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NATN 976 (P121673)

Administrative tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq

Metadata / catalogue

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Text / annotations

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Chemical Data

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Lineart

Museum Collection(s)

National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq

Museum Number

IM 058410

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. [...]
2. 2(u) gur szum2 u3-ma-ni aktum2
3. x-lu-an-ka
reverse
blank space
seal 1
1. lu2-{d}suen
2. dub-sar
3. dumu ur-nigar{gar}

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)

Collections

National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
Measurements (mm):
Weight:
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Condition Description:
Join Information:
Seal no.:
Seal information:
Artifact comments:

Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

primary: NATN, 976

[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.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: IM 058410
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Elevation:
Stratigraphic Level:
Excavation No: 3N-T0277
Findspot Square:
Findspot Comments:

Chronology

Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Dates Referenced: --.--.00.00
Alternative Years:
Date Comments:
Accounting Period:

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2024-07-23 at 10:14:41	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2011-07-22 at 13:48:51	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	Approved
2011-05-02 at 14:25:14	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	Approved
2009-06-03 at 10:33:05	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	Approved
2006-10-12 at 12:23:09	CDLI	Transliteration	CDLI	CDLI	Approved
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	CDLI	CDLI	Approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (025844) (025844)

Seals

This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
CDLI Seals 003244 (composite) (P455954)	Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)	Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Notes

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Cite this Artifacts

“NATN 976 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P121673.

NATN 976 artifact entry (No. P121673). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P121673 (Original work published 2001)

NATN 976 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P121673 (Accessed: January 27, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-27]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {NATN 976 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P121673},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P121673},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“NATN 976 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P121673.

NATN 976 artifact entry (No. P121673). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P121673 (Original work published 2001)

NATN 976 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P121673 (Accessed: January 27, 2026).

@misc{2024NATN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-27]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {NATN 976 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P121673},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P121673},
}

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PY  - 2024
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M1  - 2026/1/27/
TI  - NATN 976 artifact entry
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