NATN 607 (P121305)
Legal tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USAMetadata / catalogue
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Museum Collection(s)
Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USAMuseum Number
UM 29-13-966Period
Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)Provenience
Nippur (mod. Nuffar)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
Legal (Sale of a slave; 12x9 lines)Language(s)
SumerianMeasurements
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tablet
obverse
1. 1(disz) sag-[x]
2. nig2-sa10-am3-[ma-ni]
3. [n] gin2 igi 3(disz)-gal2# [ku3-babbar]
4. x-[x]-x-NI dumu nibru#{ki#}-da#-lu2
5. [in]-szi-sa10
6. [...]-x-na
7. [simug?] ku3-la2!-bi
8. [...] x x x
9. [...]-e3?
10. [dumu nam?]-mah
11. lugal-za3 dumu ka-sa6-a
reverse
1. dingir-bi-la-ni aga3-us2
2. lugal-iti!-da! sukkal {d}nisaba
3. gab2-gi-bi
4. lu2-inim-<ma>-bi-me
5. iti du6-ku3 u4 2(u) zal-[la]
6. mu e2 puzur4-isz-da-gan mu-du3
obverse
1. 1(disz) sag-[x]
2. nig2-sa10-am3-[ma-ni]
3. [n] gin2 igi 3(disz)-gal2# [ku3-babbar]
4. x-[x]-x-NI dumu nibru#{ki#}-da#-lu2
5. [in]-szi-sa10
6. [...]-x-na
7. [simug?] ku3-la2!-bi
8. [...] x x x
9. [...]-e3?
10. [dumu nam?]-mah
11. lugal-za3 dumu ka-sa6-a
reverse
1. dingir-bi-la-ni aga3-us2
2. lugal-iti!-da! sukkal {d}nisaba
3. gab2-gi-bi
4. lu2-inim-<ma>-bi-me
5. iti du6-ku3 u4 2(u) zal-[la]
6. mu e2 puzur4-isz-da-gan mu-du3
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)
- Artifact type: Tablet
- Material: Clay
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primary: NATN, 607
[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.
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- Museum No.: UM 29-13-966
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- Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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- Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
- Dates Referenced: Šulgi.39.07.20
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| Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
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| 2024-07-23 at 10:14:41 | Firth, Richard | Artifact, Other Entity | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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| 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 |
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| 2018-04-23 at 11:53:20 | Englund, Robert K. | Atf | Ozaki Tohru | CDLI | approved |
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| 2016-07-28 at 15:41:36 | CDLI | Atf | CDLI | CDLI | approved |
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| 2011-07-22 at 13:48:14 | Englund, Robert K. | Atf | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | approved |
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| 2011-05-02 at 14:24:50 | Englund, Robert K. | Atf | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | approved |
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| 2006-10-12 at 12:22:59 | CDLI | Atf | CDLI | CDLI | approved |
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| 2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 | CDLI | Artifact | CDLI | CDLI | approved |
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Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:
- Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (025481) (025481)
- Penn Museum (565669) (565669)
- Electronic Babylonian Library (UM.29-13-966) (UM.29-13-966)
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Cite this Artifact
“NATN 607 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P121305.
NATN 607 artifact entry (No. P121305). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P121305 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 607 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P121305 (Accessed: November 23, 2025).
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