NATN p. 49 catalogue (P256857)

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

Cite

Photo

Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

UM 29-16-333

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (List of liquors)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Administrative (List of liquors)
Language(s)	Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

CDLI number	P256857
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P256857

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation	fragment chip

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s)	Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number	UM 29-16-333
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS)	166994
Penn Museum (Penn)	567095
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	UM.29-16-333

References

primary: NATN, p. 49

[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.

catalogue

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-07-23 at 10:14:41	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-01-19 at 10:20:17	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2005-02-24 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Fitzgerald, Madeleine; Peterson, Jeremiah		CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“NATN p. 49 Catalogue Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P256857.

NATN p. 49 catalogue artifact entry (No. P256857). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P256857 (Original work published 2005)

NATN p. 49 catalogue artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P256857 (Accessed: May 3, 2026).

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Cite this Artifact

“NATN p. 49 Catalogue Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P256857.

NATN p. 49 catalogue artifact entry (No. P256857). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P256857 (Original work published 2005)

NATN p. 49 catalogue artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P256857 (Accessed: May 3, 2026).

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	year = {2024},
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P256857},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P256857},
}

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