NATN 670 (P121368)

Administrative tablet & 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

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Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

UM 29-15-924

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Animals taken in charge: 5x1 line; case: 6x4 lines)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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Has seal impression(s)

tablet
obverse
1. 2(disz) ab2-mah2
2. 5(disz) gu4-gesz
3. ki ur-{d}szul-pa-e3-ta
4. ma-an-gu-ul
reverse
1. i3-dab5
  blank space
envelope
  rest broken
reverse
1. mu {d}szu-{d}suen lugal uri5-ma{ki} ma-da za-ab-sza-li{ki} mu-hul
  blank space
seal 1
1. ur-{d}lamma
2. dumu hu-x

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 & envelope
  • Material: Clay
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    Hattori lists as S005131: 1. ur-{d}ma-mi. 2. dumu hu-ha

  • Artifact comments:

  • primary: NATN, 670

    [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.

  • history: Hattori diss., p. 337

    [Hattori2002diss] Hattori, Atsuko. 2002. “Texts and Impressions: A Holistic Approach to Ur III Cuneiform Tablets from the University of Pennsylvania Expeditions to Nippur.” Phdthesis, University of Pennsylvania.

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  • Museum No.: UM 29-15-924
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.07.00.00
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-07-23 at 10:14:41 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-06-12 at 09:25:16 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-01-19 at 09:57:24 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:48:26 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:24:55 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2009-06-03 at 10:32:15 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:23:00 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 005019 (composite) (P457729) Nippur (mod. Nuffar) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifact

“NATN 670 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P121368.
NATN 670 artifact entry (No. P121368). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P121368 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 670 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P121368 (Accessed: September 23, 2025).
@misc{2024NATN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-09-23]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {NATN 670 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P121368},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P121368},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/23/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P121368
LB  - CDLI:P121368
M1  - 2025/9/23/
TI  - NATN 670 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P121368
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“NATN 670 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P121368.
NATN 670 artifact entry (No. P121368). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P121368 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 670 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P121368 (Accessed: September 23, 2025).
@misc{2024NATN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-09-23]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {NATN 670 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P121368},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P121368},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/23/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P121368
LB  - CDLI:P121368
M1  - 2025/9/23/
TI  - NATN 670 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P121368
ER  -
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