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NATN 692 (P121390)

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 29-16-166

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Receipt of zi3-kal; seal; 4x4 lines)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Has seal impression(s)

tablet
obverse
1. 2(ban2) zi3 sig15
2. 1(ban2) ziz2
3. ki im-ti-dam
reverse
1. [kiszib3] nu#-ur2-{d}iszkur
  blank space
2. [mu {d}x]-{d}suen# [...] x
seal 1
column 1
1. {d}szu-{d}suen
2. lugal kal-ga
3. lugal uri5{ki}-ma
column 2
1. nu-ur2-{d}iszkur
2. dumu ga-na-na
3. ugula kikken2
4. ARAD2-zu

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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, 692

    [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 29-16-166
  • Accession No.:

  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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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
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 13:48:29 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
2009-06-03 at 10:32:17 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 006085 (composite) (P458795) Nippur (mod. Nuffar) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifact
“NATN 692 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P121390.
NATN 692 artifact entry (No. P121390). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P121390 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 692 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P121390 (Accessed: April 26, 2025).
@misc{2024NATN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-04-26]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {NATN 692 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P121390},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P121390},
}


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