NATN p. 49 catalogue (P256858)

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

Photo

Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

UM 29-16-334

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Receipt; seals)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
1. [...] du
2. [... n] 3(ban2)
3. [ki x-{d}]nin-szubur-ta
4. [lugal-amar]-ku3
5. [szu ba]-ti
reverse
1. [iti] diri sze-sag11-ku5
  blank space
  seal impression
2. mu us2-sa {d}szu-{d}suen lugal-e bad3 mar-tu mu-du3
seal 1
column 1
1. [{d}szu-{d}]suen#
2. [lugal] kal-[ga]
3. [lugal uri5{ki}-ma]
4. lugal [an-ub-da limmu2-ba]
5. lugal-[amar-ku3[
column 2
1. [dub-sar]
2. [dumu lugal-ma2-gur8-re]
3. [iszib {d}nin-urta]
4. [ARAD2]-zu

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (Receipt; seals)
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 006002 (composite) (P458712) S006002 Nippur (mod. Nuffar) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P256858

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
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 UM 29-16-334
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 166995
Penn Museum (Penn) 567096
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) UM.29-16-334

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

  • history: Hattori diss., p. 291 (seal)

    [Hattori2002diss] Hattori, Atsuko. 2002. “Texts and Impressions: A Holistic Approach to Ur III Cuneiform Tablets from the University of Pennsylvania Expeditions to Nippur.” Phdthesis, University of Pennsylvania.

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
2024-06-12 at 09:25:16 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
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 View
2020-08-26 at 11:34:52 Firth, Richard Transliteration Firth, Richard CDLI Approved View
2005-02-24 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Fitzgerald, Madeleine; Peterson, Jeremiah CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“NATN p. 49 Catalogue Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P256858.
NATN p. 49 catalogue artifact entry (No. P256858). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P256858 (Original work published 2005)
NATN p. 49 catalogue artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P256858 (Accessed: April 22, 2026).
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Cite this Artifacts

“NATN p. 49 Catalogue Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P256858.
NATN p. 49 catalogue artifact entry (No. P256858). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P256858 (Original work published 2005)
NATN p. 49 catalogue artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P256858 (Accessed: April 22, 2026).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P256858},
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M1  - 2026/4/22/
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