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NATN 905 (P121602)

Lexical 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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Text / annotations

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Chemical Data

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Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

UM 55-21-204

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Lexical (personal names)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 2(disz) an-ne2-ba-ab-du7
2. 1(disz) a2-zi-da
3. 1(disz) ARAD2#-{d}EN-[x]
4. 1(disz) szesz-ku-li
5. 1(disz) ur-tum-al dumu-gi7?
6. 1(disz) ur-{d}nusku
7. 1(disz) {d}x-zi-[...]
8. 1(disz) x-[...]
9. [x] x [...]
10. 1(disz) a-ab-ba#-mu#
11. 1(disz) lugal-zi-da
12. 2(disz) he2-tum2-mu
13. 1(disz) lugal#-pa
14. 1(disz) ur-sa6-sa6-ga
15. 1(disz) x-NE-[...]
reverse
1. 1(disz) ne-sag#-[x]
2. 1(disz) ka5-a
3. 1(disz) lu2-kal-la
4. 2(disz) lugal-ezem
5. lu2 kin-ni-du-KU
6. ugula sagi-gal
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7. la2-ia3 2(disz) lu2-{d}suen
8. 2(disz) la-lu5
9. 2(disz) e2-du10-u lu2-{d}en-lil2-[la2]
10. 2(disz) ur-sa
11. 2(disz) ur-e2-ninnu
12. 2(disz) szesz-da-da
13. lu2 la2-ia3-me
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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)

Collections

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
Measurements (mm):
Weight:
Artifact Preservation:
Condition Description:
Join Information:
Seal no.:
Seal information:
Artifact comments:

Text Information

Genre(s): Lexical (personal names)
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: NATN, 905

[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.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: UM 55-21-204
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Elevation:
Stratigraphic Level:
Excavation No: 3N-T0015
Findspot Square:
Findspot Comments:
Nippur, OI/UM 1951-52: TB 231, level V1 1

Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: --.--.00.00
Alternative Years:
Date Comments:
Accounting Period:

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-07-23 at 10:14:41	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
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
2013-07-04 at 14:23:19	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2011-07-22 at 13:48:47	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2011-05-02 at 14:25:11	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved
2006-10-12 at 12:23:08	CDLI	Transliteration	CDLI		CDLI	Approved
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	CDLI		CDLI	Approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (025775) (025775)
Penn Museum (567794) (567794)
Electronic Babylonian Library (UM.55-21-204) (UM.55-21-204)

Notes

General Notes: -

CDLI Notes: -

Cite this Artifacts

“NATN 905 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P121602.

NATN 905 artifact entry (No. P121602). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P121602 (Original work published 2001)

NATN 905 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P121602 (Accessed: March 19, 2026).

@misc{2024NATN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-19]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {NATN 905 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P121602},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P121602},
}

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DA  - 2024/7/23/
PY  - 2024
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M1  - 2026/3/19/
TI  - NATN 905 artifact entry
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ER  -

Cite this Artifacts

“NATN 905 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P121602.

NATN 905 artifact entry (No. P121602). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P121602 (Original work published 2001)

NATN 905 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P121602 (Accessed: March 19, 2026).

@misc{2024NATN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-19]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {NATN 905 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P121602},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P121602},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/23/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P121602
LB  - CDLI:P121602
M1  - 2026/3/19/
TI  - NATN 905 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P121602
ER  -