NATN 697 (P121395)

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 29-16-171

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Receipt; Lulubum (KUR.KUR.KI);Drehem calendar; 5x4 lines)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Has seal impression(s)

tablet
obverse
1. 6(asz)# [x] ur5 [...]
2. ki ur-nigar{gar}-[ta]
3. lugal-sza3-la2-e
4. szu ba-ti
reverse
1. iti ezem-an-na
  blank space
2. mu si-mu-ru-um[{ki}] din-din{ki} a-ra2 [1(u) la2 1(disz)-kam?] ba-hul#
seal 1
1. lugal-sza3-la2
2. dumu x-x-x
3. [...]

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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  • Seal information:

    Hattori: dumu MASZ-ni-X-X

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  • primary: NATN, 697

    [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. 307 (seal)

    [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 29-16-171
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šulgi.44.10.00 (Reichskalender)
  • Alternative Years: SH25 SH32 IS03
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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 13:48:29 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 10:32:18 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
dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185) - -

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Cite this Artifact

“NATN 697 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P121395.
NATN 697 artifact entry (No. P121395). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P121395 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 697 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P121395 (Accessed: December 6, 2025).
@misc{2024NATN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-06]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {NATN 697 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P121395},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P121395},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/23/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P121395
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TI  - NATN 697 artifact entry
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Cite this Artifact

“NATN 697 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P121395.
NATN 697 artifact entry (No. P121395). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P121395 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 697 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P121395 (Accessed: December 6, 2025).
@misc{2024NATN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-06]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {NATN 697 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P121395},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P121395},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/23/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P121395
LB  - CDLI:P121395
M1  - 2025/12/6/
TI  - NATN 697 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P121395
ER  - 
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