NATN 782 (P121479)

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 0814

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Sale of a house; witnesses; seals15x9 lines)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. [x] sar e2 du3-a e2-szah2{ki}-ka
2. [nig2]-sa10-am3-bi 6(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar
3. lu2-sa6-ga
4. lugal-ku3-zu
5. u3 ad-da-kal-la-ra
6. [mu] ad-da-sze3
7. lu2-{d}inanna-ke4
8. in-ne-szi-sa10
9. lu2 lu2-u3 la-<ba>-gi4-gi4-da
10. mu {d}nin-urta
11. mu lugal-bi in-pa3-esz2
12. 1(disz) ur-kun
13. 1(disz) ur-me-me
14. 1(disz) lugal-ur2-[ra-ni]
15. 1(disz) hu!-wa-wa
reverse
1. 1(disz) ur-{d}lugal-[x-x?]
2. 1(disz) lugal-a2-[zi-da]
3. 1(disz) lugal-iti-da aga3-us2 [(x)]
4. lu2-inim-ma-bi-me
5. iti gan-gan-e3
6. u4 2(u) 4(disz) ba-zal
7. mu si-ma-nu-um{ki}
8. hul-a
seal 1
1. lu2-sa6-ga
2. dumu dingir-ma-szum2
seal 2
1. lugal-ku3-zu
2. dumu dingir-ma-szum2
seal 3
1. ad-da-kal-la
2. dumu dingir-ma-szum2

Text content

Genre(s) Legal (Sale of a house; witnesses; seals15x9 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 001926 (composite) (P454636) S001926 Nippur (mod. Nuffar) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
CDLI Seals 002995 (composite) (P455705) S002995 Nippur (mod. Nuffar) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
CDLI Seals 003568 (composite) (P456278) S003568 Nippur (mod. Nuffar) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P121479

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation
left edge and lower right corner broken

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 0814
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 025655
Penn Museum (Penn) 569556
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) N.814

References

  • primary: NATN, 782

    [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: Sallaberger, OBO 160/3, p. 222-223

    [Sallaberger1999OBO160/3] Sallaberger, Walther. 1999. “Ur III-Zeit.” In Annäherungen 3: Mesopotamien. Akkade-Zeit Und Ur III-Zeit, edited by Pascal Attinger and Markus Wäfler, 119–390. Orbis Biblicus et Orientalis 160/3. Freiburg Schweiz: Universitätsverlag.

  • history: FAOS 17, no. 22

    [Steinkeller1989SaleDocuments] Steinkeller, Piotr. 1989. Sale Documents of the Ur-III-Period. Vol. 17. Freiburger Altorientalische Studien. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner.

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
2009-06-03 at 10:32:27 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 782 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P121479.
NATN 782 artifact entry (No. P121479). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P121479 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 782 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P121479 (Accessed: October 15, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-15]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {NATN 782 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P121479},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P121479},
}


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DA  - 2024/7/23/
PY  - 2024
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LB  - CDLI:P121479
M1  - 2026/10/15/
TI  - NATN 782 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P121479
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“NATN 782 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P121479.
NATN 782 artifact entry (No. P121479). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P121479 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 782 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P121479 (Accessed: October 15, 2026).
@misc{2024NATN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-15]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {NATN 782 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P121479},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P121479},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/23/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P121479
LB  - CDLI:P121479
M1  - 2026/10/15/
TI  - NATN 782 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P121479
ER  -
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