NATN 926 (P121623)

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 55-21-219

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Receipt of delivery; Nippur calendar; 10x7 lines; 4.8x3.9)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
1. 1(gesz2) 5(u) 7(disz) gu-la2
2. kur-sza-an
3. 2(u) 3(disz) szu-i3-li2
4. ugula ur-du6-ku3-ga
5. 1(gesz2) 4(u) 4(disz) an-gu
6. 5(u) en-kusz2-du3
7. 1(gesz2) 2(disz) e-la-ak-nu-id
8. 1(gesz2) 5(u) 2(disz) giri3-ni
9. ugula szesz-gu4-KU
10. 2(gesz2) 3(u) 7(disz) gu3-de2-a-mu
reverse
1. 2(gesz2) 1(u) ur-du6-ku3-ga
  blank space
2. ugula ur-{d}nerah
  blank space
3. szunigin gu-la2
4. mu-kux(DU)
5. iti NE-NE-gar-ra
6. u4 1(u) 2(disz) zal-la
7. mu sza-asz-ru{ki} ba-hul

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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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  • primary: NATN, 926

    [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 55-21-219
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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  • Excavation No: 3N-T0039
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    TB 240 V 2

  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.06.05.12
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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
2017-03-03 at 09:54:10 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:48:49 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:25:12 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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Cite this Artifacts

“NATN 926 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P121623.
NATN 926 artifact entry (No. P121623). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P121623 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 926 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P121623 (Accessed: March 3, 2026).
@misc{2024NATN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-03]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {NATN 926 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P121623},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P121623},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/23/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P121623
LB  - CDLI:P121623
M1  - 2026/3/3/
TI  - NATN 926 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P121623
ER  - 

Cite this Artifacts

“NATN 926 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P121623.
NATN 926 artifact entry (No. P121623). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P121623 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 926 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P121623 (Accessed: March 3, 2026).
@misc{2024NATN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-03]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {NATN 926 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P121623},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P121623},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/23/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P121623
LB  - CDLI:P121623
M1  - 2026/3/3/
TI  - NATN 926 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P121623
ER  - 
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