Nik 2, 054 (P215835)

Legal tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC) period and now kept in Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow, Russian Federation

Cite

Lineart

Museum Collection(s)

Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow, Russian Federation

Museum Number

GMII —

Period

Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)

Provenience

Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Venta de 1 mula del ensi.)

Language(s)

Measurements

Text

tablet
obverse
1. [1(disz)?] eme3 kunga2
2. ansze u2-KWU333 ensi2-ka
3. esz3-me-bi nu-banda3
4. ku3-bi 1/2(disz) ma-na
5. ensi2-ra e-na-ba
6. [ugula?] e2-gal-ke4
reverse
1. e-na-szum2
2. ur-BI dub-sar-e
3. mu-de6
4. ansze dun-a
5. [...]-ni sipa ansze-ka-kam
6. [...] mu [...]

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)
Consult word list of Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)

Text content

Genre(s)	Legal (Venta de 1 mula del ensi.)
Language(s)

Chronology

Period	Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)
Dates Referenced
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P215835
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P215835

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience	Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow, Russian Federation
Museum Number	GMII —
Accession Number

References

primary: Nik 2, 054

[Nikol'skij1915Nik2] Nikol’skij, Mikhail V. 1915. Dokumenty Chozjajstvennoj Otcetnosti Drevnejšej Epochi Chaldei Iz Sobranija N.P. Lichaceva Cast’ II: Epoch Dinastii Agade i Epocha Dinastii Ura. Vol. 5. Drevnosti Vostocnya. Moscow.
history: USP, -

[Foster1982USP] Foster, Benjamin R. 1982. Umma in the Sargonic Period. Memoirs of the Connecticut Academy of Arts & Sciences, Volume 20. Hamden, Connecticut: Archon Books.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2024-07-02 at 07:21:01	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-07-02 at 07:16:57	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2021-01-25 at 06:35:52	Lafont, Bertrand	Transliteration	Ozaki Tohru	CDLI, CDLI	Approved
2012-11-16 at 12:05:31	Brumfield, Sara	Transliteration	Brumfield, Sara	CDLI, CDLI	Approved
2006-10-12 at 12:33:55	CDLI, CDLI	Transliteration	CDLI, CDLI	CDLI, CDLI	Approved
1970-01-01 at 00:00:00	CDLI, CDLI	Artifact metadata	Ajango, Kelsey M.; Englund, Robert K.; Friberg, Jöran; Goetze, Albrecht; Kienast, Burkhart; Kraus, Nicholas	CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“Nik 2, 054 Artifact Entry.” (1970) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 2, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P215835.

Nik 2, 054 artifact entry (No. P215835). (2024, July 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P215835 (Original work published 1970)

Nik 2, 054 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P215835 (Accessed: October 8, 2026).

@misc{2024Nik,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-08]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 2},
	title = {Nik 2, 054 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P215835},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P215835},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/2/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P215835
LB  - CDLI:P215835
M1  - 2026/10/8/
TI  - Nik 2, 054 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P215835
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“Nik 2, 054 Artifact Entry.” (1970) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 2, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P215835.

Nik 2, 054 artifact entry (No. P215835). (2024, July 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P215835 (Original work published 1970)

Nik 2, 054 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P215835 (Accessed: October 8, 2026).

@misc{2024Nik,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-08]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 2},
	title = {Nik 2, 054 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P215835},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P215835},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/2/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P215835
LB  - CDLI:P215835
M1  - 2026/10/8/
TI  - Nik 2, 054 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P215835
ER  -