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, USA

Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

UM 55-21-229

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Account of agricultural workers; Nippur calendar; 4x7 lines; 4.1x3.9)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

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

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (Account of agricultural workers; Nippur calendar; 4x7 lines; 4.1x3.9)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Accounting Period

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P121641

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number 3N-T0058
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number UM 55-21-229
Accession Number

External resources

References

  • 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.

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
2011-07-22 at 13:48:50 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:25:13 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:23:09 CDLI Transliteration CDLI CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“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: May 2, 2026).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {NATN 944 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P121641},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P121641},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“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: May 2, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-02]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {NATN 944 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P121641},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P121641},
}

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DA  - 2024/7/23/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P121641
LB  - CDLI:P121641
M1  - 2026/5/2/
TI  - NATN 944 artifact entry
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ER  - 
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