NATN 498 (P121196)

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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Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 14251

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

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tablet
obverse
1. 1(disz) sag munus
2. nin-du10-ga
3. mu-ni
4. nig2-sa10-ma-ni 2(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar
5. {d}en-lil2-la2-al-sa6-ge
6. nita2-ra
7. in-szi-sa10
8. gesz-gin7 i3-na-ra-bala
9. ma2-gur8-re-e
10. ib2-gi-ne2
11. 1(disz) {d}en-lil2-la2-mu dumu-nita
  sic nita
12. 1(disz) im-ti-dam engar
13. 1(disz) ma-an-<gu>-ul
14. 1(disz) lu2-e2-a-na
reverse
1. 1(disz) ur-{d}iszkur engar
2. 1(disz) li-bu-ur2
3. lu2-inim-ma-bi-me
4. lu2 lu2-ra nu-gi4-gi4-de3
5. mu lugal{al}-bi i3-pa3
6. iti udru{duru5}
7. mu en {d}inanna unu{ki} masz2-e i3-pa3
seal 1
1. nita
2. dumu a-bu
seal 2
1. ma2-gur8-re
2. dumu a-bu

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Consult sign list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: NATN, 498

    [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: PBS 14, 0275, 0276

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

  • history: FAOS 17, no. 41

    [Steinkeller1989SaleDocuments] Steinkeller, Piotr. 1989. Sale Documents of the Ur-III-Period. Vol. 17. Freiburger Altorientalische Studien. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner.

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  • Museum No.: CBS 14251
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Ibbi-Suen.02.11.00
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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
2016-04-02 at 21:41:04 Englund, Robert K. Atf Ozaki Tohru CDLI approved View
2015-11-03 at 09:32:11 Firth, Richard Atf Firth, Richard CDLI approved View
2015-01-30 at 09:55:56 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:48:08 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:24:45 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2009-06-03 at 10:31:19 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:22:57 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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

Seal Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 003793 (composite) (P456503) Nippur (mod. Nuffar) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
CDLI Seals 003988 (composite) (P456698) Nippur (mod. Nuffar) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifact

“NATN 498 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P121196.
NATN 498 artifact entry (No. P121196). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P121196 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 498 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P121196 (Accessed: August 15, 2025).
@misc{2024NATN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-08-15]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {NATN 498 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P121196},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P121196},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/23/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P121196
LB  - CDLI:P121196
M1  - 2025/8/15/
TI  - NATN 498 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P121196
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“NATN 498 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P121196.
NATN 498 artifact entry (No. P121196). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P121196 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 498 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P121196 (Accessed: August 15, 2025).
@misc{2024NATN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-08-15]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {NATN 498 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P121196},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P121196},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/23/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P121196
LB  - CDLI:P121196
M1  - 2025/8/15/
TI  - NATN 498 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P121196
ER  -
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