Nisaba 33, 806 (P361839)

Administrative tablet & envelope excavated in Girsu (mod. Tello), dated to the Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC) period and now kept in Princeton University Library, Princeton, New Jersey, USA

Museum Collection(s)

Princeton University Library, Princeton, New Jersey, USA

Museum Number

PUL Ex 0243

Period

Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Provenience

Girsu (mod. Tello)

Artifact Type

Tablet & envelope

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

-

Has seal impression(s) Annotation unreviewed

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 2(gesz2) 2(asz) sze gur lugal
2. i3-dub kar sag-zi-ta
3. ki ba-zi-ta
reverse
1. a2 geme2 kikken2
2. lu2-{d}igi-ma-sze3
3. dumu ur-{gesz}gigir
4. szu ba-ti
  blank space
5. iti ezem-{d}szul-gi
6. mu ki-masz{ki} ba-hul
envelope
obverse
1. 2(gesz2) 2(asz) sze gur lugal
2. i3-dub kar sag-zi-ta
3. ki ba-zi-ta
4. a2 geme2 kikken2-sze3
reverse
1. [kiszib3 lu2-{d}igi]-ma#-sze3
2. [dumu ur-{gesz}]gigir#
3. iti ezem-{d}szul-gi
4. mu ki-masz{ki} ba-hul
seal 1
1. lu2-[{d}]igi-ma-sze3
2. dub-sar
3. dumu ur-{gesz}gigir
4. ka-guru7

Text content

Genre(s) Administrative
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

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

Seals

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

Seal Seal Number Provenience Period Date
CDLI Seals 003107 (composite) (P455817) S003107 Girsu (mod. Tello) Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P361839

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet & envelope
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Girsu (mod. Tello)
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Princeton University Library, Princeton, New Jersey, USA
Museum Number PUL Ex 0243
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts (BDTNS) 164568

References

  • primary: Nisaba 33, 806

    [Ozaki2020Nisaba33] Ozaki, Tohru. 2020. The Lost and the Found Cuneiform Collections Rediscovered. Nisaba 33.

  • citation: Molina CDLB 2023/003, §4

    [Molina2023Nisaba33] Molina, Manuel, and Zsombor J. Földi. 2023. “Identification of the Cuneiform Tablets Published in Nisaba 33.” Cuneiform Digital Library Bulletin, no. 3. https://cdli.ucla.edu/articles/cdlb/2023-3.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-07-03 at 14:50:24 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Pagé-Perron, Émilie Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2023-06-15 at 21:30:37 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Transliteration Firth, Richard; Mayr, Rudolf H.; Ozaki Tohru Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2023-06-09 at 09:11:30 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Pagé-Perron, Émilie Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2023-04-03 at 22:04:20 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Molina, Manuel; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2007-02-16 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“Nisaba 33, 806 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 3, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P361839.
Nisaba 33, 806 artifact entry (No. P361839). (2023, July 3). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P361839 (Original work published 2007)
Nisaba 33, 806 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P361839 (Accessed: April 8, 2026).
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	title = {Nisaba 33, 806 artifact entry},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P361839},
}


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Cite this Artifacts

“Nisaba 33, 806 Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 3, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P361839.
Nisaba 33, 806 artifact entry (No. P361839). (2023, July 3). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P361839 (Original work published 2007)
Nisaba 33, 806 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P361839 (Accessed: April 8, 2026).
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	year = {2023},
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	title = {Nisaba 33, 806 artifact entry},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P361839},
}


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ID  - P361839
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TI  - Nisaba 33, 806 artifact entry
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