Nisaba 27, 227 (P304065)

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

Museum Collection(s)

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

Museum Number

NCBT 02028

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

25.0 mm × 25.0 mm × 12.0 mm

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 5(disz) sila3 kasz 3(disz) sila3 ninda 3(disz) gin2 szum2 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga
2. puzur4-i3-li2
3. 5(disz) sila3 kasz 3(disz) sila3 ninda 3(disz) gin2 szum2 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga
4. e-la-ga
5. 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda 3(disz) gin2 szum2 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga
6. ku3-{d}nanna
7. 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda 3(disz) gin2 szum2 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga
8. a-a-kal-la
reverse
1. 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda 3(disz) gin2 szum2 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga
2. ma-asz2
3. 1(ban2) kasz 1(ban2) dabin 6(disz) gin2 i3
4. sa12-rig7 dumu lugal
5. giri3 {d}er3-ra-ba-ni
6. szunigin 2(ban2) 9(disz) sila3 kasz szunigin 1(ban2) 2(disz) sila3 ninda 1(ban2) dabin
7. szunigin 1(u) 5(disz) gin2 szum2 szunigin 1/3(disz) sila3 1(disz) gin2 i3
8. szunigin 1(u) gin2 naga
9. u4 2(u) 6(disz)-kam
  some text moved to next line
10. iti sig4-{gesz}i3-szub-ba-ga2-ra
  some text moved to next line
11. mu us2-sa {d}szu-{d}suen lugal <<lugal>> uri5{ki}-ma bad3 mar-tu mu-ri2-[iq]-ti-i3-di3-ni-im mu-du3#

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (messenger text)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Accounting Period

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P304065

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions 25.0 mm × 25.0 mm × 12.0 mm
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s) Newell Collections of Babylonian Tablets, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Museum Number NCBT 02028
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 073751
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC) BC-036574
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) NCBT.2028

References

  • primary: Nisaba 27, 227

    [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, 121

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

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-07-07 at 13:59:26 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-07-07 at 13:53:01 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-01-21 at 07:03:51 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2017-03-03 at 09:55:09 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2016-07-28 at 15:52:54 CDLI, CDLI Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2015-04-14 at 13:13:47 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2006-02-08 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata Englund, Robert K.; Guerra, Dylan; Middeke-Conlin, Robert; Pace, Carl Yale Babylonian Collection CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“Nisaba 27, 227 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 7, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P304065.
Nisaba 27, 227 artifact entry (No. P304065). (2024, July 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P304065 (Original work published 2006)
Nisaba 27, 227 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P304065 (Accessed: October 29, 2026).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P304065},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“Nisaba 27, 227 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 7, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P304065.
Nisaba 27, 227 artifact entry (No. P304065). (2024, July 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P304065 (Original work published 2006)
Nisaba 27, 227 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P304065 (Accessed: October 29, 2026).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 7},
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P304065},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P304065},
}


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