NATN 745 (P121442)

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

N 0528

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Administrative; 18x18x10x13 lines)

Language(s)

Sumerian

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tablet
obverse
column 1
1. 2/3(disz) ma-na siki nig2-lam2# szar3
2. [...] 1(disz) ma-na siki guz-za 3(disz)-kam us2
3. [x] ma-na 1(u) gin2 siki nig2-lam2 3(disz)?-[kam us2]
4. [x] ma-na [...]
5. [x] siki? x 4(disz)-[kam us2]
6. [x] ma-na# [siki ba-tab] duh-[hu-um ...]
7. [...] 8(disz) gin2 [...]
  blank space
8. szunigin 3(disz) ma-[na ...]
9. [(x)] nig2#? KA [x] UD [x]
  blank space
10. 2/3(disz) ma-[na ...]
11. 2/3(disz) ma-na# [...] 4(disz)-kam# us2#
  blank space
12. szunigin 3(disz) ma-na 1(u) gin2 siki
column 2
1. ki# szu-esz18-dar-ta
2. 1(disz) ma-na siki nig2-lam2 szar3
3. ki# ba-ba-ti-ta
4. [...] 2(disz) 1/2(disz) gin2 siki? nig2-lam2 3(disz)-kam us2
5. [x] gin2 siki ba-tab duh#-hu-um 4(disz)-kam us2
6. [x] 2/3(disz) ma-[na ...]
  n lines broken
7'. [x] 5(disz) x [...]
8'. [x] x-ta
9'. [x] ma#-na siki [(x)]
10'. [x]-dingir#-sze3 ba-an-kux(KWU636)
11'. [... nu]-ub-szi-tak4?
12'. x lugal-ma2-gur8-re igi-nim-ma
13'. 1(u) 2(disz) [...] nig2-lam2 3(disz)#-kam us2
reverse
column 1
1. [...] 1(u) 4(disz) gin2 siki guz-za 4(disz)-kam us2
2. [...] 1(u) 5(disz) 1/2(disz) gin2 [...] us2
3. [...] 1/2(disz) gin2 [...]-kam us2
4. [...] x siki nig2-[lam2] 3(disz)-kam [us2]
5. [...] 1(u) 8(disz) [...]
6. [...] x [...] x siki? [...]
  rest broken
column 2
1. e2-ki-szu-numun-ka mu-kux(DU)
2. 2(disz) 1/2(disz) ma-na siki nig2-lam2 3(disz)-kam us2
3. sza3-bi-ta
4. 1(disz) ma-na 1(u) 5(disz) gin2 siki# nig2-lam2 3(disz)-kam [us2]
5. e2-munus-sze3 ba-an-kux(KWU636)#
6. kiszib3 nu-ub-szi-x
7. ki a-ab-ba-sa6-[ga-ta]
8. 1(disz) ma-na# [...] ga x [...]
9. 8(disz) [...] x [...]
  rest broken

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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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  • Condition Description: center and rev broken, 2 cols
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  • primary: NATN, 745

    [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.: N 0528
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  • 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 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
2017-03-03 at 09:54:08 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:48:32 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:25:01 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2009-06-03 at 10:32:23 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:23:02 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

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Cite this Artifacts

“NATN 745 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P121442.
NATN 745 artifact entry (No. P121442). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P121442 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 745 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P121442 (Accessed: March 30, 2026).
@misc{2024NATN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-30]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {NATN 745 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P121442},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P121442},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/23/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P121442
LB  - CDLI:P121442
M1  - 2026/3/30/
TI  - NATN 745 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P121442
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“NATN 745 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P121442.
NATN 745 artifact entry (No. P121442). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P121442 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 745 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P121442 (Accessed: March 30, 2026).
@misc{2024NATN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-30]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {NATN 745 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P121442},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P121442},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/23/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P121442
LB  - CDLI:P121442
M1  - 2026/3/30/
TI  - NATN 745 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P121442
ER  -
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