NATN 717 (P121415)

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

Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

UM 29-16-350

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Expenditure)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
1. x x x x [x]
2. e2 danna-sze3
3. mu szika lahtan2 gid2#-da-sze3
4. nig2-ka9-ta
5. ur-tum-al-ra
reverse
1. ba-na-zi#
2. x [...]
  rest broken

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (Expenditure)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Accounting Period

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P121415

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number UM 29-16-350
Accession Number

External resources

References

  • primary: NATN, 717

    [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.

    (published as UM 29-16-330)


Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-10-30 at 09:59:19 Firth, Richard Artifact 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
2017-01-08 at 14:05:46 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:48:30 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:25:00 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

Cite this Artifacts

“NATN 717 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 30, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P121415.
NATN 717 artifact entry (No. P121415). (2024, October 30). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P121415 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 717 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P121415 (Accessed: April 26, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-26]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 30},
	title = {NATN 717 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P121415},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P121415},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“NATN 717 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 30, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P121415.
NATN 717 artifact entry (No. P121415). (2024, October 30). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P121415 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 717 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P121415 (Accessed: April 26, 2026).
@misc{2024NATN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-26]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 30},
	title = {NATN 717 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P121415},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P121415},
}

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DA  - 2024/10/30/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P121415
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M1  - 2026/4/26/
TI  - NATN 717 artifact entry
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ER  - 
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