Nisaba 32, 037 (P322647)

Administrative tablet excavated in Uncertain (mod. uncertain), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Department of Near Eastern Studies, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA

Museum Collection(s)

Department of Near Eastern Studies, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA

Museum Number

CUNES 48-06-058

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

uncertain (mod. uncertain)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative (A legal document recording a sale, with witnesses, but the subject of the transaction is lost. Large chips are missing at the top and right sides of the tablet. The significance of the tablet is that it records a sale made by a woman, which is extremely)

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

104.0 mm × 53.0 mm

Has seal impression(s)

Text

tablet
obverse
  beginning broken
1'. dumu#?-munus ur-[gu?]
2'. inim#-ma#-[ni-zi]
3'. in#-sa10#
4'. 5(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar#
5'. szu ba-ti#
6'. nin-ezem dam# ur#-gu#?
7'. in-szi#-sa10
8'. puzur4#-ma-ma szesz-a-ni#
9'. szu-du3-a-ni
10'. szu ba-ti
11'. da#?-ri-isz-DU dam-<gar3?>
12'. [...]-da#?-ti-en szesz-a#-ni
13'. [x-x?]-ki-ki dumu szu-{d}utu
14'. [x-x?]-x-a-ti
15'. [igi {d}]suen-ba-ni masz2-szu-gid2-gid2
reverse
1. igi# puzur4-ma-ma dub-sar
2. igi lugal-ma2-gur8-re
3. igi an-ne2-ki-ag2
4. igi ur-ge6-par4-ra dumu ur-e2-masz
5. igi lu2-ma-ma#
6. dumu dingir-ra-bi2#
7. igi ur-e-bu-ra# [...]-x
8. igi i-s,ur-[...]
9. igi bu-ru-[du]
10. dumu {d}nanna-[...]
11. lu2-inim-ma-[bi-me]
12. igi-ne-ne#-[sze3]
13. mu# lugal in#-[pa3]
  blank space
  seal impression
14. [mu x-{d}]suen lugal# [...]
15. [...]
seal 1
1. ta2-bi2-ma-ma
2. dumu ur-gu
seal 2
1. puzur4-ma-ma
2. dumu ur-gu

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative (A legal document recording a sale, with witnesses, but the subject of the transaction is lost. Large chips are missing at the top and right sides of the tablet. The significance of the tablet is that it records a sale made by a woman, which is extremely)
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Seals

sealed with at least two seals: "Puzur-Mama, son of Urgu" and "Tabil-Mama, daughter of Urgu." The seals are crude and difficult to read.

This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal Seal Number Provenience Period Date
dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185) S999999 - -
dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185) S999999 - -

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P322647

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions 104.0 mm × 53.0 mm
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience uncertain (mod. uncertain)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Department of Near Eastern Studies, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA
Museum Number CUNES 48-06-058
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 189669

References

  • primary: Nisaba 32, 37

    [Notizia2019Nisaba32] Notizia, Palmiro. 2019. Neo-Sumerian Administrative Texts from the Rosen Collection. Nisaba 32. Messina: DICAM.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2020-09-30 at 06:03:11 Firth, Richard Transliteration Firth, Richard CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2017-02-28 at 17:16:32 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Ozaki Tohru CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2016-07-28 at 14:23:25 CDLI, CDLI Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2016-07-10 at 19:20:30 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Ozaki Tohru CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2006-04-06 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata Fitzgerald, Madeleine CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“Nisaba 32, 037 Artifact Entry.” 2006. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). April 6, 2006. https://cdli.earth/P322647.
Nisaba 32, 037 artifact entry (No. P322647). (2006, April 6). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P322647
Nisaba 32, 037 artifact entry (2006) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P322647 (Accessed: October 18, 2026).
@misc{2006Nisaba,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-18]},
	year = {2006},
	month = {apr 6},
	title = {Nisaba 32, 037 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P322647},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P322647},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2006/4/6/
PY  - 2006
ID  - P322647
LB  - CDLI:P322647
M1  - 2026/10/18/
TI  - Nisaba 32, 037 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P322647
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“Nisaba 32, 037 Artifact Entry.” 2006. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). April 6, 2006. https://cdli.earth/P322647.
Nisaba 32, 037 artifact entry (No. P322647). (2006, April 6). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P322647
Nisaba 32, 037 artifact entry (2006) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P322647 (Accessed: October 18, 2026).
@misc{2006Nisaba,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-18]},
	year = {2006},
	month = {apr 6},
	title = {Nisaba 32, 037 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P322647},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P322647},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2006/4/6/
PY  - 2006
ID  - P322647
LB  - CDLI:P322647
M1  - 2026/10/18/
TI  - Nisaba 32, 037 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P322647
ER  -
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