Nisaba 27, 138 (P304041)

Administrative tablet excavated in Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Newell Collections of Babylonian Tablets, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

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Newell Collections of Babylonian Tablets, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Museum Number

NCBT 02004

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (messenger text)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

37.0 mm × 33.0 mm × 13.0 mm

tablet
obverse
1. 5(disz) sila3 kasz 3(disz) sila3 ninda 3(disz) gin2 szum2 3(disz) gin2 i3
2. puzur4-{d}suen 2(disz) gin2 naga
3. 5(disz) sila3 kasz 3(disz) sila3 ninda 3(disz) gin2 szum2 3(disz) gin2 i3
4. nu-ur2-{d}iszkur 2(disz) gin2 naga
5. 5(disz) sila3 kasz 3(disz) sila3 ninda 3(disz) gin2 szum2 3(disz) gin2 i3
6. i-ti-a 2(disz) gin2# naga
7. 5(disz) sila3 kasz 3(disz) sila3 ninda 3(disz) gin2 szum2 3(disz) gin2 i3
8. szu-{d}er3-ra 2(disz) gin2 naga
9. 5(disz) sila3 kasz 3(disz) sila3 ninda 3(disz) gin2 szum2 3(disz) gin2 i3
10. a-hu-szu-ni 2(disz) gin2 naga
11. 5(disz) sila3 kasz 3(disz) sila3 ninda 3(disz) gin2 szum2 3(disz) gin2 i3
12. ka5-a-mu 2(disz) gin2 naga
13. 5(disz) sila3 kasz 3(disz) sila3 ninda 3(disz) gin2 szum2 3(disz) gin2 i3
14. lu2-{d}suen 2(disz) gin2 naga
15. 5(disz) sila3 kasz 3(disz) sila3 ninda 3(disz) gin2 szum2 3(disz) gin2 i3
16. u-bar 2(disz) gin2 naga
reverse
1. 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda 3(disz) gin2 szum2 3(disz) du i3 2(disz) gin2 naga
2. al-la-mu
3. 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda 3(disz) gin2 szum2 3(disz) du i3 2(disz) gin2 naga
4. a-da-lal3
5. 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda 3(disz) gin2 szum2 3(disz) gin2
6. szu-{d}iszkur i3 2(disz) gin2 naga
7. 1(ban2) kasz 1(ban2) zi3 1(u) gin2 i3 ur-{d}nansze
8. szunigin# 5(ban2)# 9(disz) sila3 kasz saga szunigin 3(ban2) ninda 1(ban2) dabin
9. szunigin 1/2(disz) sila3 3(disz) gin2 szum2 szunigin 2/3(disz) sila3 3(disz) gin2 i3 szunigin 1/3(disz) sila3 2(disz) gin2 naga
10. u4 2(u) la2 1(disz)-kam
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11. iti sze-sag11-ku5
12. mu us2-sa {d}szu-{d}suen lugal-e bad3 mar-tu mu-du3-a mu us2-sa-bi

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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): 37.0 high × 33.0 wide × 13.0 thick
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  • primary: Nisaba 27, 138

    [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.

  • history: Yale Messenger, 077

    [McNeil1970YaleMessenger] McNeil, Robert Clayton. 1970. “The ‘Messenger Texts’ of the Third Ur Dynasty.” Phdthesis, University of Pennsylvania.

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  • Museum No.: NCBT 02004
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  • Provenience: Umma (mod. Tell Jokha)
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  • Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Šū-Suen.06.01.19
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-07-07 at 13:59:26 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-07-07 at 13:53:01 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-01-21 at 07:03:51 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2017-03-03 at 09:54:59 Englund, Robert K. Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2016-07-28 at 15:46:37 CDLI Atf CDLI CDLI approved View
2016-01-01 at 17:07:48 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2015-04-14 at 13:13:42 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-02-08 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Englund, Robert K.; Guerra, Dylan; Middeke-Conlin, Robert; Pace, Carl Yale Babylonian Collection CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact

“Nisaba 27, 138 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 7, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P304041.
Nisaba 27, 138 artifact entry (No. P304041). (2024, July 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P304041 (Original work published 2006)
Nisaba 27, 138 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P304041 (Accessed: August 22, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-08-22]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 7},
	title = {Nisaba 27, 138 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P304041},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P304041},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“Nisaba 27, 138 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 7, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P304041.
Nisaba 27, 138 artifact entry (No. P304041). (2024, July 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P304041 (Original work published 2006)
Nisaba 27, 138 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P304041 (Accessed: August 22, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-08-22]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 7},
	title = {Nisaba 27, 138 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P304041},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P304041},
}


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DA  - 2024/7/7/
PY  - 2024
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LB  - CDLI:P304041
M1  - 2025/8/22/
TI  - Nisaba 27, 138 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P304041
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