NATN 780 (P121477)

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 0804 + UM 29-16-163bis?

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (List of farmers; seals; 13x10 lines)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Has fragments Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
column 1
  broken
column 2
  broken
reverse
column 1
  beginning broken
1'. 1(asz) {d}szul#-[...]
2'. engar-me
3'. 2(barig) a-da-na-ah-[...]
4'. 2(barig) sa3-si2
5'. 2(barig) ip-hur
6'. 2(barig) ur-{d}al-la
7'. 2(barig) i-pa2-li2-is
8'. 2(barig) dingir-du-du
9'. 1(barig) na-bi2-{d}suen#?
10'. 1(barig) i3-li2-asz-ra-x
11'. 1(barig) u-sza-lum-x
12'. 1(barig) puzur4-szuba3#
13'. 2(barig) a-da-lal3
column 2
  beginning broken
1'. [...]-du#? [...]-ga
2'. [...]-sza nagar [...]-du10#-ga
3'. [...]-la-mu [...]-kal#-la
4'. [...] PA gur# bar-tab [...] x-a tusz-a
5'. [...]-za3-e3 ha-za-num2
  blank space
6'. [...] lu2# didli-me
seal 1
1. lu2-KU-la
2. dumu ur-{d}ba-ba6 engar

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (List of farmers; seals; 13x10 lines)
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. 392Hattori diss. p. 392

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P121477

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation Fragmented
fragment, lower end, rev, 2 col.

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 0804 + UM 29-16-163bis?
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 025653
Penn Museum (Penn) 576650
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) N.804

References

  • primary: NATN, 780

    [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: NATN, p. 48

    [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.

    catalogue (UM 29-16-163)


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
2016-07-28 at 15:41:37 CDLI, CDLI 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 14:25:03 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2009-06-03 at 10:32:26 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 780 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P121477.
NATN 780 artifact entry (No. P121477). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P121477 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 780 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P121477 (Accessed: October 15, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-15]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {NATN 780 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P121477},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P121477},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“NATN 780 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P121477.
NATN 780 artifact entry (No. P121477). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P121477 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 780 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P121477 (Accessed: October 15, 2026).
@misc{2024NATN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-15]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {NATN 780 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P121477},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P121477},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/23/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P121477
LB  - CDLI:P121477
M1  - 2026/10/15/
TI  - NATN 780 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P121477
ER  - 
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