NATN 846 (P121543)

Letter 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

UM 55-21-111

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Letter (Letter order for the delivery of wool and sheep)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
  ((in a jar)
1. lu2-uru11{ki}
2. u3-na-a-du11
3. 1(gesz2) 2(u) udu masz2 hi-a
4. na-sa6-ke4
5. he2-na-ab-szum2-mu
reverse
1. 3(u) gu2 siki
2. bar-ta i3-gal2
3. {d}utu-GIR2@g-gal-ra
4. he2-na-ab-be2
5. ha-ba-an-tum3
seal 1
column 1
1. {d}szul-gi
2. nita kal-ga
3. lugal uri5{ki}-ma
column 2
1. lugal an-ub-da limmu2-ba
2. {d}lamma-igi-du
3. ra2-gaba#
4. ARAD2-[zu]

Text content

Genre(s) Letter (Letter order for the delivery of wool and sheep)
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 000156 (composite) (P430255) S000156 Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P121543

Physical information

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

Provenance

Provenience Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number 2N-T0638
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number UM 55-21-111
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 016641
Penn Museum (Penn) 567720
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) UM.55-21-111

References

  • primary: NATN, 846

    [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: Michalowski Letters, 108 213

    [Michalowski1993Letters] Michalowski, Piotr. 1993. Letters from Early Mesopotamia. Vol. 3. Writings from the Ancient World.

  • history: OrNS 40, p.386-400, p. 392 6

    [Owen1971letter-orders] Owen, David I. 1971. “Ur III Letter-Orders from Nippur in the University Museum.” Orientalia NS 40: 386–400.

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
2024-07-04 at 08:40:46 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-07-04 at 08:37:10 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-07-04 at 08:33:03 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
2018-08-23 at 08:56:45 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2016-07-28 at 16:35:38 CDLI, CDLI Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:48:38 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:25:06 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:23:07 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 846 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P121543.
NATN 846 artifact entry (No. P121543). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P121543 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 846 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P121543 (Accessed: October 27, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-27]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {NATN 846 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P121543},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P121543},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“NATN 846 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P121543.
NATN 846 artifact entry (No. P121543). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P121543 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 846 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P121543 (Accessed: October 27, 2026).
@misc{2024NATN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-27]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {NATN 846 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P121543},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P121543},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/23/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P121543
LB  - CDLI:P121543
M1  - 2026/10/27/
TI  - NATN 846 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P121543
ER  -
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