NATN 744 (P124787)

Letter tablet & envelope 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

N 0527 + N 0529 + N 0530

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Letter

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. ur-{d}nuska!(<PA>.TUG2)-ra
2. u3-na-a-du11
3. a-ki-a-sa10-ta
4. mu-<mu>-sze3 1(bur3) GAN2
5. in-na-szum2
6. he2-sa6
reverse
1. na-be2-a
2. x-in-sa6
3. mu-mu-sze3 ki-mu he2-na
4. sza3-mu he2-ni-dab5
5. gen-nu-mu
seal 1
1. he2-sa6#
2. dumu lugal-ma2-gur8-re#
3. nu-banda3 [x]

Text content

Genre(s) Letter
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Seals

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

Seal Seal Number Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 002429 (composite) (P455139) S002429 Nippur (mod. Nuffar) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P124787

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet & envelope
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number N 0527 + N 0529 + N 0530
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 015199
Penn Museum (Penn) 571320 + 571321 + 571319
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) N.527 + N.529 + N.530

References

  • primary: NATN, 744

    [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.

    letter

  • history: OrNS 40, p.386-400, p. 396 11

    [Owen1971letter-orders] Owen, David I. 1971. “Ur III Letter-Orders from Nippur in the University Museum.” Orientalia NS 40: 386–400.

  • history: TCS 1, 279

    [Sollberger1966TCS1] Sollberger, Edmond. 1966. The Business and Administrative Correspondence under the Kings of Ur. Texts from Cuneiform Sources 1. Locust Valley, New York: J.J. Augustin.

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
2020-06-21 at 02:41:25 Jagersma, Bram Transliteration Jagersma, Bram CDLI Approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:53:20 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:28:06 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2009-06-03 at 10:38:15 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2008-01-03 at 19:04:04 Dahl, Jacob L. Transliteration Dahl, Jacob L. CDLI Approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“NATN 744 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P124787.
NATN 744 artifact entry (No. P124787). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P124787 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 744 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P124787 (Accessed: April 21, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-21]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {NATN 744 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P124787},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P124787},
}


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DA  - 2024/7/23/
PY  - 2024
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TI  - NATN 744 artifact entry
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Cite this Artifacts

“NATN 744 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P124787.
NATN 744 artifact entry (No. P124787). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P124787 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 744 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P124787 (Accessed: April 21, 2026).
@misc{2024NATN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-21]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {NATN 744 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P124787},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P124787},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/23/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P124787
LB  - CDLI:P124787
M1  - 2026/4/21/
TI  - NATN 744 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P124787
ER  -
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