NATN 858 (P121555)

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

Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

UM 55-21-121

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Receipt; Nippur calendar; 4x4 line; 4.0x3.9)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(disz) ma-na kusz sze-gin2
2. ki u3-bi-ta
3. {d}utu-a2-mu
reverse
1. szu ba-ti
2. iti sig4 u4 8(disz) ba-zal
  blank space
3. mu en {d}inanna unu{ki} masz2-e i3-pa3
seal 1
1. lugal-a2-zi-da
2. sanga {d}en-lil2-la2
3. {d}utu-a2-ga2
4. ARAD2-zu

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (Receipt; Nippur calendar; 4x4 line; 4.0x3.9)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Seals

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

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P121555

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Written In
Excavation Number 2N-T0663
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number UM 55-21-121
Accession Number

External resources

References

  • primary: NATN, 858

    [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.

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 13:48:39 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
2009-06-03 at 10:32:36 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

Cite this Artifacts

“NATN 858 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P121555.
NATN 858 artifact entry (No. P121555). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P121555 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 858 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P121555 (Accessed: April 28, 2026).
@misc{2024NATN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-28]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {NATN 858 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P121555},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P121555},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“NATN 858 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P121555.
NATN 858 artifact entry (No. P121555). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P121555 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 858 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P121555 (Accessed: April 28, 2026).
@misc{2024NATN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-28]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {NATN 858 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P121555},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P121555},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/23/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P121555
LB  - CDLI:P121555
M1  - 2026/4/28/
TI  - NATN 858 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P121555
ER  - 
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