Nisaba 27, 019 (P407020)

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

Museum Number

SM 1911.06.076

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--beer, bread etc for sukkals ("secretaries") and others.)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

30.0 mm × 29.0 mm × 12.0 mm

tablet
obverse
1. 5(disz) sila3 kasz saga 3(disz) sila3 [ninda sig15 ...]
2. 5(disz) sila3 kasz saga 3(disz) sila3 ninda sig15 [...]
3. 5(disz) sila3 kasz saga 3(disz) sila3 ur-masz
4. 5(disz) sila3 kasz saga 3(disz) sila3 me-pa-e3#
5. 5(disz) sila3 kasz saga 3(disz) sila3 sze-[li-bu]-um
6. 5(disz) sila3 kasz saga 3(disz) sila3 ha-ha-sza#
7. 5(disz) sila3 kasz saga 3(disz) sila3 la-qi3-ip
8. sukkal-me
9. 3(disz) sila3 kasz saga 2(disz) sila3 ninda ur-{d}iszkur
10. 3(disz) sila3 kasz saga 2(disz) sila3 na-am3-ri2-lum
11. 3(disz) sila3 kasz saga 2(disz) sila3 szu-sa6
12. 3(disz) sila3 kasz du 2(disz) sila3 ninda a-bu-szu-[...]
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1. 3(disz) sila3 kasz du 2(disz) sila3 du [...]
2. 3(disz) sila3 kasz du 2(disz) sila3 ninda [...]
3. lu2 maszkim-[me]
4. 5(disz) sila3 kasz [...]
5. 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz)# gin2 naga# 5(disz) gin2 szum2#
6. szunigin 4(ban2) 2(disz) sila3 [kasz saga]
7. szunigin 1(ban2) 6(disz) sila3 kasz [du]
8. szunigin 6(disz) sila3 [ninda sig15 szunigin ... sila3 ninda]
9. szunigin 3(ban2) 2(disz) sila3 [...]
10. szunigin [...] gin2 [...]
11. [iti ...]
12. mu [...]

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): 30.0 high × 29.0 wide × 12.0 thick
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  • Condition Description: rev.-- many gouges.
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  • Genre(s): Administrative (messenger text SM catalogue: messenger text--beer, bread etc for sukkals ("secretaries") and others.)
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • primary: Nisaba 27, 19

    [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.

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  • Museum No.: SM 1911.06.076
  • Accession No.: 07272 (SM catalogue: 2058)

  • Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2017-03-03 at 09:55:20 Englund, Robert K. Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2015-06-15 at 15:37:54 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, 019 Artifact Entry.” 2010. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 4, 2010. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P407020.
Nisaba 27, 019 artifact entry (No. P407020). (2010, June 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P407020
Nisaba 27, 019 artifact entry (2010) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P407020 (Accessed: April 26, 2024).
@misc{2010Nisaba,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-04-26]},
	year = {2010},
	month = {jun 4},
	title = {Nisaba 27, 019 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P407020},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P407020},
}


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