NATN 610 (P121308)
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 29-13-972Period
Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)Provenience
Nippur (mod. Nuffar)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
Legal (Slave sale; seal; 9x15 lines)Language(s)
SumerianMeasurements
-Has seal impression(s)
obverse
1. 1(disz) sag munus ni-za-ti-a mu-ni-im
2. nig2-sa10-ma-ga-ni [...] 4(disz) 1/2(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar [ki] pe-ru-ru ama!-na-ta
3. lugal-ezem-e
4. in-szi-sa10
5. {d}suen-illat
reverse
1. lu2 szutumx(|KI.NA.AB.DAM|)-bi-im
2. wa-<ru>-ru
3. lugal-ezem-ra
4. tesz2-bi nu-ub-gi4-gi4-da
5. mu lugal-bi in-pa3
6. lu2-gir-gi4-lu{muszen} simug ku3-la2-bi-im
7. igi a-la-la-sze3
8. 1(disz) ur-{d}suen
9. 1(disz) ur?-x-x-x-ma
10. lu2-inim-ma-bi-me
11. mu en {d}inanna unu{ki}-ga masz2-e i3-pa3
seal 1
1. wa-ru-ru
2. dam ur-{d}li9-si4-na
seal 2
1. {d}suen-[illat]
2. sagi
3. dumu ba-al-du8?
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, 610
[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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history: FAOS 17, no. 42
[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.: UM 29-13-972
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- Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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- Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
- Dates Referenced: Ibbi-Suen.02.00.00
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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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| 2017-01-02 at 07:16:44 | Firth, Richard | Atf | Firth, Richard | CDLI | approved |
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| 2011-07-22 at 13:48:15 | Englund, Robert K. | Atf | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | approved |
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| 2011-05-02 at 14:24:51 | 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 (025484) (025484)
- Penn Museum (565675) (565675)
- Electronic Babylonian Library (UM.29-13-972) (UM.29-13-972)
This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):
Cite this Artifact
@misc{2024NATN,
note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-06]},
year = {2024},
month = {jul 23},
title = {NATN 610 artifact entry},
url = {https://cdli.earth/P121308},
howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P121308},
}
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