NATN 250 (P120948)

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 09178 & CBS 09178A

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

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Has seal impression(s)

tablet
obverse
1. 1(u) 8(disz) gin2 ku3 ur5-sze3
2. ki ur-{d}szul-pa-e3-ta
3. lu2-{d}inanna
4. szu ba-ti
reverse
1. iti kin-{d}inanna
2. u4 3(u) ba-zal
3. mu si-mu-ru-um{ki} ba-hul
4. iti# sig4#
  some text moved to next line
5. mu us2-a si-mu-ru-um{ki}
6. szum2-mu-dam
envelope
obverse
1. 1(u) 8(disz) gin2 ku3 ur5-sze3#
2. ki ur-{d}szul-pa-e3-ta
3. lu2-{d}inanna
4. szu ba-ti
5. iti kin-{d}inanna
6. u4 3(u) ba-zal
reverse
1. mu si-mu-ru-um{ki} ba-hul
  blank space
  seal impression
2. iti sig4!-a
  some text moved to next line
5. mu us2-a si-mu-ru-um{ki}
6. szum2-mu-dam
seal 1
1. lu2-{d}inanna
2. dub-sar
3. dumu ga-ti-le

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, 250

    [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: Fish, Iraq 05 (1938), 170 10,

    [sec15508] N.d.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: CBS 09178 & CBS 09178A
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Ibbi-Suen.03.06.30, Ibbi-Suen.04.03.00 (us2 year)
  • Alternative Years: SH25 SH32 SH44
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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
2016-04-02 at 21:41:04 Englund, Robert K. Atf Ozaki Tohru CDLI approved View
2015-09-07 at 08:16:25 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2015-08-07 at 10:30:08 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2014-05-14 at 12:52:52 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-07-22 at 13:47:37 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2011-05-02 at 14:24:27 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-10-12 at 12:22:52 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 003111 (composite) (P455821) Nippur (mod. Nuffar) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

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Cite this Artifact
“NATN 250 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P120948.
NATN 250 artifact entry (No. P120948). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P120948 (Original work published 2001)
NATN 250 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P120948 (Accessed: March 28, 2024).
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	year = {2023},
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	title = {NATN 250 artifact entry},
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}

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