NATN 779 (P121476)

Legal 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 0802

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Loan; witnesses; seals; 8x1(le.e.) lines)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
  broken
reverse
  beginning broken
1'. szu# ba-ti#-[esz2]
2'. iti NE-NE-gar#-[ra]
3'. su-su-da mu lugal#-[bi] in-pa3-de3#-[esz2]
4'. 1(disz) lu2-{d}suen
5'. 1(disz) lu2-sa6-ga
6'. 1(disz) ur-{d}szul-pa-e3#
7'. 1(disz)# lu2#-[...]
  rest broken
left
1. mu# {d}i-bi2-{d}[suen lugal]

Text content

Genre(s) Legal (Loan; witnesses; seals; 8x1(le.e.) lines)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Accounting Period Ibbi-Suen.01.00.00 to Ibbi-Suen.01.05.00

Seals

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

Seal Seal Number Provenience Period Date
dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185) S999999 - -

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P121476

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation
fragment, 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 0802
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 025652
Penn Museum (Penn) 569545
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) N.802

References

  • primary: NATN, 779

    [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 14:25:03 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 779 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P121476.
NATN 779 artifact entry (No. P121476). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P121476 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 779 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P121476 (Accessed: October 15, 2026).
@misc{2024NATN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-15]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {NATN 779 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P121476},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P121476},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/23/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P121476
LB  - CDLI:P121476
M1  - 2026/10/15/
TI  - NATN 779 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P121476
ER  - 

Cite this Artifact

“NATN 779 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P121476.
NATN 779 artifact entry (No. P121476). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P121476 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 779 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P121476 (Accessed: October 15, 2026).
@misc{2024NATN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-15]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {NATN 779 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P121476},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P121476},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/23/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P121476
LB  - CDLI:P121476
M1  - 2026/10/15/
TI  - NATN 779 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P121476
ER  - 
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