NATN 776 (P121473)

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

Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

N 0798

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Uninscribed; seals)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
  beginning broken
1'. [...] ib-ni-[...]
2'. [...]-na-ba#?-ar-[...]-x-[...]
3'. [... si2]-mu-dar{ki} [...]
4'. [...] x szu-{d}suen lugal# [...]
seal 1
column 1
1. [{d}]szu#-{d}suen
2. lugal kal-ga
3. lugal uri5{ki}-ma
4. lugal an-ub-da# limmu2-ba
column 2
1. lu2-{d}[nanna]
2. szagina#
3. zi-mu#-[dar{ki}]
4. ARAD2-[zu]

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (Uninscribed; seals)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Seals

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P121473

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation
frag, left edge

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 0798
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 025649
Penn Museum (Penn) 569542
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) N.798

References

  • primary: NATN, 776

    [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: RIME 3/2, .01.04.x2010

    [Frayne1997RIME3/2] Frayne, Douglas R. 1997. Ur III Period (2112-2004 BC). Vol. 3/2. Royal Inscriptions of Mesopotamia Early Periods. University of Toronto Press.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-09-22 at 14:47:43 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
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
2018-08-23 at 08:57:14 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Transliteration CDLI, CDLI 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 776 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 22, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P121473.
NATN 776 artifact entry (No. P121473). (2024, September 22). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P121473 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 776 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P121473 (Accessed: October 15, 2026).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 22},
	title = {NATN 776 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P121473},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P121473},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“NATN 776 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 22, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P121473.
NATN 776 artifact entry (No. P121473). (2024, September 22). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P121473 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 776 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P121473 (Accessed: October 15, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-15]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 22},
	title = {NATN 776 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P121473},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P121473},
}

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DA  - 2024/9/22/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P121473
LB  - CDLI:P121473
M1  - 2026/10/15/
TI  - NATN 776 artifact entry
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ER  - 
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