NATN 849 (P121546)

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

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Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

UM 55-21-113

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Receipt of garments; Drehem calendar; 6x4 lines; 4.7x4.8)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Has seal impression(s)

tablet
obverse
  ((in a jar)
1. 2(disz) tug2 nig2-lam2
2. ki ur-{d}ba-ba6-ta
3. 2(disz) tug2 nig2-lam2 sumun
4. 1(disz) tug2 bar-dul5 sumun
5. ki lu2-uru11{ki}-ta
reverse
1. {d}szara2-i-szar
2. szu ba-ti
3. iti ezem-me-ki-gal2
4. mu {d}gu-za {d}en-lil2-la2 ba-dim2
seal 1

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet & envelope
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: NATN, 849

    [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.

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  • Museum No.: UM 55-21-113
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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  • Excavation No: 2N-T0641
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.03.11.00 (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
2016-01-17 at 12:29:09 Firth, Richard Transliteration Firth, Richard CDLI Approved View
2016-01-17 at 12:28:54 Firth, Richard Transliteration Firth, Richard CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:48:38 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:25:06 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:23:07 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

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This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal Provenience Period Date
dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185) - -

General Notes: -
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Cite this Artifacts

“NATN 849 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P121546.
NATN 849 artifact entry (No. P121546). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P121546 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 849 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P121546 (Accessed: February 28, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-28]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {NATN 849 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P121546},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P121546},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“NATN 849 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P121546.
NATN 849 artifact entry (No. P121546). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P121546 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 849 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P121546 (Accessed: February 28, 2026).
@misc{2024NATN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-28]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {NATN 849 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P121546},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P121546},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/23/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P121546
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M1  - 2026/2/28/
TI  - NATN 849 artifact entry
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ER  - 
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