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

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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)

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

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: Envelope Artifact type comments:

    envelope

  • Material: Clay
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  • Artifact Preservation: fragment
  • Condition Description: center
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  • Artifact comments:

    envelope

  • 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.

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  • Museum No.: N 0807
  • Accession No.:

  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-07-23 at 10:14:41 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
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
2020-09-22 at 11:33:29 Firth, Richard Atf Firth, Richard CDLI approved View
2019-10-01 at 12:56:12 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Atf Pagé-Perron, Émilie CDLI approved View
2018-02-08 at 11:51:10 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2017-01-16 at 03:23:32 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
CDLI Seals 004689 (composite) (P457399) Nippur (mod. Nuffar) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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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: August 8, 2025).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {NATN p. 57 catalogue {N} 0807 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P275968},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P275968},
}


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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: August 8, 2025).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {NATN p. 57 catalogue {N} 0807 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P275968},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P275968},
}


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