Nisaba 27, 033 (P407036)

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 1911.08.002

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

35.0 mm × 29.0 mm × 14.0 mm

tablet
obverse
1. 1(disz) dug dida 3(disz) sila3 kasz
2. 1(ban2) ninda 2(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga
3. 3(disz) gin2 szum2
4. e-zu-mi-szar gaba-asz
5. 1(disz) dug dida 3(disz) sila3 kasz
6. 1(ban2) ninda 2(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga
7. 3(disz) gin2 szum2
8. szu-i3-li2 gaba-asz
9. 3(disz) sila3 kasz saga 2(disz) sila3 ninda#
reverse
1. 2(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga
2. 1(disz) gin2 szum2
3. kal-la-mu gaba-ta
4. 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda
5. 2(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga
6. 1(disz) sa szum2 szu-zu gaba-ta
7. szunigin 2(disz) dug dida du 1(ban2)
8. szunigin 3(disz) sila3 kasz saga szunigin 1(ban2) la2 1(disz) kasz
9. szunigin 2(ban2) [4(disz)] sila3 ninda szunigin 8(disz) gin2 i3
10. szunigin 8(disz) gin2 naga szunigin 8(disz) gin2 szum2
11. u4 8(disz)-kam iti min-esz3#
12. mu {d}i-bi2-{d}suen# lugal

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
  • Measurements (mm): 35.0 high × 29.0 wide × 14.0 thick
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  • Condition Description: obv.-- badly cracked.
  • Join Information:
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  • Genre(s): Administrative (messenger text SM catalogue: messenger text--distribution of beer, bread etc)
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • primary: Nisaba 27, 33

    [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 1911.08.002
  • Accession No.: 07288 (SM catalogue: 2074)

  • Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Ibbi-Suen.01.07.08
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  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2017-03-03 at 09:54:58 Englund, Robert K. Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2015-04-14 at 13:13:38 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, 033 Artifact Entry.” 2010. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 4, 2010. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P407036.
Nisaba 27, 033 artifact entry (No. P407036). (2010, June 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P407036
Nisaba 27, 033 artifact entry (2010) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P407036 (Accessed: April 25, 2024).
@misc{2010Nisaba,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-04-25]},
	year = {2010},
	month = {jun 4},
	title = {Nisaba 27, 033 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P407036},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P407036},
}


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