NATN 727 (P121425)
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, USAMetadata / catalogue
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Museum Collection(s)
Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USAMuseum Number
UM 29-16-553Period
Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)Provenience
Nippur (mod. Nuffar)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
Administrative (Business; numbers of houses and fields; 5x5 lines)Language(s)
SumerianMeasurements
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tablet
obverse
beginning broken
1'. 1(bur3) GAN2 [(x)] KA x
2'. ur-{d}lamma engar
3'. 6(bur3) GAN2 a#-sza3 su3 GAN2
4'. 1(bur3) GAN2 a-sza3 nag-engur-ra
5'. lugal-eb2-gu-ul engar
reverse
1. 6(bur3) GAN2 a-sza3 su3 GAN2
2. 1(bur3) GAN2 a-sza3 nag-engur-ra
3. lu2-dingir-ra engar
blank space
4. szunigin 3(bur'u) 5(bur3)? GAN2
5. [a-sza3 lugal]-ku3#-zu
rest broken
obverse
beginning broken
1'. 1(bur3) GAN2 [(x)] KA x
2'. ur-{d}lamma engar
3'. 6(bur3) GAN2 a#-sza3 su3 GAN2
4'. 1(bur3) GAN2 a-sza3 nag-engur-ra
5'. lugal-eb2-gu-ul engar
reverse
1. 6(bur3) GAN2 a-sza3 su3 GAN2
2. 1(bur3) GAN2 a-sza3 nag-engur-ra
3. lu2-dingir-ra engar
blank space
4. szunigin 3(bur'u) 5(bur3)? GAN2
5. [a-sza3 lugal]-ku3#-zu
rest broken
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 (Business; numbers of houses and fields; 5x5 lines)
- Language(s): Sumerian
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primary: NATN, 727
[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 29-16-553
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- Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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- Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
- Dates Referenced: --.--.00.00
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| Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
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| 2024-07-23 at 10:14:41 | Firth, Richard | Artifact metadata, Other metadata | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | Approved |
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| 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 |
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| 2017-03-03 at 09:54:07 | Englund, Robert K. | Transliteration | CDLI | CDLI | Approved |
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| 2011-07-22 at 13:48:31 | Englund, Robert K. | Transliteration | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | Approved |
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| 2011-05-02 at 14:25:00 | Englund, Robert K. | Transliteration | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | Approved |
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| 2006-10-12 at 12:23:02 | CDLI | Transliteration | CDLI | CDLI | Approved |
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| 2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 | CDLI | Artifact metadata | CDLI | CDLI | Approved |
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Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:
- Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (025601) (025601)
- Penn Museum (567263) (567263)
- Electronic Babylonian Library (UM.29-16-553) (UM.29-16-553)
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Cite this Artifacts
“NATN 727 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P121425.
NATN 727 artifact entry (No. P121425). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P121425 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 727 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P121425 (Accessed: April 2, 2026).
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