NATN 846 (P121543)

Letter 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

UM 55-21-111

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Letter (Letter order for the delivery of wool and sheep)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Has seal impression(s)

tablet
obverse
  ((in a jar)
1. lu2-uru11{ki}
2. u3-na-a-du11
3. 1(gesz2) 2(u) udu masz2 hi-a
4. na-sa6-ke4
5. he2-na-ab-szum2-mu
reverse
1. 3(u) gu2 siki
2. bar-ta i3-gal2
3. {d}utu-GIR2@g-gal-ra
4. he2-na-ab-be2
5. ha-ba-an-tum3
seal 1
column 1
1. {d}szul-gi
2. nita kal-ga
3. lugal uri5{ki}-ma
column 2
1. lugal an-ub-da limmu2-ba
2. {d}lamma-igi-du
3. ra2-gaba#
4. ARAD2-[zu]

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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  • Genre(s): Letter (Letter order for the delivery of wool and sheep)
  • Language(s): Sumerian


  • primary: NATN, 846

    [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: OrNS 40, p.386-400, p. 392 6

    [Owen1971letter-orders] Owen, David I. 1971. “Ur III Letter-Orders from Nippur in the University Museum.” Orientalia NS 40: 386–400.

  • history: Michalowski, Piotr, Letters 108 213,

    [sec15665] N.d.

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  • Museum No.: UM 55-21-111
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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  • Excavation No: 2N-T0638
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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
2018-08-23 at 08:56:45 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2016-07-28 at 16:35:38 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:48:38 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:25:06 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:23:07 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

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

Seal Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 000156 (composite) (P430255) Puzriš-Dagan (mod. Drehem) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifact
“NATN 846 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P121543.
NATN 846 artifact entry (No. P121543). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P121543 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 846 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P121543 (Accessed: March 28, 2024).
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	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {NATN 846 artifact entry},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P121543},
}

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