NATN 024 (P120719)

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 07938

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (Receipt; wages in dates for hired worker)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Has seal impression(s)

tablet
obverse
1. 9(asz) 2(barig) gur zu2-lum
2. a2 lu2 hun-ga2-sze3
3. a2 gurusz 1(u) 3(barig) 1(ban2)-ta
4. ki lugal-he2-gal2-ta
reverse
1. ugula e2# [{d}]inanna#
2. [szu ba]-ti#
3. iti gan-gan-e3
4. u4 2(u) 2(disz) [zal]-la
5. mu {d}amar-{d}suen lugal-am3
envelope
obverse
1. 9(asz) 2(barig) gur zu2-lum
  blank space
2. a2# lu2 hun-ga2-sze3 a2 gurusz 1(u) [3(barig)] 1(ban2)-ta
3. ki lugal-he2-gal2-ta
4. ugula e2 {d}inanna-ke4
5. szu ba-ti
reverse
  broken
seal 1
1. ur-{d}szul-pa-e3
2. dub-sar
3. dumu lu2-{d}inanna

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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  • primary: NATN, 24

    [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: Steinkeller, BiMep 6, p. 42,

    [sec15403] N.d.

  • history: JCS 39 (pp. 197-240), 222f, n. 39

    [Zettler1987JCS39] Zettler, Richard L. 1987. “Sealings as Artifacts of Institutional Administration in Ancient Mesopotamia.” Journal of Cuneiform Studies 39: 197–240.

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  • Museum No.: CBS 07938
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar) [uncertain]
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Amar-Suen.01.09.24
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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
2021-07-26 at 13:23:46 Firth, Richard Atf Firth, Richard CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:47:17 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:24:13 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2009-06-03 at 10:29:42 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 005393 (composite) (P458103) Nippur (mod. Nuffar) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifact
“NATN 024 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P120719.
NATN 024 artifact entry (No. P120719). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P120719 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 024 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P120719 (Accessed: March 29, 2024).
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	title = {NATN 024 artifact entry},
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}

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