NATN 617 (P121315)

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

UM 29-15-427

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Receipt of wheat and silver with price equivalents; Ur-Nusku archive; 12x13x8x4x11x4 lines)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
column 1
1. 2(disz) ma-na ku3-babbar
2. sza3 tum-al
3. 2(u) ma-na uruda
4. ku3-bi 1(u) gin2
5. ur-ra-a
6. 3(u) sila3 i3 du10-ga
7. ku3-bi 4(disz) 1/2(disz) gin2
8. giri3 un-da-ga
9. 3(disz) ma-na u2-hab2
10. ku3-bi 2(u) la2 sze
11. mu us2-sa ki-masz{ki}
12. [...] ki#? [...] 2(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar
  rest broken
column 2
1. iti# ku3-SZIM
2. 1(u) gin2 ku3-babbar a-ra2 1(disz)
3. 1(u) gin2 ku3-babbar a-ra2 2(disz)
4. a2-bi2-li2 maszkim
5. mu us2-sa# ki-masz{ki} us2-sa-bi
6. 1(disz) ma-na ku3-babbar
7. ad-da-kal-la
8. iti udru{duru5} u4# [...] 1(u) 2(disz) zal-la
9. 1(disz) ma-[na ...]
10. mu ur-x-[...]
11. ab [...]
12. iti x [...]
13. [...]
  rest broken
reverse
column 1
  beginning broken
1'. 3(ban2) [...]
2'. ku3-bi 1(disz) gin2
3'. iti gu4-si-su
4'. mu amar-{d}suen lugal
6'. 5(disz) gin2 la2 1/3(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar
7'. mah-u3-bi igi-4(disz)-gal2
8'. 1/3(disz) ma-na ku3 dingir-saga
9'. ku3-bi 2(disz) gin2
10'. 1(u) gin2 uruda
11'. ku3-bi 1(u) gin2
12'. iti szu-numun
13'. mu amar-{d}suen lugal
column 2
  beginning broken
1'. x [...]
2'. 5(disz) ma-[na ...]
3'. ku3-bi# [...]
4'. ur-[...]
5'. iti NE-NE-[gar]
6'. mu amar-{d}suen lugal
8'. 1(u) gin2# uruda
9'. ku3-bi 5(disz) gin2
10'. [x] sila3 lal3#
11'. ku3-bi 2/3(disz) gin2#
12'. egir nig2-ka9-ak
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13'. szunigin 7(disz) 1/3(disz)#? ma-na 5(disz)? gin2 6(disz) sze ku3-babbar
14'. szunigin 1(asz) 3(barig) 3(ban2) gig gur
15'. ki ur-{d}nusku-ta
16'. ad-da-kal-la szu ba-ti

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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  • Genre(s): Administrative (Receipt of wheat and silver with price equivalents; Ur-Nusku archive; 12x13x8x4x11x4 lines)
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • primary: NATN, 617

    [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 29-15-427
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šulgi.47.00.00 (us2 year), Šulgi.48.10.00 (us2-us2 year), Šulgi.48.11.00 (us2-us2 year), Amar-Suen.01.02.00, Amar-Suen.01.04.00, Amar-Suen.01.05.00
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  • Accounting Period: Šulgi.47.00.00 (us2 year) to Amar-Suen.01.05.00

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
2018-05-06 at 16:23:35 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Atf Pagé-Perron, Émilie CDLI approved View
2017-03-03 at 09:54:06 Englund, Robert K. Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2015-03-13 at 12:53:38 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:48:15 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:24:51 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:22:59 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“NATN 617 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P121315.
NATN 617 artifact entry (No. P121315). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P121315 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 617 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P121315 (Accessed: July 13, 2025).
@misc{2024NATN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-07-13]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {NATN 617 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P121315},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P121315},
}


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