NATN 002 (P120698)

Administrative 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 06141

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Has fragments Has seal impression(s)

tablet
obverse
1. 1(disz) 1/3(disz) ma-na ku3-babbar
2. siki-bi 2(u) gu2
3. ki ur-{d}da-mu-ta
4. {d}szu-{d}suen-nu-ur2-ma-ti-szu
5. szu ba-ti
reverse
1. igi lu2-sa6-ga lu2 azlag2
2. igi lu2-{d}nin-gir2-su
  blank space
3. iti masz-da3-ku5
  sic ku5
4. mu us2-sa {d}i-bi2-{d}suen lugal
envelope
obverse
1. 1(disz) 1/3(disz) ma-na ku3-babbar
2. siki-bi 2(u) gu2
3. ki ur-{d}da-mu#-ta#
4. {d}szu-{d}suen#-[nu-ur2]-ma#-ti-szu
5. szu# [ba-ti]
reverse
1. igi lu2-sa6-ga lu2 azlag2#
2. igi lu2-{d}nin-gir2-su
  blank space
3. iti masz-da3-gu7
5. mu {d}i-bi2-{d}suen lugal
seal 1
1. {d}szu-{d}suen-nu-ur2-ma-ti-is2-su2
2. ARAD2 gu-za-na

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
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  • This artifact is composed of fragments.
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  • primary: NATN, 2

    [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: PBS 13, 13

    [Legrain1922PBS13] Legrain, Léon. 1922. Historical Fragments. Publications of the Babylonian Section 13. University Museum, Pennsylvania.

  • history: PBS 14, 0287

    [Legrain1925PBS14] Legrain, Léon. 1925. The Culture of the Babylonians from Their Seals in the Collections of the Museum. Publications of the Babylonian Section 14.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: CBS 06141
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar) Provenience Comments:

    Ur calendar

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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Ibbi-Suen.01.02.00, Ibbi-Suen.02.02.00 (us2 year) (Reichskalender)
  • Alternative Years:
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  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
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
2014-08-17 at 13:23:27 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 10:29:39 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

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

Seal Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 005711 (composite) (P458421) Nippur (mod. Nuffar) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

General Notes: -
CDLI Notes:

P120698 leadP120698 lead

Cite this Artifact
“NATN 002 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P120698.
NATN 002 artifact entry (No. P120698). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P120698 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 002 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P120698 (Accessed: April 20, 2024).
@misc{2023NATN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-04-20]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {NATN 002 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P120698},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P120698},
}


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