NATN 626 (P121324)
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 29-15-657Period
Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)Provenience
Nippur (mod. Nuffar)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
Legal (Legal text concerning a pledge; 10 lines)Language(s)
SumerianMeasurements
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tablet
obverse
beginning broken
1'. [...] 1(u) 1(disz) x [...]
2'. [x szu-du8-a la-ba-x-...]
3'. [iti sig4 u4 1(u) ba-zal-la]
4'. tukum#-bi nu-de6
5'. [ku3-babbar] ur#-tum-al-[ke4 ga2]-e a-ne-bi
6'. [a-na?] me-da-tuku-a
7'. [ga2-e]-me ga-la2 bi2#-du11
8'. [mu lugal]-bi# in-pa3
reverse
broken
obverse
beginning broken
1'. [...] 1(u) 1(disz) x [...]
2'. [x szu-du8-a la-ba-x-...]
3'. [iti sig4 u4 1(u) ba-zal-la]
4'. tukum#-bi nu-de6
5'. [ku3-babbar] ur#-tum-al-[ke4 ga2]-e a-ne-bi
6'. [a-na?] me-da-tuku-a
7'. [ga2-e]-me ga-la2 bi2#-du11
8'. [mu lugal]-bi# in-pa3
reverse
broken
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, 626
[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 29-15-657
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- Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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- Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
- Dates Referenced: --.--.03.10
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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 metadata, Other metadata | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | Approved |
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| 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 |
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| 2011-07-22 at 13:48:15 | Englund, Robert K. | Transliteration | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | Approved |
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| 2011-05-02 at 14:24:52 | Englund, Robert K. | Transliteration | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | Approved |
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| 2006-10-12 at 12:22:59 | CDLI | Transliteration | CDLI | CDLI | Approved |
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| 2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 | CDLI | Artifact metadata | CDLI | CDLI | Approved |
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Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:
- Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (025500) (025500)
- Penn Museum (566359) (566359)
- Electronic Babylonian Library (UM.29-15-657) (UM.29-15-657)
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Cite this Artifacts
“NATN 626 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P121324.
NATN 626 artifact entry (No. P121324). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P121324 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 626 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P121324 (Accessed: March 2, 2026).
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