NATN 880 (P121577)

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 55-21-135

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Account of animals; 16 lines; 12.0x7.8)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
column 1
1. 4(u) 2(disz) gu4 niga hi-a
2. 1(u) 1(disz) gu4 u2 hi-a
3. 1(gesz2) 7(disz) udu niga saga hi-a
4. [...] 1(u) udu niga
5. [...] 1(gesz2) 9(disz) udu niga gu4-e-us2-sa
6. [...] 1(gesz2) sila4 niga
7. [x] masz2 niga
8. [x] {munus}asz2-gar3 niga
9. 3(u) 5(disz) udu u2
10. 1(u) 3(disz) masz2-gal u2
11. 6(disz) sila4 gaba
12. 5(u) 3(disz) gu4
13. 9(gesz2) 3(u) 4(disz) udu
column 2
1. 4(u) 1(disz) gu4 niga hi-a
2. 1(u) 1(disz) gu4 u2 hi-a
3. 1(gesz2) 7(disz) udu niga saga hi-a
4. 2(u) udu hi-a
5. 1(gesz2) 9(disz) udu niga gu4-e-us2-sa
6. 2(gesz2) {munus}asz2-gar3 niga
7. 4(gesz2) 3(u) 5(disz) udu u2
8. 1(gesz2) 1(u) 2(disz) masz2-gal u2
9. 1(gesz2) 7(disz) sila4# [gaba]
10. 5(u) 2(disz) [gu4]
11. 9(gesz2) 3(u) 4(disz)# udu
12. {d}nin-urta#?
  blank space
reverse
  broken

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (Account of animals; 16 lines; 12.0x7.8)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P121577

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Written In
Excavation Number 2N-T0699
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number UM 55-21-135
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 025750
Penn Museum (Penn) 567744
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) UM.55-21-135

References

  • primary: NATN, 880

    [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 13:48:45 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:25:09 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2009-06-03 at 10:32:41 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 880 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P121577.
NATN 880 artifact entry (No. P121577). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P121577 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 880 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P121577 (Accessed: April 26, 2026).
@misc{2024NATN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-26]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {NATN 880 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P121577},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P121577},
}


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Cite this Artifacts

“NATN 880 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P121577.
NATN 880 artifact entry (No. P121577). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P121577 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 880 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P121577 (Accessed: April 26, 2026).
@misc{2024NATN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-26]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {NATN 880 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P121577},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P121577},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/23/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P121577
LB  - CDLI:P121577
M1  - 2026/4/26/
TI  - NATN 880 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P121577
ER  -
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