NATN 689 (P121387)

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 29-16-162

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Expenditures of bread; seal; cf N 739: same date and seal; 3x6x1 line)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
1. 5(disz) sila3 ninda zi-ga
2. aga3#-[...] {d}nanna-dalla#
  rest broken
reverse
  beginning broken
1'. [ki] x [x]-ta#
2'. ba-zi
  1 line blank
3'. iti gu4-si-su
4'. mu en-am-gal-mah-an-na en {d}inanna ba-hun
seal 1
column 1
1. {d}szu-{d}suen
2. lugal kal-ga
3. lugal uri5{ki}-ma
4. lugal an-ub-da limmu2-ba
column 2
1. a-ba-{d}en-[lil2]-gin7#
2. dumu id-da-a
3. dam-gar3
4. ARAD2-[zu]

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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  • Genre(s): Administrative (Expenditures of bread; seal; cf N 739: same date and seal; 3x6x1 line)
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • primary: NATN, 689

    [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: NABU 1997/032

    [Neumann1997NABU32] Neumann, Hans. 1997. “UM 29-16-162 = F.R. Steele, Journal of the American Oriental Society 63. 156f.” NABU, Nouvelles Assyriologiques Brèves et Utilitaires 1997.

  • history: JAOS 63 (pp. 155-158), 156-157 no. 2

    [Steele1943JAOS63] Steele, Francis R. 1943. “Notes on Ur III Date Formulae.” Journal of the American Oriental Society 63 (2): 155–58. https://doi.org/10.2307/594122.

    (incorrectly given as 29-13-162)

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  • Museum No.: UM 29-16-162
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Ibbi-Suen.04.02.00
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-09-14 at 15:48:56 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-07-23 at 10:14:41 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
2018-08-23 at 08:57:13 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2015-04-04 at 20:51:14 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:48:28 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:24:59 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:23:01 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 006005 (composite) (P458715) Nippur (mod. Nuffar) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifact

“NATN 689 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 14, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P121387.
NATN 689 artifact entry (No. P121387). (2024, September 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P121387 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 689 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P121387 (Accessed: August 6, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-08-06]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 14},
	title = {NATN 689 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P121387},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P121387},
}


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TI  - NATN 689 artifact entry
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Cite this Artifact

“NATN 689 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 14, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P121387.
NATN 689 artifact entry (No. P121387). (2024, September 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P121387 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 689 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P121387 (Accessed: August 6, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-08-06]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 14},
	title = {NATN 689 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P121387},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P121387},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/9/14/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P121387
LB  - CDLI:P121387
M1  - 2025/8/6/
TI  - NATN 689 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P121387
ER  -
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