richard		CDLI	Approved
2011-07-22 at 13:48:08	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2011-05-02 at 14:24:45	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2009-06-03 at 10:31:19	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 (025370) (025370)
Penn Museum (526087) (526087)
Electronic Babylonian Library (CBS.14249) (CBS.14249)

Seals

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

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

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“NATN 496 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P121194.

NATN 496 artifact entry (No. P121194). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P121194 (Original work published 2001)

NATN 496 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P121194 (Accessed: February 28, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-28]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {NATN 496 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P121194},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P121194},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“NATN 496 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P121194.

NATN 496 artifact entry (No. P121194). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P121194 (Original work published 2001)

NATN 496 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P121194 (Accessed: February 28, 2026).

@misc{2024NATN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-28]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {NATN 496 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P121194},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P121194},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/23/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P121194
LB  - CDLI:P121194
M1  - 2026/2/28/
TI  - NATN 496 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P121194
ER  -