NATN 620 (P121318)

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 29-15-603

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Workers for harvesting; 7x9x8x6 lines)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
column 1
1. 1(gesz2) 1(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3
2. gurx(|SZE.KIN|)-a
3. gurusz-e 1(iku) GAN2-ta
4. a#-sza3-bi 3(bur3) 1(esze3) 1(iku) GAN2
5. a#-sza3 du6-imin
6. x 2(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3
7. [...]-a
  rest broken
column 2
1. a-sza3 {gesz}kiri6-zu-ur5-ra 2(gesz2) 5(u) 7(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3
2. karadin5 ga6-ga2! u3 u2-dur karadin5-na a sur-ra a-sza3 didli
3. 3(gesz2) 5(u) 1(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3
4. u4 u3 su3-a u3 sze de2-a
5. [x] gurusz# u4 1(disz)-sze3 ki-su7 se3-ga
6. [...] x sze gesz ra-a
7. [...]-ra
  rest broken
reverse
column 1
  beginning broken
1'. [x] gurusz# u4 1(disz)-sze3 im ti-um u3 im szur2-ra lu-a
2'. 1(u) 5(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3 guru7-a im ti-um du8 u3 a gar-ra
3'. a-sza3 nag-engur-ra
4'. 1(u) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3 {u2}gug4 guru7-a esir2 gibil gid2 u2 ra
5'. 2(u) 5(disz) 1/2(disz) gurusz u4 1(disz)-sze3
column 2
  beginning broken
1'. x [...]
  1 line blank
2'. mu us2-sa {d}szu-{d}suen lugal uri5{ki}-ma-ke4 bad3 mar-tu mu-ri-iq-ti-id-ni-im mu-du3

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (Workers for harvesting; 7x9x8x6 lines)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P121318

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
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 29-15-603
Accession Number

External resources

References

  • primary: NATN, 620

    [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.

  • citation: BSA 01 (pp. 73-96), Maekawa Kazuya, BSA 1, 084

    [Maekawa1984BSA1] Maekawa, Kazuya. 1984. “Cereal Cultivation in the Ur III Period.” Bulletin on Sumerian Agriculture 1: 73–96.

  • citation: BSA 4, 028?

    [sec15605] N.d.

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
2024-07-23 at 08:14:56 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 620 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P121318.
NATN 620 artifact entry (No. P121318). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P121318 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 620 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P121318 (Accessed: May 2, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-02]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {NATN 620 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P121318},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P121318},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“NATN 620 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P121318.
NATN 620 artifact entry (No. P121318). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P121318 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 620 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P121318 (Accessed: May 2, 2026).
@misc{2024NATN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-02]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {NATN 620 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P121318},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P121318},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/23/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P121318
LB  - CDLI:P121318
M1  - 2026/5/2/
TI  - NATN 620 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P121318
ER  - 
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