NATN 784 (P121481)

Administrative tablet & 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

N 0822 & N 0818 + N 0823

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Loan of silver; 5x8 lines)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Has fragments Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 2(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar
2. ki lugal-ma2-gur8-re-ta
3. lu2-{d}inanna nu-banda3
4. ur-{d}en-lil2-la2 nu-banda3
5. 1(disz) ur-{d}asznan!?(SZE-TU)
reverse
1. ka5-a nu-banda3
2. lu2-kal-la nu-banda3
3. dingir-sa6-ga
4. szu ba-an-ti
5. iti szu-numun-a u4 3(u) zal-la
6. su-su-de3 mu lugal pa3
7. mu {d}szu-{d}suen lugal-am3
envelope
  (not given)
seal 1
1. ka5-[a ...]
2. dumu [...]
seal 2
1. lu2-{d}inanna
2. dub-sar nu-banda3 x
3. dumu lu2-igi-sa6-sa6
seal 3
1. ur-{d}EN-[...]
2. dub-[sar]
3. dumu giri3#-giri3#
4. x x DINGIR x x
seal 4
1. ur-[{d}]EN-[...]
2. dub-[sar]
3. dumu lugal-sipa#?-da#?
4. nu-banda3#
  last line outside of cartouche

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (Loan of silver; 5x8 lines)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

Hattori diss. p. 268Hattori diss. p. 268

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P121481

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet & envelope
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation Fragmented

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 0822 & N 0818 + N 0823
Accession Number

External resources

References

  • primary: NATN, 784

    [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. 268, 275, 330, 331 (seals)

    [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: NATN, p. 58

    [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


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
2023-01-19 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
2017-01-18 at 00:49:41 Firth, Richard Transliteration Firth, Richard CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2017-01-01 at 04:25:23 Firth, Richard Transliteration Firth, Richard 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
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 784 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P121481.
NATN 784 artifact entry (No. P121481). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P121481 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 784 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P121481 (Accessed: October 15, 2026).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P121481},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P121481},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“NATN 784 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P121481.
NATN 784 artifact entry (No. P121481). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P121481 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 784 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P121481 (Accessed: October 15, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-15]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P121481},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P121481},
}

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