NATN 944 (P121641)
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, USAMetadata / catalogue
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Museum Collection(s)
Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USAMuseum Number
UM 55-21-229Period
Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)Provenience
Nippur (mod. Nuffar)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
Administrative (Account of agricultural workers; Nippur calendar; 4x7 lines; 4.1x3.9)Language(s)
SumerianMeasurements
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tablet
obverse
1. 1(u) 6(disz) gurusz
2. 3(u) 5(disz) gurusz a2 1/2(disz)
3. guru7-ka ab-du11
4. sze sumun ib2-zi
reverse
1. ugula ur-du6-ku3
2. gurumx(|IGI.ERIM|) ak
3. giri3 szesz-kal-la
4. iti sig4
5. u4 2(u) 3(disz) ba-zal
6. mu en {d}inanna unu{ki} masz2-e i3-pa3
obverse
1. 1(u) 6(disz) gurusz
2. 3(u) 5(disz) gurusz a2 1/2(disz)
3. guru7-ka ab-du11
4. sze sumun ib2-zi
reverse
1. ugula ur-du6-ku3
2. gurumx(|IGI.ERIM|) ak
3. giri3 szesz-kal-la
4. iti sig4
5. u4 2(u) 3(disz) ba-zal
6. mu en {d}inanna unu{ki} masz2-e i3-pa3
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
- Material: Clay
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- Artifact comments:
- Genre(s): Administrative (Account of agricultural workers; Nippur calendar; 4x7 lines; 4.1x3.9)
- Language(s): Sumerian
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primary: NATN, 944
[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 55-21-229
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- Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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- Excavation No: 3N-T0058
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- Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
- Dates Referenced: Ibbi-Suen.02.03.23
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| Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
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| 2024-07-23 at 10:14:41 | Firth, Richard | Artifact metadata, Other metadata | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | Approved |
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| 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 |
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| 2011-07-22 at 13:48:50 | Englund, Robert K. | Transliteration | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | Approved |
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| 2011-05-02 at 14:25:13 | Englund, Robert K. | Transliteration | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | Approved |
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| 2006-10-12 at 12:23:09 | CDLI | Transliteration | CDLI | CDLI | Approved |
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| 2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 | CDLI | Artifact metadata | CDLI | CDLI | Approved |
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Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:
- Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (025813) (025813)
- Penn Museum (567818) (567818)
- Electronic Babylonian Library (UM.55-21-229) (UM.55-21-229)
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Cite this Artifacts
“NATN 944 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P121641.
NATN 944 artifact entry (No. P121641). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P121641 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 944 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P121641 (Accessed: February 27, 2026).
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