NATN 579 (P121277)

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 29-13-759 + UM 29-13-780

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Account of wotkers for planting; 6 lines)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Has fragments Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 2(gesz2) 3(u) sar u2 ze2-a
2. 1(u) 4(disz) sar-ta
3. 5(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3 al du3
reverse
1. ki a2-u2-u2-ta
2. ur-{d}szul-pa-e3
3. til-la-sze3 in-na-zi
  1 line blank
4. iti NE-NE-gar-ra
5. u4 2(u) la2 2(disz) ba-zal
6. mu ma2-gur8-mah
seal 1
1. {d}en-lil2-da
2. dub-sar
3. dumu lugal-banda3

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (Account of wotkers for planting; 6 lines)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Seals

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

Record

P121277 leadP121277 lead

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P121277

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation Fragmented

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s) Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number UM 29-13-759 + UM 29-13-780
Accession Number

External resources

References

  • primary: NATN, 579

    [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 13:48:13 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:24:49 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:22:59 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“NATN 579 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P121277.
NATN 579 artifact entry (No. P121277). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P121277 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 579 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P121277 (Accessed: April 11, 2026).
@misc{2024NATN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-11]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {NATN 579 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P121277},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P121277},
}

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DA  - 2024/7/23/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P121277
LB  - CDLI:P121277
M1  - 2026/4/11/
TI  - NATN 579 artifact entry
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ER  - 

Cite this Artifacts

“NATN 579 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P121277.
NATN 579 artifact entry (No. P121277). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P121277 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 579 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P121277 (Accessed: April 11, 2026).
@misc{2024NATN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-11]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {NATN 579 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P121277},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P121277},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/23/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P121277
LB  - CDLI:P121277
M1  - 2026/4/11/
TI  - NATN 579 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P121277
ER  - 
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