NATN 678 (P121376)

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 29-15-957

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Economic concerning Gis.MA.IN.GU)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
1. 1(u) 5(disz) {gesz}pesz3 sze-er-gu
2. 2(ban2) 5(disz) sila3# [...]
3. [...]
4. ki x-gi4-[x]
5. gal2-la
reverse
1. iti szu-numun
2. mu# us2-sa en# {d}en-ki eridu{ki} ba-hun
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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, 678

    [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: JNES 33 (pp. 417-420), 419

    [Owen1974JNES33] Owen, David I. 1974. “Reviewed Work(s): Neo-Sumerian Account Texts from Drehem by Clarence Elwood Keiser.” Journal of Near Eastern Studies 33: 417–20. https://doi.org/10.1086/372382.

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  • Museum No.: UM 29-15-957
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šulgi.29.04.00 (us2 year)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-09-05 at 08:30:28 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
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
2016-04-02 at 21:41:04 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Ozaki Tohru CDLI Approved View
2016-04-02 at 21:38:53 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:48:27 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:24:58 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:23:01 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

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Cite this Artifacts

“NATN 678 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 5, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P121376.
NATN 678 artifact entry (No. P121376). (2024, September 5). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P121376 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 678 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P121376 (Accessed: March 1, 2026).
@misc{2024NATN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-01]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 5},
	title = {NATN 678 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P121376},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P121376},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“NATN 678 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 5, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P121376.
NATN 678 artifact entry (No. P121376). (2024, September 5). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P121376 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 678 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P121376 (Accessed: March 1, 2026).
@misc{2024NATN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-01]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 5},
	title = {NATN 678 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P121376},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P121376},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/9/5/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P121376
LB  - CDLI:P121376
M1  - 2026/3/1/
TI  - NATN 678 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P121376
ER  - 
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