Nisaba 27, 006 (P406979)

Administrative tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

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Museum Collection(s)

Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

Museum Number

SM 1911.06.033

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (messenger text SM catalogue: list of men who are given beer, bread, oil and soap)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

35.0 mm × 31.0 mm × 14.0 mm

tablet
obverse
1. 1(disz) szu-esz18-dar
2. 1(disz) suhusz-gi
3. 1(disz) tab-be-li2
4. 1(disz) usz-saga?
5. 1(disz) lu2-gi-na
6. 1(disz) ep-qu2-sza
7. 3(disz) sila3# kasz# saga# 2(disz) sila3 ninda-ta
8. 1(disz) a2#-bi2#-li2
9. 1(disz) ur#-mes
10. 1(disz) en-um-i3-li2
11. 1(disz) x-x-saga
12. 1(disz) lu2-{d}szul-gi-ra
13. 1(disz) ur-nigar{gar}
14. 1(disz) a-bu-du10
15. 1(disz) an-ne2
16. 1(disz) li-bur
17. 1(disz) ba-a-a
18. 1(disz) szu-lu-[lu]
19. 1(disz) lu2-dingir-ra
reverse
1. 1(disz) a-za-za
2. 1(disz) dan-num2
3. 1(disz) ku3-{d}nanna
4. 1(disz) szu-{d}dumu-zi
5. 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda-ta
6. 5(disz) gin2 szum2 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga-ta
7. szunigin 1(ban2) 8(disz) sila3 kasz saga szunigin 5(ban2) la2 2(disz) sila3 kasz
8. szunigin 4(ban2) 4(disz) sila3 ninda szunigin 1(disz) 5/6(disz) sila3 szum2
9. szunigin 1(disz) sila3 6(disz) gin2 i3#
10. 2/3(disz) sila3 4(disz) [gin2] naga
  erasure before 2/3
11. [u4] 2(u) 5(disz)-[kam]
  some text moved to next line
12. [iti] dal#
left
1.. mu# en {d}inanna masz2-e i3-pa3

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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): 35.0 high × 31.0 wide × 14.0 thick
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  • Condition Description: obv.-- gouge in center.
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  • Genre(s): Administrative (messenger text SM catalogue: list of men who are given beer, bread, oil and soap)
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • primary: Nisaba 27, 6

    [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.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: SM 1911.06.033
  • Accession No.: 07229 (SM catalogue: 2015)

  • Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Ibbi-Suen.02.05.25
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  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2017-03-03 at 09:55:14 Englund, Robert K. Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2015-06-14 at 18:24:40 Englund, Robert K. Atf Ozaki Tohru CDLI approved View
2015-06-14 at 18:19:59 Englund, Robert K. Atf Ozaki Tohru CDLI approved View
2015-04-14 at 13:13:37 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2010-06-04 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Ajango, Kelsey M.; Jones, Jillian; Notizia, Palmiro; Reynolds, Kathryn R. CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“Nisaba 27, 006 Artifact Entry.” 2010. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 4, 2010. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P406979.
Nisaba 27, 006 artifact entry (No. P406979). (2010, June 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P406979
Nisaba 27, 006 artifact entry (2010) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P406979 (Accessed: April 7, 2025).
@misc{2010Nisaba,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-04-07]},
	year = {2010},
	month = {jun 4},
	title = {Nisaba 27, 006 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P406979},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P406979},
}


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