NATN 402 (P121100)

Administrative tablet & envelope excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), 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 13123 & CBS 13123A

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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tablet
obverse
1. 2(gesz2) 2(u) la2 1(disz) gu4 niga
2. 1(gesz2) 4(u) 8(disz) gu4
3. 1(u) 1(disz) ab2
4. 4(disz) gu4 amar ga
5. 1(gesz'u) 8(gesz2) 1(u) udu AB
6. 5(gesz2) 2(u) 3(disz) u8 AB
7. 1(gesz'u) 3(u) 4(disz) masz2 AB
8. 6(gesz2) 2(u) 5(disz) ud5 AB
reverse
1. gu4 udu esz3-esz3-sze3
2. mu-kux(DU) lugal
3. ki na-ra-am-i3-li2-ta
4. bala ur-{d}lamma ensi2 gir2-su{ki}-ka ba-an-zi
5. ka5-a-mu i3-dab5
  envelope has kiszib3 ka5-a-mu
6. iti sze-sag11-ku5-ta
7. iti diri sze-sag11-ku5-sze3
8. iti 2(disz)-kam
9. mu si-mu-ru-um{ki} u3 lu-lu-bu{ki} a-ra2 1(u) la2 1(disz)-kam-asz ba-hul
seal 1
1. ka5-a-mu
2. dumu i3-li2-mu
3. sipa na-gab2-tum

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, 402

    [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.

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  • Museum No.: CBS 13123 & CBS 13123A
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  • Provenience: Girsu (mod. Tello) [uncertain]
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šulgi.44.11.00, Šulgi.44.11d.00 (intercalated)
  • Alternative Years: SH25 SH32 IS03
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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
2011-07-22 at 13:47:55 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:24:36 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:22:55 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 000146 (composite) (P430245) Girsu (mod. Tello) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifact
“NATN 402 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P121100.
NATN 402 artifact entry (No. P121100). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P121100 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 402 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P121100 (Accessed: April 18, 2024).
@misc{2023NATN,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-04-18]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {NATN 402 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P121100},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P121100},
}

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