NATN 773 (P121470)

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

Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 13353 + N 0790 (+) CBS 14241 (+) N 0793

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Uninscribed; Case from a letter order?; seals; Fine seal impression with winged dragon, lion; the same impression appears on N793 (case frag); not inscribed but has an inscription in seal impression; *or Ur3)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Has fragments Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
  (impression of tablet on envelope)
obverse
  beginning broken
1'. [...] da#-a-ke4
2'. [...] mu-na-[x]
3'. [...] la-sze3 ha-mu-[x]
4'. lu2# na-an-KA#
5'. inim# szabra-ta
6'. x [...]
  rest broken
envelope
  broken
seal 1
1. {d}szul-gi
2. nita kal-ga
3. lugal uri5{ki}-ma
4. ur-ki-ur3-ra
5. dub-sar
6. dumu e2-ki-x
7. nu-banda3 en-nu ARAD2-[zu]
  (following Hattori)

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (Uninscribed; Case from a letter order?; seals; Fine seal impression with winged dragon, lion; the same impression appears on N793 (case frag); not inscribed but has an inscription in seal impression; *or Ur3)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Seals

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

Record

Hattori diss. p. 392 Hattori diss. p. 392

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P121470

Physical information

envelope

Artifact type Envelope
envelope
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation Fragmented
frag

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s) Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number CBS 13353 + N 0790 (+) CBS 14241 (+) N 0793
Accession Number

External resources

References

  • primary: NATN, 773

    [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.

  • history: Hattori diss., p. 350 (seal)

    [Hattori2002diss] Hattori, Atsuko. 2002. “Texts and Impressions: A Holistic Approach to Ur III Cuneiform Tablets from the University of Pennsylvania Expeditions to Nippur.” Phdthesis, University of Pennsylvania.

  • history: PBS 14, 0271, 0277

    [Legrain1925PBS14] Legrain, Léon. 1925. The Culture of the Babylonians from Their Seals in the Collections of the Museum. Publications of the Babylonian Section 14.

  • history: NATN, p. 33, pl. 6

    [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
2024-06-12 at 09:25:16 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-08-23 at 21:14:22 Dahl, Jacob L. Transliteration Dahl, Jacob L. Dahl, Jacob L. 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
2017-01-20 at 09:12:32 Firth, Richard Transliteration Firth, Richard CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2013-07-29 at 11:47:11 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI 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
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 773 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P121470.
NATN 773 artifact entry (No. P121470). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P121470 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 773 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P121470 (Accessed: October 15, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-15]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {NATN 773 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P121470},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P121470},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“NATN 773 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P121470.
NATN 773 artifact entry (No. P121470). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P121470 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 773 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P121470 (Accessed: October 15, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-15]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {NATN 773 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P121470},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P121470},
}

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DA  - 2024/7/23/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P121470
LB  - CDLI:P121470
M1  - 2026/10/15/
TI  - NATN 773 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P121470
ER  - 
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