NATN 947 (P121644)

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 55-21-234

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Delivery of barley; 9x15 lines; 4.3x3.5)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
1. x x 2(ban2) [...] sze lugal
2. ha-bu
  blank space
3. a-sza3 ab-ba-dingir
4. ki lugal-nam-tar-re
5. 2(asz) [...] gur igi-ni
  blank space
6. a-sza3 du6-an-na ki ur-[x]-x
7. 2(barig) 3(ban2) ur-idigna?
8. 2(barig) 3(ban2) lugal-ma2#-[...]
9. a-sza3 e2 {d}[...]
reverse
1. ki na-bi2#?-[...]
2. ugula nam-ha-ni#
3. 5(ban2) da-da-[...]
4. a-sza3 x NE ki# ur-[...]
5. 1(disz) im-[x]-x-x [...]
6. a-sza3 {gesz}x-[...] a-bu-[x]-du#
7. 1(asz) gur x-ku3-zu
8. a-sza3 igi-[...] ki lu2 sipa#?
9. 2(asz) 2(ban2) [...] e2? la2
10. a-sza3 x [...] ki lugal-ezem
11. ugula lu2-[x]-da# a-sza3 {d}en-lil2-mu2-a
12. ur#?-[{d}]en-lil2
13. mu#-kux(DU) ugula ganun iri bar-a-sze3
14. [x] du [x] x NE x iti [x] 3(disz) zal-la
15. [mu us2]-sa ki-masz{ki} mu ib2-us2-a
left
1. szunigin 7(asz) gur

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (Delivery of barley; 9x15 lines; 4.3x3.5)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P121644

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Written In
Excavation Number 3N-T0077
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number UM 55-21-234
Accession Number

External resources

References

  • primary: NATN, 947

    [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
2017-03-03 at 09:54:10 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration CDLI CDLI 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 Artifacts

“NATN 947 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P121644.
NATN 947 artifact entry (No. P121644). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P121644 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 947 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P121644 (Accessed: April 13, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-13]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {NATN 947 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P121644},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P121644},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“NATN 947 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P121644.
NATN 947 artifact entry (No. P121644). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P121644 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 947 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P121644 (Accessed: April 13, 2026).
@misc{2024NATN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-13]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {NATN 947 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P121644},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P121644},
}

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DA  - 2024/7/23/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P121644
LB  - CDLI:P121644
M1  - 2026/4/13/
TI  - NATN 947 artifact entry
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ER  - 
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