NATN 619 (P121317)

Administrative envelope 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 29-15-561

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (seal; 6 lines)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
  broken
reverse
1. mu erin2 ugula engar DUB-NI
2. 1(disz) a-bu-mu
3. 1(disz) gu-du-du
4. 1(disz) ur-abzu
5. ur-{d}szu-mah
6. x-x-[x]-x
seal 1
1. ba-sa6-ga
2. dumu lugal-an-na-ab-[tum2]
  rest broken

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (seal; 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

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P121317

Physical information

envelope

Artifact type Envelope
envelope
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 29-15-561
Accession Number

External resources

References

  • primary: NATN, 619

    [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 13:48:15 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:24:51 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 Artifact

“NATN 619 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P121317.
NATN 619 artifact entry (No. P121317). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P121317 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 619 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P121317 (Accessed: May 2, 2026).
@misc{2024NATN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-02]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {NATN 619 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P121317},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P121317},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/23/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P121317
LB  - CDLI:P121317
M1  - 2026/5/2/
TI  - NATN 619 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P121317
ER  - 

Cite this Artifact

“NATN 619 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P121317.
NATN 619 artifact entry (No. P121317). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P121317 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 619 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P121317 (Accessed: May 2, 2026).
@misc{2024NATN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-02]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {NATN 619 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P121317},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P121317},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/23/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P121317
LB  - CDLI:P121317
M1  - 2026/5/2/
TI  - NATN 619 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P121317
ER  - 
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