NATN 956 (P121653)

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 55-21-258

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Account of animals; 6x6 lines; 3.5x3.4)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(disz) udu
2. ki ur-{d}su4-an-na-ta
3. 1(disz) sila4
4. 1(disz) {munus}asz2-gar3
5. ki ar-szi-ah?-ta?!
reverse
1. 2(disz) udu x-x-ta
2. 2(disz) udu {gesz}kiri6 {d}szu-{d}suen-ta
3. giri3 szu-{d}utu
4. 1(disz) lu2-du10-ga

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (Account of animals; 6x6 lines; 3.5x3.4)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P121653

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number 3N-T0122
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number UM 55-21-258
Accession Number

External resources

References

  • primary: NATN, 956

    [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 956 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P121653.
NATN 956 artifact entry (No. P121653). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P121653 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 956 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P121653 (Accessed: May 3, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-03]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {NATN 956 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P121653},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P121653},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“NATN 956 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P121653.
NATN 956 artifact entry (No. P121653). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P121653 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 956 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P121653 (Accessed: May 3, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-03]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {NATN 956 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P121653},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P121653},
}

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DA  - 2024/7/23/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P121653
LB  - CDLI:P121653
M1  - 2026/5/3/
TI  - NATN 956 artifact entry
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ER  - 
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