Nisaba 27, 169 (P304104)

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 02067

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

30.0 mm × 30.0 mm × 11.0 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. nu-ur2-zu
3. 5(disz) sila3 kasz 3(disz) sila3 ninda 3(disz) gin2 szum2 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga
4. a-da-lal3
5. 5(disz) sila3 kasz 3(disz) sila3 ninda 3(disz) gin2 szum2 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga
6. szu-esz18-dar
7. 3(disz) sila3 kasz 3(disz) sila3 ninda 3(disz) gin2 szum2 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga
8. ku3-{d}nanna
9. 3(disz) sila3 kasz 3(disz) sila3 ninda 3(disz) gin2 szum2 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga
10. ma-asz2
11. 3(disz) sila3 kasz 3(disz) sila3 ninda 3(disz) gin2 szum2 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga u-bar
12. 3(disz) sila3 kasz 3(disz) sila3 ninda 3(disz) gin2 szum2 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga
reverse
1. a-hu-ni
2. 3(disz) sila3 kasz 3(disz) sila3 ninda 3(disz) gin2 szum2 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga {d}utu-mu
3. 3(disz) sila3 kasz 3(disz) sila3 ninda 3(disz) gin2 szum2 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga szu-u2
4. 3(disz) sila3 kasz 3(disz) sila3 ninda 3(disz) gin2 szum2 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga
5. ur-{d}nansze
6. 3(disz) sila3 kasz 3(disz) sila3 ninda 3(disz) gin2 szum2 3(disz) gin2 i3 2(disz) gin2 naga
7. e2-a-szar
8. szunigin 3(ban2) 9(disz) sila3 kasz szunigin 3(ban2) 3(disz) sila3 ninda
9. szunigin 1/2(disz) sila3 3(disz) gin2 szum2
10. szunigin 1/2(disz) sila3 3(disz) gin2 i3
11. szunigin 1/3(disz) sila3 2(disz) gin2 naga
left
1. u4 1(u) 5(disz)-kam
  some text moved to next line
2. iti dal
  some text moved to next line
3. mu us2-sa bad3 mar-tu [ba-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/P304104

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions 30.0 mm × 30.0 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 02067
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 073790
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC) BC-036613
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) NCBT.2067

References

  • primary: Nisaba 27, 169

    [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.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
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 09:55:10 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2015-04-14 at 13:13:43 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2015-04-10 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“Nisaba 27, 169 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P304104.
Nisaba 27, 169 artifact entry (No. P304104). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P304104 (Original work published 2015)
Nisaba 27, 169 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P304104 (Accessed: October 27, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-27]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {Nisaba 27, 169 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P304104},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P304104},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“Nisaba 27, 169 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P304104.
Nisaba 27, 169 artifact entry (No. P304104). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P304104 (Original work published 2015)
Nisaba 27, 169 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P304104 (Accessed: October 27, 2026).
@misc{2023Nisaba,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-27]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {Nisaba 27, 169 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P304104},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P304104},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P304104
LB  - CDLI:P304104
M1  - 2026/10/27/
TI  - Nisaba 27, 169 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P304104
ER  -
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