OrNS 40, 387 01 (P124779)
Letter 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
CBS 08355Period
Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)Provenience
Nippur (mod. Nuffar)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
LetterLanguage(s)
SumerianMeasurements
-Has seal impression(s)
obverse
1. lugal-a2-zi-da
2. u3-na-a-du11
3. 3(ban2) naga
4. he2-na-szum2-mu
reverse
blank space
seal impression
seal 1
column 1
1. {d}i-bi2-{d}suen
2. lugal kal-ga
3. lugal uri5{ki}-ma
column 2
1. {d}szul-gi#-{d}utu-[szi]
2. aga3-us2-[gal-gal]
3. dumu ni-mu#
4. ARAD2-zu#
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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primary: OrNS 40, p.386-400, p. 387 1
[Owen1971letter-orders] Owen, David I. 1971. “Ur III Letter-Orders from Nippur in the University Museum.” Orientalia NS 40: 386–400.letter
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history: Michalowski Letters, 114:230
[Michalowski1993Letters] Michalowski, Piotr. 1993. Letters from Early Mesopotamia. Vol. 3. Writings from the Ancient World.
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- Museum No.: CBS 08355
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- Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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- Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
- Dates Referenced: Ibbi-Suen.00.00.00
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| Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
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| 2024-07-04 at 08:40:46 | Firth, Richard | Artifact, Other Entity | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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| 2024-07-04 at 08:39:26 | Firth, Richard | Artifact, Other Entity | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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| 2023-01-19 at 09:57:24 | Pagé-Perron, Émilie | Artifact | Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie | Electronic Babylonian Library | Pagé-Perron, Émilie | approved |
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| 2016-07-27 at 17:20:03 | Englund, Robert K. | Atf | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | approved |
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| 2013-07-22 at 17:28:26 | Englund, Robert K. | Atf | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | approved |
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| 2011-07-22 at 13:53:20 | Englund, Robert K. | Atf | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | approved |
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| 2011-05-02 at 14:28:06 | Englund, Robert K. | Atf | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | approved |
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| 2009-06-03 at 10:38:15 | Englund, Robert K. | Atf | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | approved |
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| 2006-10-12 at 12:24:18 | CDLI | Atf | CDLI | CDLI | approved |
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| 2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 | CDLI | Artifact | CDLI | CDLI | approved |
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Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:
- Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (016636) (016636)
- Penn Museum (521859) (521859)
- Electronic Babylonian Library (CBS.8355) (CBS.8355)
This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):
| Seal | Provenience | Period | Date |
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| CDLI Seals 005927 (composite) (P458637) | Nippur (mod. Nuffar) | Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) |
Cite this Artifact
@misc{2024OrNS,
note = {[Online; accessed 2025-08-05]},
year = {2024},
month = {jul 4},
title = {OrNS 40, 387 01 artifact entry},
url = {https://cdli.earth/P124779},
howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P124779},
}
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