NATN 772 (P121469)

Administrative envelope excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Lineart

Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

N 0783

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Administrative; seals; 2x3 lines)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. [...] bi# x
2. [...] x SZIM
  blank space
3. mu sza-asz-ru{ki} ba-hul
reverse
1. [...] ku3#-babbar ur5-sze3
2. [...] sila3
  rest broken
seal 1
1. ur#-zigum-ma
2. dumu ur-{d}[x]-x
3. [x] sipa [x]

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (Administrative; seals; 2x3 lines)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Seals

This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal Seal Number Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 004730 (composite) (P457440) S004730 Nippur (mod. Nuffar) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P121469

Physical information

envelope

Artifact type Envelope
envelope
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation
frag, low end, rev

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s) Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number N 0783
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 025645
Penn Museum (Penn) 569530
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) N.783

References

  • primary: NATN, 772

    [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.

Revisions and credits

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
2011-07-22 at 13:48:34 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:25:02 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2009-06-03 at 10:32:25 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:23:03 CDLI, CDLI Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“NATN 772 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P121469.
NATN 772 artifact entry (No. P121469). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P121469 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 772 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P121469 (Accessed: October 15, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-15]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {NATN 772 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P121469},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P121469},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/23/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P121469
LB  - CDLI:P121469
M1  - 2026/10/15/
TI  - NATN 772 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P121469
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“NATN 772 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P121469.
NATN 772 artifact entry (No. P121469). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P121469 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 772 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P121469 (Accessed: October 15, 2026).
@misc{2024NATN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-15]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {NATN 772 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P121469},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P121469},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/23/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P121469
LB  - CDLI:P121469
M1  - 2026/10/15/
TI  - NATN 772 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P121469
ER  -
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