NATN 542 (P121240)

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

UM 29-13-129

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Account of delivery of cloth; seals; 5x3 lines)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(u) 3(disz) tug2 hi-a
2. ki-la2-bi 4(u) 6(disz) 2/3(disz) ma-na 8(disz) gin2
3. ki nin-me-lam2-ta
4. mu-kux(DU) iti du6-ku3
reverse
1. u4 7(disz) ba-zal
  blank space
2. mu en ga-esz5{ki} ba-hun
seal 1
column 1
1. lugal-me-lam2
2. ensi2
3. nibru{ki}
column 2
1. lugal-ma2-gur8-re
2. dub-sar
3. ARAD2-zu

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (Account of delivery of cloth; seals; 5x3 lines)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Seals

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

Seal Seal Number Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 005819 (composite) (P458529) S005819 Nippur (mod. Nuffar) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P121240

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 UM 29-13-129
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 025416
Penn Museum (Penn) 564885
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) UM.29-13-129

References

  • primary: NATN, 542

    [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
2011-07-22 at 13:48:11 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:24:47 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2009-06-03 at 10:31:53 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:22:58 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“NATN 542 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P121240.
NATN 542 artifact entry (No. P121240). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P121240 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 542 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P121240 (Accessed: May 3, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-03]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {NATN 542 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P121240},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P121240},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“NATN 542 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P121240.
NATN 542 artifact entry (No. P121240). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P121240 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 542 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P121240 (Accessed: May 3, 2026).
@misc{2024NATN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-03]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {NATN 542 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P121240},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P121240},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/23/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P121240
LB  - CDLI:P121240
M1  - 2026/5/3/
TI  - NATN 542 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P121240
ER  -
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