Nisaba 27, 177 (P304116)

Administrative tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Newell Collections of Babylonian Tablets, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

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Newell Collections of Babylonian Tablets, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Museum Number

NCBT 02079

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (messenger text)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

31.0 mm × 26.0 mm × 13.0 mm

tablet
obverse
1. 5(disz) sila3 kasz saga 3(disz) sila3 ninda
2. 2(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga
3. 1(disz) sa szum2
4. ur-{d}suen sukkal KA-us2-sa2-sze3
5. 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda
6. 2(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga 1(disz) sa szum2
7. puzur4-esz18-dar gaba-ta
8. 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda
9. 2(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga 1(disz) sa szum2
10. zu-na-na KA-us2-sa2-sze3
11. 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda
12. 2(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga
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1. 1(disz) sa szum2
2. ur-{gesz}gigir KA-us2-sa2-sze3
3. szunigin 5(disz) sila3 kasz saga
4. szunigin 1(ban2) la2 1(disz) sila3 kasz du
5. szunigin 1(ban2) la2 1(disz) sila3 ninda
6. szunigin 8(disz) gin2 i3 szunigin 8(disz) gin2 naga
7. szunigin 4(disz) sa szum2
8. u4 1(u) 8(disz)-kam
9. iti dal
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10. mu us2-sa {d}szu-{d}suen lugal-e bad3 mar-tu mu-du3

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Consult sign list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Consult word list of Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
  • Measurements (mm): 31.0 high × 26.0 wide × 13.0 thick
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  • primary: Nisaba 27, 177

    [Borrelli2015Nisaba27] Borrelli, Noemi. 2015. The Umma Messenger Texts from the Harvard Semitic Museum and the Yale Babylonian Collection, Part 1. Nisaba 27. Winona Lake, Indiana: Eisenbrauns.

  • history: Yale Messenger, 448

    [McNeil1970YaleMessenger] McNeil, Robert Clayton. 1970. “The ‘Messenger Texts’ of the Third Ur Dynasty.” Phdthesis, University of Pennsylvania.

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  • Museum No.: NCBT 02079
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  • Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.05.05.18
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-07-07 at 13:59:26 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-07-07 at 13:53:01 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-01-21 at 07:03:51 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2017-03-03 at 09:55:11 Englund, Robert K. Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2016-07-28 at 15:46:44 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2015-04-14 at 13:13:44 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-02-08 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Englund, Robert K.; Guerra, Dylan; Middeke-Conlin, Robert; Pace, Carl Yale Babylonian Collection CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“Nisaba 27, 177 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 7, 2024. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P304116.
Nisaba 27, 177 artifact entry (No. P304116). (2024, July 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P304116 (Original work published 2006)
Nisaba 27, 177 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P304116 (Accessed: July 27, 2024).
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	title = {Nisaba 27, 177 artifact entry},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P304116},
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