NATN 866 (P121563)

Letter tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures West Asia & North Africa Museum, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Museum Collection(s)

Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures West Asia & North Africa Museum, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Museum Number

OIM A30053

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Letter

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. ARAD2-mu
2. szu he2-bar-re
3. [na-mi]-gur#-re
reverse
  blank space
seal 1
1. lugal-a2-zi-da
2. dub-sar
3. dumu ba-ni-li2

Text content

Genre(s) Letter
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 003340 (composite) (P456050) S003340 Nippur (mod. Nuffar) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P121563

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number 2N-T0677
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures West Asia & North Africa Museum, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Museum Number OIM A30053
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 025737
Oriental Institute Integrated Database (OI) e0ccb5a1-7906-4c74-9f50-9c9d69e60838

References

  • primary: NATN, 866

    [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
2016-04-02 at 21:41:05 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Ozaki Tohru CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2016-04-02 at 21:38:53 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:48:39 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:25:07 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2009-06-03 at 10:32:39 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 866 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P121563.
NATN 866 artifact entry (No. P121563). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P121563 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 866 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P121563 (Accessed: October 31, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-31]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {NATN 866 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P121563},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P121563},
}


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DA  - 2024/7/23/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P121563
LB  - CDLI:P121563
M1  - 2026/10/31/
TI  - NATN 866 artifact entry
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Cite this Artifact

“NATN 866 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P121563.
NATN 866 artifact entry (No. P121563). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P121563 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 866 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P121563 (Accessed: October 31, 2026).
@misc{2024NATN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-31]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {NATN 866 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P121563},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P121563},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/23/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P121563
LB  - CDLI:P121563
M1  - 2026/10/31/
TI  - NATN 866 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P121563
ER  -
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