NATN 894 (P121591)

Legal 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 55-21-149

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Receipt of loan of silver with interest by a husband, wife, and son; Nippur calendar; 10x10 lines; 8.1x6.0)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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Has seal impression(s)

tablet
obverse
1. 1/2(disz) ma-na 6(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar ur5-ra
2. masz2 5(disz) gin2 1(disz) gin2-ta
3. ku3 pe-ru-ru-ti
4. ki dingir-lu-ba-ni-ta
5. ur-{d}nusku nu-esz3
6. [x] lu2-{d}en-lil2-la2 dumu-ni
7. u3 nam-uszur4-dam
9. szu ba-an-ti-esz2
10. 1(disz) ur2-dingir ugula e2-gu4
reverse
1. 1(disz) nam-ti-szu-me-du-ta
2. 1(disz) ur-{d}da-mu
3. 1(disz) lugal-u4-su3-sze3
4. 1(disz) ur-sa6-ga
5. 1(disz) lugal-ma2-gur8-re nu-esz3
6. 1(disz) e2-gissu
7. lu2-inim-ma-bi-me
8. iti du6-ku3 u4 5(disz) zal-la
9. mu {d}szu-{d}suen lugal-am3
  envelope
  (not given)
10. ur5-sze3
11. 1(disz) e2-gissu dub-sar
seal 1
1. ur-{d}nusku sagi
2. dumu lu-lu-bu-um

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
  • Measurements (mm):
  • Weight:
  • Artifact Preservation:
  • Condition Description:
  • Join Information:
  • Seal no.:
  • Seal information:
  • Artifact comments:

  • Genre(s): Legal (Receipt of loan of silver with interest by a husband, wife, and son; Nippur calendar; 10x10 lines; 8.1x6.0)
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • primary: NATN, 894

    [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.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: UM 55-21-149
  • Accession No.:

  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
  • Elevation:
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  • Excavation No: 2N-T0727
  • Findspot Square:
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.01.07.05
  • Alternative Years:
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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
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

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

Seal Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 005286 (composite) (P457996) Nippur (mod. Nuffar) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifacts

“NATN 894 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P121591.
NATN 894 artifact entry (No. P121591). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P121591 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 894 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P121591 (Accessed: February 27, 2026).
@misc{2024NATN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-27]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {NATN 894 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P121591},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P121591},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/23/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P121591
LB  - CDLI:P121591
M1  - 2026/2/27/
TI  - NATN 894 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P121591
ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“NATN 894 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P121591.
NATN 894 artifact entry (No. P121591). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P121591 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 894 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P121591 (Accessed: February 27, 2026).
@misc{2024NATN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-27]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {NATN 894 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P121591},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P121591},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/23/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P121591
LB  - CDLI:P121591
M1  - 2026/2/27/
TI  - NATN 894 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P121591
ER  -
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