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

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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

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)

Collections

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

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

Related publications

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.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: UM 29-15-603
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Elevation:
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.05.00.00 (us2 year)
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-07-23 at 10:14:41	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-07-23 at 08:14:56	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
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
2011-07-22 at 13:48:15	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2011-05-02 at 14:24:51	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2006-10-12 at 12:22:59	CDLI	Transliteration	CDLI		CDLI	Approved
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	CDLI		CDLI	Approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (025494) (025494)
Penn Museum (566307) (566307)
Electronic Babylonian Library (UM.29-15-603) (UM.29-15-603)

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“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: February 27, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-27]},
	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 Artifacts

“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: February 27, 2026).

@misc{2024NATN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-27]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {NATN 620 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P121318},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P121318},
}

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DA  - 2024/7/23/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P121318
LB  - CDLI:P121318
M1  - 2026/2/27/
TI  - NATN 620 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P121318
ER  -