NATN 728 (P121426)

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 29-16-578

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Account of barley for planting; 11x13x7x5 lines)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text

tablet
obverse
column 1
1. 5(gesz2) 1(u) 4(asz) 1(barig) sze gur
2. 1(u) 7(asz) 3(barig) ziz2 gur
3. engar lugal-ezem
4. 5(gesz2) 5(asz) 2(barig) gur
5. 2(u) 3(asz) 2(barig) ziz2 gur
6. engar ur-du6-ku3-ga
7. 4(gesz2) 3(barig) 3(ban2) gur
8. 3(u) 2(asz) ziz2 gur
9. engar nig2-al-kal-la
10. [...] 3(gesz2) [...] gur
rest broken
column 2
1. 3(gesz2) 5(u) 6(asz) gur
2. 2(u) 1(asz) 3(barig) ziz2 gur
3. engar e2-sahar-ta
4. 4(gesz2) 3(u) 2(asz) 4(barig) gur
5. 2(u) ziz2 gur
6. engar szu-lum
1 line blank
7. a-sza3 bar-rim4 tur#?
8. 3(gesz2) 4(u) 4(asz) 2(barig) gur#
9. 1(u) 8(asz) ziz2 gur
10. engar dingir-ra-bi2
11. [...] 4(gesz2) 1(u) 9(asz) 2(barig) gur
12. [...] ziz2 gur
13. [engar] x-ma-ku-um
1 line blank
rest broken
reverse
column 1
beginning broken
1'. [...] x [...]
1 line blank
2'. a-sza3 a-gar3 x-[x]
3'. 2(gesz'u) 4(gesz2) 5(asz) 2(barig)# [x] sze ziz2 gur
4'. nu-banda3 ad-da-kal-la
5'. 2(asz) gur sze in-nu-ta ba-al-la
column 2
beginning broken
1'. [mu us2-sa {d}szu-{d}suen lugal] uri5#{ki#}-ma#-[ke4] bad3 mar-tu mu-ri-iq-ti-id-ni-im mu-du3 mu us2-sa-a-bi

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)

Collections

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative (Account of barley for planting; 11x13x7x5 lines)
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: NATN, 728

[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.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: UM 29-16-578
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.06.00.00 (us2-us2 year)
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-07-23 at 10:14:41	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
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
2016-07-14 at 17:17:24	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2011-07-22 at 13:48:31	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2011-05-02 at 14:25:00	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2006-10-12 at 12:23:02	CDLI	Transliteration	CDLI		CDLI	Approved
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	CDLI		CDLI	Approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (025602) (025602)
Penn Museum (567282) (567282)
Electronic Babylonian Library (UM.29-16-578) (UM.29-16-578)

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Cite this Artifacts

“NATN 728 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P121426.

NATN 728 artifact entry (No. P121426). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P121426 (Original work published 2001)

NATN 728 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P121426 (Accessed: March 2, 2026).

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	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {NATN 728 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P121426},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P121426},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“NATN 728 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P121426.

NATN 728 artifact entry (No. P121426). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P121426 (Original work published 2001)

NATN 728 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P121426 (Accessed: March 2, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-02]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {NATN 728 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P121426},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P121426},
}

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PY  - 2024
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M1  - 2026/3/2/
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