NATN 940 (P121637)

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 55-21-224

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Receipt of barley loan with interest; Nippur calendar; 6x9 lines;4.3x3.6)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(asz) sze gur
2. masz2 1(asz) gur 1(barig) 4(ban2)-ta
3. ki ri-ba-ga-da-ta
4. ur-li
5. szu ba-ti
6. iti kin-{d}inanna
reverse
1. mu en {d}inanna unu{ki} masz2-e i3-pa3
2. 1(disz) a2-zi-da
3. 1(disz) lugal-ma2-gur8-re szu-i
4. 1(disz) i-ri-ib nar
5. lu2-inim-ma-bi-me
6. iti sig4 su-su-dam
7. mu lugal-bi in-pa3

Text content

Genre(s) Legal (Receipt of barley loan with interest; Nippur calendar; 6x9 lines;4.3x3.6)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Accounting Period Ibbi-Suen.02.06.00 to Ibbi-Suen.03.03.00

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P121637

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number 3N-T0053
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number UM 55-21-224
Accession Number

External resources

References

  • primary: NATN, 940

    [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
2015-12-11 at 09:41:51 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:48:49 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:25:12 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:23:09 CDLI, CDLI Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“NATN 940 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P121637.
NATN 940 artifact entry (No. P121637). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P121637 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 940 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P121637 (Accessed: October 17, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-17]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {NATN 940 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P121637},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P121637},
}

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TI  - NATN 940 artifact entry
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Cite this Artifact

“NATN 940 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P121637.
NATN 940 artifact entry (No. P121637). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P121637 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 940 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P121637 (Accessed: October 17, 2026).
@misc{2024NATN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-17]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {NATN 940 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P121637},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P121637},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/23/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P121637
LB  - CDLI:P121637
M1  - 2026/10/17/
TI  - NATN 940 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P121637
ER  - 
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