NATN p. 57 catalogue N 0807 (P275968)

Administrative 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

Photo

Museum Collection(s)

Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

N 0807

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Administrative; seals; Drehem calendar; 4 lines)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
  (reading from impression on inner envelope surface)
  beginning broken
1'. 1(asz) 1(barig) 1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 x
2'. 4(u) 9(disz)? a2-{d}x
3'. 1(disz) gir-x-x [...]
4'. 1(disz) sila3? x x [...]
5'. [...]
  rest broken
reverse
  broken
envelope
obverse
  broken
reverse
  beginning broken
1'. [...] x x x [x]
2'. [u2]-sze3-he2-du kiszib3? in-da-[x]
  blank space
  seal impression
3'. [iti] ezem-me-[ki-gal2]
4'. [mu ...]
seal 1
1. u2-<sze3>-he2-du#
2. dumu {d}inanna-ka

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (Administrative; seals; Drehem calendar; 4 lines)
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 004689 (composite) (P457399) S004689 Nippur (mod. Nuffar) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P275968

Physical information

envelope

Artifact type Envelope
envelope
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation fragment
center

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s) Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number N 0807
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 166858
Penn Museum (Penn) 569549
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) N.807

References

  • primary: NATN, p. 57

    [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 807

  • history: Hattori diss., p. 325 (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
2023-01-21 at 07:48:15 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2020-09-22 at 11:33:29 Firth, Richard Transliteration Firth, Richard CDLI Approved View
2019-10-01 at 12:56:12 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Transliteration Pagé-Perron, Émilie CDLI Approved View
2018-02-08 at 11:51:10 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI Approved View
2017-01-16 at 03:23:32 Firth, Richard Transliteration Firth, Richard CDLI Approved View
2005-10-24 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Fitzgerald, Madeleine; Peterson, Jeremiah Penn Museum CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“NATN p. 57 Catalogue N 0807 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P275968.
NATN p. 57 catalogue N 0807 artifact entry (No. P275968). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P275968 (Original work published 2005)
NATN p. 57 catalogue N 0807 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P275968 (Accessed: May 3, 2026).
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Cite this Artifact

“NATN p. 57 Catalogue N 0807 Artifact Entry.” (2005) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P275968.
NATN p. 57 catalogue N 0807 artifact entry (No. P275968). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P275968 (Original work published 2005)
NATN p. 57 catalogue N 0807 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P275968 (Accessed: May 3, 2026).
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