Nisaba 27, 237 (P304099)

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 02062

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

29.0 mm × 27.0 mm × 11.0 mm

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 5(disz) sila3 kasz 3(disz) sila3 ninda 5(disz) gin2 szum2 2(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga
2. szu-{d}en-lil2
3. 5(disz) sila3 kasz 3(disz) sila3 ninda 5(disz) gin2 szum2 2(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga
4. ur-sukkal
5. 5(disz) sila3 kasz 3(disz) sila3 ninda 5(disz) gin2 szum2 2(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga
6. szu-{d}nin-szubur
7. 5(disz) sila3 kasz 3(disz) sila3 ninda 5(disz) gin2 szum2 2(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga
8. ar-szi-ah
9. 5(disz) sila3 kasz 3(disz) sila3 ninda 5(disz) gin2 szum2 2(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga
10. ba-la-la
11. 5(disz) sila3 kasz 3(disz) sila3 ninda 5(disz) gin2 szum2 2(disz) gin2 i3 [2(disz) gin2 naga]
12. hu-wa-wa
13. 5(disz) sila3 kasz 3(disz) sila3 ninda 5(disz) gin2 szum2 2(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga
14. kur-bi-la-[ak]
reverse
1. 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda 5(disz)# [gin2 szum2 ...]
2. e-x-[...]
3. 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda 5(disz) gin2# [...]
4. inim-ma-ni-zi
5. 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda 5(disz) gin2 szum2 2(disz) gin2# [...]
6. 3(disz) sila3 kasz 2(disz) sila3 ninda 5(disz) gin2 szum2 2(disz) gin2# [...]
7. a-x-ir-[...]
8. [...]
left
1. u4 2(u) 3(disz)-kam
  some text moved to next line
2. iti min-esz3
  some text moved to next line
3. mu si-ma-num2 ba-hul

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/P304099

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions 29.0 mm × 27.0 mm × 11.0 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 02062
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 073785
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC) BC-036608
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) NCBT.2062

References

  • primary: Nisaba 27, 237

    [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, 146

    [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
2015-04-14 at 13:13:48 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, 237 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 7, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P304099.
Nisaba 27, 237 artifact entry (No. P304099). (2024, July 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P304099 (Original work published 2006)
Nisaba 27, 237 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P304099 (Accessed: October 23, 2026).
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Cite this Artifact

“Nisaba 27, 237 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 7, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P304099.
Nisaba 27, 237 artifact entry (No. P304099). (2024, July 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P304099 (Original work published 2006)
Nisaba 27, 237 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P304099 (Accessed: October 23, 2026).
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