NATN 648 (P121346)

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 29-15-901

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Receipt of female workers for 1 day; seals; 5x5 lines)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 2(u) geme2 u4 1(disz)-sze3
2. a2 nig2 ar3 3(ban2)-ta
3. ki lu2-{d}nin-szubur-ta
4. a2-bi2-li2
reverse
1. szu ba-ti
2. iti {gesz}apin-du8-a
3. u4 8(disz) ba-zal
  blank space
4. mu ma2-dara3-abzu ba-ab-du8
seal 1
1. a2-bi2-li2
2. dub-sar
3. dumu la-[...]

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (Receipt of female workers for 1 day; seals; 5x5 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/P121346

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 29-15-901
Accession Number

External resources

References

  • primary: NATN, 648

    [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 13:48:17 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:24:53 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2009-06-03 at 10:32:12 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:23:00 CDLI, CDLI Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“NATN 648 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P121346.
NATN 648 artifact entry (No. P121346). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P121346 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 648 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P121346 (Accessed: October 24, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-24]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {NATN 648 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P121346},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P121346},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“NATN 648 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P121346.
NATN 648 artifact entry (No. P121346). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P121346 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 648 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P121346 (Accessed: October 24, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-24]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {NATN 648 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P121346},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P121346},
}

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DA  - 2024/7/23/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P121346
LB  - CDLI:P121346
M1  - 2026/10/24/
TI  - NATN 648 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P121346
ER  - 
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