NATN 017 (P120712)

Legal 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

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Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

CBS 07790a & CBS 07790 + N 0775

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Has fragments Has seal impression(s)

tablet
obverse
1. 2(disz) 1/2(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar
2. 1(asz) 1(barig) 4(ban2) sze gur-ta
3. ab-szi-ga2-ar
4. kislah ag2-e-de3
5. ki ur-li
6. dingir-ra-bi2
7. szu ba-ti
reverse
1. nam-1(u) ku-da-num2
2. uru4-e-de3
3. dingir-ra-bi2
4. ur-li in-na-szum2
5. mu lugal-bi in-na-pa3
6. 1(disz) ur-lugal
7. 1(disz) lugal-ma2-gur8-re
8. 1(disz) lu2-sa6-ga
9. lu2-inim-ma-bi-me
10. iti sig4-ga
  some text moved to next line
11. mu en {d}<inanna> unu{ki} ba-hun
envelope
obverse
1. 2(disz) 1/2(disz) gin2 ku3#-babbar#
2. 1(asz) 1(barig) 4(ban2) sze gur-ta#
3. ab-szi-gar
  blank space
4. kislah ag2-e-de3#
5. ki ur-li-ta
6. dingir-ra-bi2
7. szu ba-ti
reverse
1. a-sza3 nam-1(u) ku-da-num2
2. uru4-e-de3
3. dingir-ra-bi2
4. ur-li in-na-szum2
  blank space
  seal impression
5. mu lugal-bi in-pa3
6. 1(disz) ur-lugal
7. 1(disz) lugal-ma2-gur8-re#
8. 1(disz) lu2-sa6-ga
9. lu2-inim#-ma#-[bi-me]
10. iti sig4-ga#
left
1. mu en {d}inanna unu{ki}-ga [ba]-hun
seal 1
1. dingir-ra-bi2
2. dumu ni-e-e2-a

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 & envelope
  • Material: Clay
  • Measurements (mm):
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  • Artifact Preservation:
  • This artifact is composed of fragments.
  • Condition Description: tablet (CBS 07790a) & case (CBS 07790 + N 0775)
  • Join Information:
  • Seal no.:
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  • Artifact comments:

  • primary: NATN, 17

    [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.

  • history: AJSL 55, 316

    [Fish1938AJSL55] Fish, Thomas. 1938. “KI.UD on Ur III Tablets.” American Journal of Semitic Languages and Literatures 55 (3): 315–16.

  • history: MCS 2, 54

    [Fish1952MCS2] Fish, Thomas. 1952. Manchester Cuneiform Studies 2.

  • history: NATN, p. 56

    [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 (N 775)

  • citation: Steinkeller, Security for debt (2001), p. 56 no. 3

    [Steinkeller2001security] Steinkeller, Piotr. 2001. “The Ur III Period.” In Security for Debt in Ancient Near Eastern Law, edited by Raymond Westbrook and Richard Jasnow, 9:47–62. Culture and History of the Ancient Near East. Leiden: Brill.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: CBS 07790a & CBS 07790 + N 0775
  • Accession No.:

  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
  • Elevation:
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Ibbi-Suen.04.03.00
  • Alternative Years:
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  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-09-21 at 08:58:34 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-07-23 at 10:14:41 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
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 View
2021-07-26 at 13:23:23 Firth, Richard Atf Firth, Richard CDLI approved View
2017-10-13 at 15:03:18 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2013-06-12 at 17:46:24 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:47:16 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:24:12 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2009-06-03 at 10:29:41 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:22:47 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

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

Seal Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 002180 (composite) (P454890) Nippur (mod. Nuffar) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

General Notes: -
CDLI Notes:

Hattori diss. p. 392Hattori diss. p. 392

Cite this Artifact
“NATN 017 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 21, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P120712.
NATN 017 artifact entry (No. P120712). (2024, September 21). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P120712 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 017 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P120712 (Accessed: May 9, 2025).
@misc{2024NATN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-09]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 21},
	title = {NATN 017 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P120712},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P120712},
}


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