NATN 902 (P121599)

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

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Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

UM 55-21-201

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Animals taken in charge; Drehem calendar; find spot: foundation wall along SW wall; 6x5 lines; 3.9x3.4cm)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
1. 3(disz) gu4 mu 1(disz)
2. 3(disz) ab2 mu 1(disz)
3. 1(u) udu
4. 1(u) 2(disz) masz2
5. ki ur-ku3-nun-na-ta
reverse
1. lugal-amar#-ku3
2. i3-[dab5]
  1 line blank
3. iti ezem-me-ki-gal2
4. mu bad3 mar-tu ba-du3
left
1. kiszib3 mes-bi-gu7

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Consult sign list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • Genre(s): Administrative (Animals taken in charge; Drehem calendar; find spot: foundation wall along SW wall; 6x5 lines; 3.9x3.4cm)
  • Language(s): Sumerian


  • primary: NATN, 902

    [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.

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  • Museum No.: UM 55-21-201
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar) [uncertain]
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  • Excavation No: 3N-T0012
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.04.12.00 (Reichskalender)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-07-23 at 10:14:41 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-01-19 at 09:57:24 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:48:47 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:25:11 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:23:08 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact

“NATN 902 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P121599.
NATN 902 artifact entry (No. P121599). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P121599 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 902 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P121599 (Accessed: November 20, 2025).
@misc{2024NATN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-11-20]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {NATN 902 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P121599},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P121599},
}

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DA  - 2024/7/23/
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TI  - NATN 902 artifact entry
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Cite this Artifact

“NATN 902 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P121599.
NATN 902 artifact entry (No. P121599). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P121599 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 902 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P121599 (Accessed: November 20, 2025).
@misc{2024NATN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-11-20]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {NATN 902 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P121599},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P121599},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/23/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P121599
LB  - CDLI:P121599
M1  - 2025/11/20/
TI  - NATN 902 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P121599
ER  - 
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