N 0636 (P275798)

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

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Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

N 0636

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Receipt; seals; 5 lines)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Has seal impression(s)

tablet
obverse
1. 6(disz) gin2# [ku3?-babbar?]
2. ki ur-{d}EN#-[...]
3. lugal-he2-gal2#
4. szu ba-ti
5. iti NE-NE#-[gar]
reverse
  broken
seal 1
1. lugal-[he2?-gal2?]
2. dumu e2-[...]
3. TUK? AB {d}EN-[...]

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
  • Measurements (mm):
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  • Artifact Preservation: fragment
  • Condition Description: obv. , left side
  • Join Information:
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  • Seal information:

    Hattori: 1. lugal-[be2-gal2?], 2. dumu e2-[...] 3. TUK?-AB-de[n-...]?

  • Artifact comments:

  • history: Hattori diss., p. 296 (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.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: N 0636
  • Accession No.:

  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-06-12 at 09:25:16 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-01-21 at 07:48:15 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2021-08-06 at 10:40:17 Firth, Richard Atf Firth, Richard CDLI approved View
2005-10-24 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Fitzgerald, Madeleine; Peterson, Jeremiah Penn Museum CDLI approved View

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

Seal Provenience Period Date
dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185) - -

General Notes: -
CDLI Notes: -
Cite this Artifact
“N 0636 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 12, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P275798.
N 0636 artifact entry (No. P275798). (2024, June 12). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P275798 (Original work published 2005)
N 0636 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P275798 (Accessed: May 7, 2025).
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	month = {jun 12},
	title = {N 0636 artifact entry},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P275798},
}


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