Nisaba 27, 014 (P407015)

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 1911.06.071

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: messenger text--distribution of beer, bread etc)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

31.0 mm × 30.0 mm × 15.0 mm

tablet
obverse
1. 5(disz) sila3 kasz 5(disz) sila3 ninda 5(disz) gin2 szum2 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga
2. lu2-{d}szara2
3. 5(disz) sila3 kasz saga 5(disz) sila3 ninda 5(disz) gin2 szum2 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga
4. ma-at-i3-li2
5. 5(disz) sila3 kasz saga 5(disz) sila3 ninda 5(disz) gin2 szum2 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga
6. i3-li2-ba-ni
7. 5(disz) sila3 kasz 5(disz) sila3 ninda 5(disz) gin2 szum2 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga
8. a-bu-du10
9. 5(disz) sila3 [kasz 5(disz)] sila3# ninda 5(disz) gin2 szum2 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga
10. [lu2]-sza-lim
11. 5(disz) sila3 [kasz 5(disz) sila3 ninda] 5(disz) gin2 szum2 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga
12. mu-mu
13. 5(disz) sila3 kasz 5(disz) sila3 ninda 5(disz) gin2 szum2 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga
14. dingir-a-zu
15. 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda 5(disz) gin2 szum2 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga
16. a-a-mu
17. 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda 5(disz) gin2 szum2 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga
reverse
1. szu-lu-lu
2. 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda 5(disz) gin2 szum2 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga
3. a-hi-ba-asz-ti
4. 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda 5(disz) gin2 szum2 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga
5. da-ba-ti
6. 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda 5(disz) gin2 szum2 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga
7. ka5-a
8. 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda 5(disz) gin2 szum2 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga
9. puzur4-szu-ni
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10. szunigin 1(ban2) kasz saga szunigin 4(ban2) 3(disz) sila3 kasz du
11. szunigin 4(ban2) 7(disz) sila3 ninda szunigin 1(disz) sila3 5(disz) gin2 szum2
12. szunigin 1/2(disz) sila3 9(disz) gin2 i3 szunigin 1/3(disz) sila3 6(disz) gin2 naga
13. u4 1(u) 4(disz)-kam
  some text moved to next line
14. iti nesag
  some text moved to next line
15. mu us2-sa si-ma-num2{ki} ba-hul

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
  • Material: Clay
  • Measurements (mm): 31.0 high × 30.0 wide × 15.0 thick
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  • Condition Description: obv.-- gouge on left side.
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  • Genre(s): Administrative (messenger text SM catalogue: messenger text--distribution of beer, bread etc)
  • Language(s): Sumerian


  • primary: Nisaba 27, 14

    [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 1911.06.071
  • Accession No.: 07267 (SM catalogue: 2053)

  • Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.04.04.14
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  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2017-03-03 at 09:55:18 Englund, Robert K. Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2016-07-28 at 15:46:14 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2016-01-08 at 13:53:48 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2015-06-15 at 15:32:28 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, 014 Artifact Entry.” 2010. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 4, 2010. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P407015.
Nisaba 27, 014 artifact entry (No. P407015). (2010, June 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P407015
Nisaba 27, 014 artifact entry (2010) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P407015 (Accessed: March 29, 2024).
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	year = {2010},
	month = {jun 4},
	title = {Nisaba 27, 014 artifact entry},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P407015},
}

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