NATN 893 (P121590)

Legal 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 55-21-148

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Contract, father-in-law renounces right to complain if son-in-law marries; seals; 10x9x2 lines; 6.3x5.1)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. ur-{d}lugal-AB-ka-ke4
2. lugal-gub-ba-ni nita munus ki-na
3. dumu ur-{d}dun
4. x-dam-a ba-an-tuku
5. inim nu-un-ga2-ga2-a
6. mu lugal-bi im-pa3
7. 1(disz) un-da-ga kikken2
8. dumu {d}utu-di-de3
9. 1(disz) u4-kur dumu nimgir-es3-x
10. 1(disz) ma-ba e2 {d}gu2-la2
reverse
1. 1(disz) ur-szu-mah dumu lugal-ma2-gur8-re
2. 1(disz) ur-li dumu ur-{d}szakkan2
3. 1(disz) ur-{d}szul#-pa-e3 dumu ur-du6-[...]
4. 1(disz) a-x-x dumu nin9-e-mu
  blank space
5. lu2-inim-ma-bi-me!
6. ku3-{d}nanna aga3-us2 sanga
7. maszkim di <til>-la-bi
8. iti sze-sag11-[ku5]
left
1. mu en {d}inanna unu{ki} masz2-e i3-pa3
seal 1
1. ur-{d}lugal-[AB]
2. dumu ur-[...]

Text content

Genre(s) Legal (Contract, father-in-law renounces right to complain if son-in-law marries; seals; 10x9x2 lines; 6.3x5.1)
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/P121590

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Written In
Excavation Number 2N-T0726
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number UM 55-21-148
Accession Number

External resources

References

  • primary: NATN, 893

    [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
2013-06-30 at 10:34:43 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:48:46 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:25:10 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:23:08 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“NATN 893 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P121590.
NATN 893 artifact entry (No. P121590). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P121590 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 893 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P121590 (Accessed: April 24, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-24]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {NATN 893 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P121590},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P121590},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“NATN 893 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P121590.
NATN 893 artifact entry (No. P121590). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P121590 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 893 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P121590 (Accessed: April 24, 2026).
@misc{2024NATN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-24]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {NATN 893 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P121590},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P121590},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/23/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P121590
LB  - CDLI:P121590
M1  - 2026/4/24/
TI  - NATN 893 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P121590
ER  - 
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