NATN 825 (P121522)

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

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Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

UM 55-21-173

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Receipt delivery of agricultural products; Drehem calendar; 19x18 lines; 9.4x4.8)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
1. [...] szum2 [x]
2. [...] szum2-sikil
3. [...] x sze-a
4. ensi2 mar2-da{ki}
5. [...] x szum2# gaz
6. [...] szum2-sikil
7. [x] x sze-a lugal-pa-e3 szabra
8. [...] szum2-sikil szu-{d}suen dumu-lugal
9. [...]-a szesz-kal-la szu-ku6
10. [...] x e-sir2 a lu2-{d}nanna
11. [x] x ar-gi5-num2
12. kal#-la-mu
13. 1(disz) sila3 ar-gi5-num2
14. a-bu-ni
15. 2(disz) sila3 ar-gi5-num2
16. zi-qur-i3-li2
17. 1(u) gu2 szum2-sikil
18. 2(u) 5(disz) ku6 duru5
19. [...] 1(u) dug sze-duru5
reverse
1. [...]
2. 1(u) [...]-a lu2-x-x-gaba
3. 1(disz) [...] ku6 duru5
4. 6(asz) gu2 szum2-sikil
5. 1(u) gu2 szum2 gaz
6. 6(asz) gu2 sze-[a ...] x-da szabra
7. 1/2(disz) [...] gaz
8. 1/2(disz) sila3 [...]-lum#
9. be-li2-min-[...]-x
10. 1(disz) sila3 [...]-mu sukkal
11. 1(disz) sila3 ar-gi5-num2
12. dingir-ra-bi2
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13. mu-kux(DU)
14. ur-mes szu ba-ti
15. [iti] masz-da3-gu7 u4 2(u)-kam
16. mu# {d}amar-{d}suen lugal

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Consult sign list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
  • Measurements (mm):
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  • Join Information:
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  • Artifact comments:

  • Genre(s): Administrative (Receipt delivery of agricultural products; Drehem calendar; 19x18 lines; 9.4x4.8)
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • primary: NATN, 825

    [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.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: UM 55-21-173
  • Accession No.:

  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
  • Elevation:
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  • Excavation No: 2N-T0596
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.01.01.20 (Reichskalender)
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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
2014-10-07 at 08:47:47 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2014-10-07 at 08:30:18 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:48:37 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:25:05 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:23:04 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

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Cite this Artifacts

“NATN 825 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P121522.
NATN 825 artifact entry (No. P121522). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P121522 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 825 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P121522 (Accessed: March 13, 2026).
@misc{2024NATN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-13]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {NATN 825 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P121522},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P121522},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/23/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P121522
LB  - CDLI:P121522
M1  - 2026/3/13/
TI  - NATN 825 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P121522
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“NATN 825 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P121522.
NATN 825 artifact entry (No. P121522). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P121522 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 825 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P121522 (Accessed: March 13, 2026).
@misc{2024NATN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-13]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {NATN 825 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P121522},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P121522},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/23/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P121522
LB  - CDLI:P121522
M1  - 2026/3/13/
TI  - NATN 825 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P121522
ER  -
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